Derek Brunson pulled off an upset TKO win on Saturday, August 1, when he stopped the much-hyped Edmen Shahbazyan in the third round. Moments before Brunson celebrated handing Shahbazyan his first career loss, referee Herb Dean called a time out immediately after the one-minute between round break ended. At that point, the cageside physician spoke to Shahbazyan for about 18 seconds before he allowed the fight to continue into the third round. Twenty-six seconds after Dean restarted the action, he waved off the fight.
In the contest’s aftermath, there were questions about Dean’s pausing the bout when he did.