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Israel Adesanya impressed by Edmen Shahbazyan: ‘I’m sure I’ll see him at some point’

Edmen Shahbazyan wants to be the youngest world champion and middleweight kingpin Israel Adesanya is taking notice.

Adesanya (18-0) recently appeared on Joe Rogan’s The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Rogan brought up Shahbazyan’s (11-0) win over Brad Tavares (17-6). “Stylebender” admitted he was not too familiar with Shahbazyan prior to his thunderous first-round finish of Tavares at UFC 244.

“I saw his fight,” Adesanya told Rogan. “He hit Brad Tavares with the head-kick and that kind of caught my attention like, ‘oh s—t, who is this kid?’”

“He’s at 185, he’s 21.