Hoover High graduate Edmen Shahbazyan, also known as “The Golden Boy,” found his way back into the win column.

HShahbazyan won via a technical knocked out against AJ Dobson on Saturday at UFC on ESPN 53. The fight was stopped 4 minutes and 33 seconds into the first round.

“I thought it was a good performance,” said Shahbazyan after the fight. “Battling through adversity is something that I kept telling myself: ‘Whatever happens, I’m going to go in there and battle through it whatever happens…”

The win snapped a three-fight losing streak for Shahbazyan.

Shahbazyan caught Dobson with a left hook and then jumped on him with strikes to force the referee to end the fight.

“When I was younger, I was just ridding the hype, ridding the storm and just keep getting the finishes,” Shahbazyan said. “I was on that train. But right now, I’m more mature, I’ve learned from my wins and losses – they’re all experience learners like the fight I just had right now.”