Impact This was a huge opportunity for the unranked Shahbazyan, going up against a guy in Allen that entered the evening ranked No. 4 in the middleweight division. When you look at it that way, it really wasn't that bad of a performance from Edmen. He largely was able to match Allen blow for blow, although the harder, more notable strikes certainly came from the latter. Shahbazyan gave himself a chance by stuffing all the takedown attempts coming his way, but he ultimately didn't do enough to earn the decision. The UFC has really protected Shahbazyan since he lost four of five from August 2020 to May 2023. He won't turn 29 years old until November, so there's still some theoretically runaway here, but even with a recent strong run, he's still just 3-2 in his past five fights.
JUNE 7 • ROTOWIRE
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