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Cory Sandhagen finished Marlon Moraes in the second round of their fight at UFC Fight Island 5. On Twitter, pro fighters praised his performance.
Cory Sandhagen finished Marlon Moraes with style at UFC Fight Island 5. After a close first round, the ‘Sandman’ caught the Brazilian with a spinning heel kick in the second, which sent ‘Magic’ rolling to the ground, needing only some more additional shots to warrant the stoppage. On Twitter, pro fighters reacted to the finish.
This is about to be some high level mma right now
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) October 11, 2020
I got my eyes on YOU!! #UFCFightIsland5
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) October 11, 2020
Level of skills in this fight it’s super high#UFCFightIsland5
— Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori) October 11, 2020
Cory is a lot better than people think. #UFCFightIsland5
— Danny Castillo (@lastcall155) October 11, 2020
Sandhagen is silky smooth, staying busy and is luring Moraes in to keep a high work rate. Moraes is powerful, fast and dangerous early. Really fun round to start this fight.
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) October 11, 2020
Ohhhhhh!!!!!! #UFCFightIsland5
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) October 11, 2020
What!!!! Saaaaandman!! #UFCFightIsland5
— Maki Pitolo (@Coconut_bombz) October 11, 2020
Omg no way. #UFCFightIsland5
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) October 11, 2020
LET’S GOOOO!!! HELL YEA CORY!!! You a fucking animal!! #UFCFightIsland5
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) October 11, 2020
Sandhagen was on point tonight man. Sharp every second. Arrousal continuum #UFCFightIsland5
— Baldy Ed (@brianboom135) October 11, 2020
What a finish for Sandhagan!!! #UFCFightIsland
— Jimmie Rivera (@JimmieRivera135) October 11, 2020
Nice kick!! #UFCFightIsland5
— Edmen Shahbazyan (@edmenshahbazyan) October 11, 2020
Man I hate to see either of these guys lose their both so nice but man 135 is stacked with killers
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) October 11, 2020
Whoaaaaaaaa #EnterSandman
— Frank Mir (@thefrankmir) October 11, 2020
What a cute finsh! @funkmasterMMA you official been skip! @danawhite
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) October 11, 2020
The Sandman puts Moraes to bed! What a performance! A heel to the temple is never good to take.
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) October 11, 2020
@cors_life @ElevationMMA what a performance #statementmade
— Justin Gaethje (@Justin_Gaethje) October 11, 2020
Absolute beautiful masterclass by Cory Sandhagen… he looked phenomenal #UFCFightIsland5
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) October 11, 2020