UFC 239 is underway and the Fight Pass portion of the prelims just wrapped up with Edmen Shahbazyan running right through Jack Marshman. Shahbazyan came out, got the takedown, landed ground strikes, took the back, and then got the sub. The entire sequence took all of 72-seconds for the 21-year old Shahbazyan to get the finish. The future looks bright for the undefeated middleweight prospect.
Before that, Alliance MMA’s Chance Rencountre came into tonight’s event as a heavy betting underdog, and ended up upsetting the favored Ismail Naurdiev. Rencountre owned the ground exchanges, rendering Naurdiev completely defensive off of his back for a large chunk of the fight.