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Cory Sandhagen set for surgery after suffering full tricep tear at UFC Nashville, shows off gruesome injury

Cory Sandhagen suffers entire tricep tear at UFC Nashville set for surgery Former interim bantamweight champion, Cory Sandhagen is set for a spell on the sidelines off the back of his unanimous decision win over Rob Font at UFC Nashville over the weekend, suffering a complete tear of his right tricep inside the opening round en route to his judging win. Sandhagen, who currently holds the number […]

Former interim bantamweight champion, Cory Sandhagen is set for a spell on the sidelines off the back of his unanimous decision win over Rob Font at UFC Nashville over the weekend, suffering a complete tear of his right tricep inside the opening round en route to his judging win.

Sandhagen, who currently holds the number four rank in the official bantamweight rankings ahead of the updated rankings release later this week, was intiaily scheduled to headline the Tennessee event against the surging Russian grappler, Umar Nurmagomedov.

Remaining on the Nashville showing amid the withdrawal of Nurmagomedov amid an injury suffered, Sandhagen turned in his third consecutive victory with his win over Font – adding to a prior one-sided split decision win Marlon Vera back in April, and a doctor’s stoppage TKO win over Song Yadong in consecutive headlining fights.

Cory Sandhagen reveals gruesome tricep injury suffered at UFC Nashville

However, faced with severe adversity in the early goings of his dominant wrestling display against New England Cartel staple, Font over the course of the weekend, Sandhagen, who revealed he suffered an injury to his right arm in the very first round, has now confirmed he is set to go under the knife to address an entire right tricep tear.

“Fully torn tricep in round one,” Cory Sandhagen posted on his official Instagram account. “Wasn’t able to punch or elbow with that arm without pain and it feeling like sh*t. Did what I had to do to win that night. Surgery this week – back soon!”

Cory Sandhagen’s elbow injury is crazy pic.twitter.com/IppyBJWVfW

— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 7, 2023

And despite receiving severe criticizm for his performance off the back of his wrestling-heavy performance against Font – particularly from former foe and current undisputed bantamweight champion, Aljamain Sterling, Sandhagen has defended his display in Nashville to boot.

“I’m on my way to being one of the best mixed martial artists in the world,” Cory Sandhagen told assembled media after UFC Nashville. “I want to be able to outwrestle the strikers and I want to be able to outstrike the wrestlers. That’s my path. That’s what I’m trying to do.”

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Dana White reportedly walked out on Sandhagen vs. Font snoozefest in the fourth round

Dana White reportedly walked out of the UFC Nashville main event between Cory Sandhagen and Rob Font on Saturday night. Emanating from the Bridgestone Arena in Music City, USA, fans were treated to some memorable moments and highlight-reel-worthy finishes. Unfortunately, neither was present in the evening’s headliner when No. 4 ranked bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen […]

Dana White reportedly walked out of the UFC Nashville main event between Cory Sandhagen and Rob Font on Saturday night.

Emanating from the Bridgestone Arena in Music City, USA, fans were treated to some memorable moments and highlight-reel-worthy finishes. Unfortunately, neither was present in the evening’s headliner when No. 4 ranked bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen stepped into the Octagon against short-notice replacement opponent, Rob Font.

Throughout the five-round bout, Sandhagen utilized his wrestling skills to stymie the offense of Font. After 25 minutes, ‘The Sandman’ had earned himself a unanimous decision victory on the back of seven takedowns and nearly 20 minutes of control time. Despite the dominant win, Sandhagen did himself no favors when it comes to a potential bantamweight title opportunity. That was made abundantly clear when UFC President Dana White reportedly got up and walked out of the bout in the fourth round.

Twitter account @SpinninBackfist revealed that White had walked out with another individual in attendance corroborating the report.

Dana White walked out during the 4th round. #UFCNashville

— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) August 6, 2023

Dana just walked out and this arena is getting filled with boo’s. WTF Cory. #UFCNashville

— Tom (@TclarkIV) August 6, 2023

How Does Cory Sandhagen Fit Into the UFC Bantamweight Title Picture

Though it wasn’t the most exciting win, Cory Sandhagen extended his win streak to three and may have very well solidified himself as the next man in line for a title fight. However, much of that depends on how things play out in the UFC 292 main event between reigning bantamweight world champion Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley later this month. Should O’Malley come out on top, a fight between himself and top-contender Merab Dvalishvili seems to be the most likely scenario.

If the ‘Funkmaster’ retains his title in Bean Town, Sterling has already suggested that he will vacate the title and move up to featherweight, leaving the belt without an owner. Perhaps that would result in Dvalishvili taking on Cory Sandhagen for the vacated crown. It will be interesting to see how things play out at the top of the bantamweight division over the next few weeks.

Does Cory Sandhagen deserve a shot at the 135-pound title following his snoozefest of a win on Saturday night?

