Cory Sandhagen extended his current win streak to three in a row with a dominant 25-minute masterclass against fellow top-ten-ranked bantamweight contender Rob Font at UFC Nashville. Over the course of the five-round affair, ‘The Sandman’ secured an impressive seven takedowns and almost 20 minutes of total control time. Though it wasn’t the most entertaining […]
Cory Sandhagen extended his current win streak to three in a row with a dominant 25-minute masterclass against fellow top-ten-ranked bantamweight contender Rob Font at UFC Nashville.
Over the course of the five-round affair, ‘The Sandman’ secured an impressive seven takedowns and almost 20 minutes of total control time. Though it wasn’t the most entertaining fight for the fans watching from the stands, it was a statement victory for Cory Sandhagen.
Official Result: Cory Sandhagen def. Rob Font via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
Following the bout, Sandhagen revealed that he tore his tricep in the opening round, which is what likely led to his wrestle-heavy approach to Saturday’s main event clash.
With another quality win on his resume, Sandhagen plans on making a trip to Boston later this month to take in the bantamweight world title fight between reigning champion Aljamain Sterling and challenger Sean O’Malley. Sandhagen plans on facing the winner in late 2023/early 2024.
Check Out Highlights From Cory Sandhagen vs. Rob Font at UFC Nashville Below:
Turning in her second consecutive guillotine choke win of the year, uber-talent, Tatiana Suarez has turned in her most high-profile career win to date, submitting former undisputed strawweight champion, Jessica Andrade with a second round guillotine choke in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Nashville. Returning from a slew of debilitating injuries earlier this […]
Turning in her second consecutive guillotine choke win of the year, uber-talent, Tatiana Suarez has turned in her most high-profile career win to date, submitting former undisputed strawweight champion, Jessica Andrade with a second round guillotine choke in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Nashville.
Returning from a slew of debilitating injuries earlier this year, Californian grappling talent, Suarez managed to return to the Octagon in triumphant fashion, submitting Montana De La Rosa back in February with another second round guillotine choke — earning a Performance of the Night bonus in a brief flyweight cameo.
And likely reinserting herself into the strawweight top-5 and title picture for the first time since a 2019 unanimous decision win over Nina Nunes, Suarez, who now moves to 11-0 as a professional, earned her Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt with a spectacular second round guillotine choke win over Brazilian powerhouse and former division champion, Andrade.
Below, catch the highlights from Tatiana Suarez’s win over Jessica Andrade
After turning in an impressive performance against the highly-touted, Movsar Evloev in his Octagon bow earlier this year, Brazilian featherweight, Diego Lopes has now landed his first victory under the Dana White-led banner, submitting the returning Gavin Tucker with a brutal first round triangle-armbar on the main card of UFC Fight Night Nashville. Lopes, an […]
After turning in an impressive performance against the highly-touted, Movsar Evloev in his Octagon bow earlier this year, Brazilian featherweight, Diego Lopes has now landed his first victory under the Dana White-led banner, submitting the returning Gavin Tucker with a brutal first round triangle-armbar on the main card of UFC Fight Night Nashville.
Lopes, an experienced featherweight contender hailing from his native Brazil, was forced to overcome adversity almost instantly in his sophomore UFC outing, suffering a brutal groin strike foul inside the opening exchanges of the first frame.
And continuing after less than a minute of recovery time, Lopes managed to capitalize on a takedown attempt by Canadian returner, Tucker, immediately locking up an armbar as soon as his back hit the mat.
Threating with the choke from his back to boot, Lopes then transitioned to an armbar, appearing to severely damage the right elbow of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Tucker — leading to a stunning technical submission win.
Below, catch the highlights from Diego Lopes’ submission win over Gavin Tucker
Carlston Harris added another impressive win to his resume on Saturday night, securing a third-round submission over Jeremiah Wells at UFC Nashville. Wells appeared to have things under control for a majority of the bout, stymying Harris’ offense for the first two rounds with his impeccable ground game, but Harris managed to mount an epic […]
Carlston Harris added another impressive win to his resume on Saturday night, securing a third-round submission over Jeremiah Wells at UFC Nashville.
Wells appeared to have things under control for a majority of the bout, stymying Harris’ offense for the first two rounds with his impeccable ground game, but Harris managed to mount an epic comeback less than two minutes into the final round, securing an anaconda choke to add another win to his already impressive resume.
Official Result: Carlston Harris def. Jeremiah Wells via submission (anaconda choke) at 1:50 of Round 3.
With the victory, Harrison moved to 4-1 in the UFC, his lone loss coming against the undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov. Harris is now a winner in his last two appearances inside the Octagon.
For Jeremiah Wells, the loss to Harris snapped a six-fight win streak dating back to 2019.
Check Out Highlights From Carlston Harris vs. Jeremiah Wells at UFC Nashville Below:
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 […]
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 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?
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 […]
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 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?