Edmen Shahbazyan
“The Golden Boy”
Edmen Shahbazyan is ranked 28th of 322 middleweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,95628th of 322 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.01Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.06 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,957, 19 Sept 2026
- Record
- 17–6Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Sept 2026 | Won vs Brunno FerreiraUFC 331 - Van vs. Pantoja 2 · Decision (Unanimous) | +19 |
| 6 Jun 2026 | Lost to Brendan AllenUFC Fight Night 278 - Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −16 |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Won vs Andre MunizUFC 320 - Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · KO (Punches and Elbows), R1 | +31 |
| 14 Jun 2025 | Won vs Andre PetroskiUFC on ESPN 69 - Usman vs. Buckley · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +25 |
| 15 Feb 2025 | Won vs Dylan BudkaUFC Fight Night 251 - Cannonier vs. Rodrigues · TKO (Punches), R1 | +19 |
| 24 Aug 2024 | Lost to Gerald MeerschaertUFC on ESPN 62 - Cannonier vs. Borralho · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R2 | +1 |
| 23 Mar 2024 | Won vs A.J. DobsonUFC on ESPN 53 - Ribas vs. Namajunas · KO (Elbows and Punches), R1 | +29 |
| 20 May 2023 | Lost to Anthony HernandezUFC Fight Night 223 - Dern vs. Hill · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R3 | −17 |
| 10 Dec 2022 | Won vs Dalcha LungiambulaUFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev · TKO (Punches), R2 | +32 |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Lost to Nassourdine ImavovUFC 268 - Usman vs. Covington 2 · TKO (Elbows), R2 | −31 |
| 22 May 2021 | Lost to Jack HermanssonUFC Fight Night 188 - Font vs. Garbrandt · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −9 |
| 1 Aug 2020 | Lost to Derek BrunsonUFC Fight Night 173 - Brunson vs. Shahbazyan · TKO (Punches), R3 | −25 |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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