UFC APEX – Making his return to the octagon is UFC middleweight Edmen Shahbazyan who will face AJ Dobson at UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday night.
“Just working on improvements. Getting better, getting pushed in the gym, and March was a good time,” Shahbazyan told reporters on Wednesday.
“Not rushing certain things in fights, and just upping the intensity of my training. Sparring like how I fight. The intensity went a lot higher.”
Training at the fames Xtreme Couture guys like Shahbazyan have been able to learn from some very high-level coaches and teammates.
“There’s always new bodies coming in here. We have the middleweight champion Sean (Strickland) here so always working with them. Getting a good push, good coaches here, PI’s here,” Shahbazyan said.
Originally set to face Dusko Todorovic at the APEX he now gets Dobson instead.
“Honestly it didn’t matter. It was like six weeks or seven weeks out so my manager called me and told me Dusko got injured so we’re looking for a new guy and it was him (Dobson). I’m like let’s do it,” he said.
“I think he’s an up-and-comer. Good fighter, but I think my skillset is a lot higher. With the way I’ve been training, with the way I’ve been working, I’m going to go out there and put on the performance.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Edmen Shahbazyan above. He takes on AJ Dobson at UFC Vegas 89 on Saturday night.
