Edmen Shahbazyan and Andre Muniz met at UFC 320 on the preliminary card in Las Vegas. Shahbazyan entered the bout 3-1 in his last four fights, including a decision over Andre Petroski, while Muniz was 1-3 across his previous four fights after an earlier 5-0 UFC start. Muniz opened with kicks from an open stance and sought clinches and takedowns, but Shahbazyan stuffed a takedown, landed a left hook, and later stunned Muniz. Shahbazyan followed with elbows from top position, and the referee stopped the fight at 4:58 of Round 1, awarding Shahbazyan a TKO and a three-fight winning streak.
"ROUND 1: Muniz got his kicking game going right away, using the open stance matchup to throw headkicks and lead leg kicks. Shahbazyan stuffed Muniz's first takedown attempt and landed a left hook once they got back into open space. Muniz was clearly looking to clinch, but Shahbazyan was doing a good job of staying on his feet. A nice switch combination by Muniz landed and pushed Edmen back to the fence."
"A nice flurry up top from the Brazilian opened up Shahbazyan's hips for a takedown. Shahbazyan used a switch to get back to his feet and immediately landed a left hook that stunned Muniz. Smelling blood, the 27-year-old pounced on a compromised Muniz and used elbows from top position to force Mark Smith to put a stop to the fight in the dying seconds of the round."
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