Cory Sandhagen did all the pieces in his energy Saturday to show he deserves a bantamweight title shot.
Within the UFC Des Moines primary occasion, Sandhagen dominated two-time flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo and appeared like he was cruising to a choice victory or a clear end when the bout was stopped simply earlier than the top of Spherical 2 resulting from a Figueiredo damage. Even with that unlucky ending, there ought to be no query Sandhagen is worthy of a championship shot. However does the UFC see him because the No. 1 contender?
On an all-new version of On To the Subsequent One, Alexander Ok. Lee goes solo to debate what’s subsequent for Sandhagen with bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili set to defend his title in a rematch towards Sean O’Malley at UFC 316 on June 7. Moreover, future matchups are mentioned for Reinier de Ridder after he humbled Bo Nickal, what to do with Nickal following his first loss in MMA, veteran welterweight Daniel Rodriguez, primary card bantamweight winners Montel Jackson and Serhiy Sidey, and the returning Mason Jones.
Plus, some nice listener picks to spherical out an in any other case dreary fight sports activities weekend.
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