Cory Sandhagen believes he will be fighting for UFC gold if he beats Frankie Edgar on Saturday night. In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 18, Sandhagen and Edgar will finally meet in a potential No. 1 contender bout. Although some have called for TJ Dill…
Cory Sandhagen believes he will be fighting for UFC gold if he beats Frankie Edgar on Saturday night. In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 18, Sandhagen and Edgar will finally meet in a potential No. 1 contender bout. Although some have called for TJ Dillashaw to get an immediate title shot, Sandhagen doesn’t think […]
Cory Sandhagen is excited to finally share the Octagon with Frankie Edgar. In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 18, Sandhagen is set to fight the future UFC Hall of Famer in a potential number-one contender bout. The two were supposed to meet in January o…
Cory Sandhagen is excited to finally share the Octagon with Frankie Edgar. In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 18, Sandhagen is set to fight the future UFC Hall of Famer in a potential number-one contender bout. The two were supposed to meet in January of 2020 at UFC Raleigh, but Edgar took a short […]
Cory Sandhagen doesn’t believe TJ Dillashaw should get an immediate title shot. Dillashaw is eligible to compete in the UFC as of later this month and has gone on record stating that he would like to fight for the bantamweight title immediately upon his return. However, Sandhagen — who is set to face Frankie Edgar […]
Cory Sandhagen doesn’t believe TJ Dillashaw should get an immediate title shot.
Dillashaw is eligible to compete in the UFC as of later this month and has gone on record stating that he would like to fight for the bantamweight title immediately upon his return.
However, Sandhagen — who is set to face Frankie Edgar on February 6 — believes a win for himself should earn him the next crack.
“I think it’s gotta be a title shot, if it makes sense in my head. That’s why I took the fight more than anything,” Sandhagen said in a recent interview of what’s next should he defeat Edgar (via Middle Easy). “I think if I beat Frankie and I keep myself busy, and I don’t play this game of ‘Oh I’m the number two guy so I deserve it after that.’ I’m not going to play that game with the UFC.
“I wanted to stay busy, I wanted a big name, I wanted someone that is good, and Edgar’s it.”
Sandhagen would certainly be deserving of a shot with a win over Edgar as that would put him on a two-fight winning streak with six wins in his last seven UFC outings.
However, Dillashaw is the bigger name as well as the former champion so it wouldn’t be surprising if he were to leapfrog Sandhagen for the next title shot.
But as far as “The Sandman” is concerned, Dillashaw needs at least one win over a top guy before getting a chance at regaining his title — especially after a two-year suspension due to a failed drug test.
“I think TJ definitely needs a win over one of these top guys too, before he comes back and fights for a belt,” Sandhagen added. “I heard him say he’s playing the financially secure card, and ‘I’ll wait for a title shot,’ this and that.
“We’ve been putting in work while you’ve been gone. So that would kind of be a bummer if they just gave it to him.”
For now, nobody knows what will happen as current champion Petr Yan still has to defend his title against Aljamain Sterling.
Cory Sandhagen wants to be world champion as much as the next guy, but there’s something he desires even more as a competitor. What is it that makes a fighter’s legacy? Sure, it’s the résumé they’ve built over time, but what specifically makes a great …
Cory Sandhagen wants to be world champion as much as the next guy, but there’s something he desires even more as a competitor. What is it that makes a fighter’s legacy? Sure, it’s the résumé they’ve built over time, but what specifically makes a great résumé? The first thing that may come to mind is […]
Initially slated to feature at UFC Fight Night Raleigh in January of this year, a bantamweight pairing of recent UFC Fight Island 5 victor, Cory ‘The Sandman’ Sandhagen and former lightweight best, Frankie ‘The Answer’ Edgar have been verbally agreed upon for a UFC Fight Night event on February 6th. — with a location and […]
Initially slated to feature at UFC Fight Night Raleigh in January of this year, a bantamweight pairing of recent UFC Fight Island 5 victor, Cory ‘The Sandman’ Sandhagen and former lightweight best, Frankie ‘The Answer’ Edgar have been verbally agreed upon for a UFC Fight Night event on February 6th. — with a location and venue for the event yet to be determined.
Recent bantamweight debutante, Edgar was first set to match with Elevation Fight Team mainstay Sandhagen at the above-mentioned, Raleigh event, until a short-notice knockout defeat to one-time 145-pound title challenger, ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Night Busan in December last ruled him from proceedings.
Headlining his first event under the UFC’s banner in October, Sandhagen earned his #2 rank at 135-pounds via a highlight-reel second-round wheel-kick stoppage of former WSOF bantamweight best and one-time UFC title chaser, ‘Magic’ Marlon Moraes.
39-year-old Tom’s River favourite, Edgar successfully made his bantamweight bow in August at UFC Vegas 7 — returning to the winner’s enclosure via a split decision win over Pedro ‘The Young Punisher’ Munhoz in a close back-and-forth. News of the targeted tie was first reported by ESPN MMA reporter, Ariel Helwani.
Cory Sandhagen vs. Frankie Edgar is being finalized for Feb. 6, per multiple sources. Verbally agreed.
A seven-fight Octagon veteran, Sandhagen featured twice this year, scoring his above-mentioned finish of Moraes, after a high-profile rear-naked choke defeat to number-one contender and incoming title challenger, Aljamain ‘Funk Master’ Sterling at UFC 250 in June.
Seeing his five-fight promotional rise halted, the 28-year-old has nabbed consecutive victories over Austin Arnett, Iuri Alcantara, Mario Bautista, John Lineker, and Raphael Assuncao.
Returning to winning ways, Edgar halted a two-fight skid of his own, with a featherweight title challenge loss to then-champion, Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway coming prior to his knockout defeat to Jung in South Korea.
A former undisputed lightweight titleholder, Ricardo Almeida and Mark Henry mainstay, Edgar had picked up notable career victories over B.J. Penn (x3), Gray Maynard, Charles Oliveira, Cub Swanson (x2), Urijah Faber, Chad Mendes, Jeremy Stephens, and Yair Rodriguez.
A primetime bantamweight bout is scheduled for February 6 when Cory Sandhagen takes on Frankie Edgar on February 6. According to an ESPN report on Friday afternoon, Cory Sandhagen and Frankie Edgar have agreed to fight on February 6 on a card tha…
A primetime bantamweight bout is scheduled for February 6 when Cory Sandhagen takes on Frankie Edgar on February 6. According to an ESPN report on Friday afternoon, Cory Sandhagen and Frankie Edgar have agreed to fight on February 6 on a card that will be headlined by Alistair Overeem and Alexander Volkov. This bout will […]
Cory Sandhagen doesn’t believe TJ Dillashaw should get an immediate title shot. Dillashaw is eligible to compete in the UFC as of later this month and has gone on record stating that he would like to fight for the bantamweight title immediately upon his return. However, Sandhagen — who is set to face Frankie Edgar […]
Initially slated to feature at UFC Fight Night Raleigh in January of this year, a bantamweight pairing of recent UFC Fight Island 5 victor, Cory ‘The Sandman’ Sandhagen and former lightweight best, Frankie ‘The Answer’ Edgar have been verbally agreed upon for a UFC Fight Night event on February 6th. — with a location and […]