Aljamain Sterling mocks Cory Sandhagen’s performance in UFC Nashville win: ‘Respectfully, this fight was sh*t’

Attending last night’s headliner at UFC Fight Night Nashville between former opponent, Cory Sandhagen, and New England Cartel staple, Rob Font, undisputed bantamweight champion, Aljamain Sterling has described the headlining bout as a “sh*t” – amid a wrestling-heavy display from Sandhagen, en route to a dominant judging win. Sterling, the current undisputed bantamweight champion, is […]

Sterling, the current undisputed bantamweight champion, is slated to take main event honors at UFC 292 next weekend in Boston, Massachusetts – taking on the surging Sean O’Malley in a fourth attempted title defense.

Earlier this year, Uniondale native, Aljamain Sterling managed to land a close, split decision win over former undisputed flyweight and bantamweight champion, Henry Cejudo in Newark, New Jersey – becoming the first gold holder in the division’s history to land three successful title defenses in the UFC.

Aljamain Sterling blasts Cory Sandhagen’s victory at UFC Nashville

And with a keen eye on last night’s headliner between former opponent, Sandhagen, and Font – Sterling described the pairing as “sh*t” – likely criticizing a wrestling and grappling-heavy display from the surging former foe.

“Respectfully, this fight was sh*t,” Aljamain Sterling posted on his official X account.

Respectfully, this fight was shit. #UFCNashville

— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) August 6, 2023

Sharing the Octagon with Colorado back in June 2020 in a bantamweight title-eliminator, Serra-Longo MMA staple, Sterling managed to land his first title charge off the back of a stunning opening round submission win over Sandhagen – submitting the latter in less than two minutes with a blistering rear-naked choke.

Receiving significant criticizm for his performance against short-notice replacement, Font, Sandhagen, who was originally booked to fight the streaking, Umar Nurmagomedov, revealed he suffered a tricep injury in the early goings of last night’s main event in Tennessee – sporting a sling around his right arm and shoulder following his unanimous decision triumph.

Last night’s victory came as Sandhagen’s third on the trot – prior to a split decision win over Marlon Vera earlier this year, and a prior doctor’s stoppage win over Song Yadong last year in a headliner at the UFC Apex facility.

Cory Sandhagen scoffs at Sean O’Malley’s career advice: ‘There’s things about him that are super lame’

Ahead of his return to the Octagon this weekend atop a UFC Fight Night Nashville card, surging bantamweight technician, Cory Sandhagen has elected against taking career advice from incoming title challenger, Sean O’Malley – describing certain characteristics of the Montana native as “super lame”. Sandhagen, the current number four ranked bantamweight contender, makes his Octagon […]

Sandhagen, the current number four ranked bantamweight contender, makes his Octagon return this weekend at UFC Nashville – taking on short-notice replacement, Rob Font, after an initial scheduled clash against the streaking, Umar Nurmagomedov fell to the wayside.

Sidelined since April, Eliot Marshall trainee, Sandhagen most recently turned in a one-sided split decision win over common-foe, Marlon Vera at UFC Fight Night San Antonio, which followed a prior fourth round doctor’s stoppage win over Song Yadong in another headlined last year.

For O’Malley, the Dana White’s Contender Series alum has been sidelined himself since October of last year, earning next week’s UFC 292 title fight against champion, Aljamain Sterling with a close judging win of his own over former gold holder and common-opponent, Petr Yan.

Cory Sandhagen explains his differences with Sean O’Malley

Sharing his thoughts on recent comments made in a bid to advise fighters from O’Malley, Sandhagen admitted that he could not “connect” with some of the thought processes of the title chaser.

“There are things about Sean O’Malley that I think are just like, super lame,” Cory Sandhagen told Shakiel Mahjouri during a recent interview. “Talking about things like, ‘You fight the worst guy for the most amount of money.’ Everything being like, business decisions. It’s like, I can’t connect with that type of thinking at all. To me, those are ways of thinking that are just weak and they’re ways of thinking that are gonna trend into ruining the sport a little bit, in my opinion.”

“You should want to fight the best guy,” Cory Sandhagen explained. “If you’re here to be the actual world champion, that’s what we’re doing. I don’t see this as a business really… I make good money now, I’m good. The greediness and the business decisions things that happen in a lot of these ways of thinking are, to me, lame. I don’t think that passing on the message that you should fight the worst guy for the most amount of money – that is just such a weak way of thinking.” (Transcribed by MMA News)

Would you like to see Cory Sandhagen fight Sean O’Malley in the future?

Cory Sandhagen scoffs at Sean O’Malley’s career advice: ‘There’s things about him that are super lame’

Cory Sandhagen explains his differences with Sean O’Malley

Sharing his thoughts on recent comments made in a bid to advise fighters from O’Malley, Sandhagen admitted that he could not “connect” with some of the thought processes of the title chaser.

Would you like to see Cory Sandhagen fight Sean O’Malley in the future?

Cory Sandhagen scoffs at Sean O’Malley’s career advice: ‘There’s things about him that are super lame’

Cory Sandhagen explains his differences with Sean O’Malley

Sharing his thoughts on recent comments made in a bid to advise fighters from O’Malley, Sandhagen admitted that he could not “connect” with some of the thought processes of the title chaser.