[Music] [Music] kicking off the UFC Vegas 96 main card on Saturday was a clash of Styles as gm3 Gerald mehar was the grappler in question against Striker Edmund shabazian the younger faster fighter in shabazian showed mirar ample respect in the early going but nearly caught a kick after it crashed into his body in the opening minute Edmond in turn walked meher down and found a home for a couple of his punches after trading leg kicks mirer changed levels for a takedown which shabazian fought off shabazian landed a couple more times including to the body though mirar did find a home for his left shabazian continued to Target the body as the Midway Mark of round one arrives a head kick then snuck upstairs which gm3 just barely blocked the impact alone sounded like a baseball bat connecting Mir shared however appeared unfaced round two saw another shot from mirar stuffed followed by a body shot by shabazian plus a knee that shut down the veteran momentarily he went down with shabazian getting on top r Ling down ground and pound elbows and punches flowed with the ref ordering mehar covering up to do something he did just enough to prevent the stoppage though shabazian remained on top the question of whether shabazian might have gassed out was answered when mirer managed to reverse and get on top moments later he had an arm triangle choke wrapped up tight and Edmund in clear discomfort was forced to tap the victory saw mehar take sole possession of the UFC middleweight submissions record surpassing Anderson Silva [Music]