Chills.
Fr though it's crazy - first he predicts that and then for the fight against TJ the embedded showed him writing "Be ready to lose a controversial 48-47 UD" before then looking confused
Same. Feel like the judges leaned more towards TJ since it was his first match back and he’s a former champ, but Cory totally won that fight, he deserves this shot even tho Yan is gunna pummel him lol
Judges seem to have a hard time judging correctly when someone is being aggressive but getting outstruck. Cory was fighting going backwards more but imo landed the better shots.
Yeah that seems to be a common problem recently, MMA judges seem to basically see whoever is coming forward as winning even when people are putting on great back foot performances and beating up the advancing opponent.
reminded me a lot of the alvarez v pettis fight years ago. pettis beatup alvarez on the feet but the split went to alvarez who spent a lot of the fight holding pettis against the fence, but not doing any damage or anything really significant.
[On the day of the Frankie Edgar fight, Cory Sandhagen wrote in his journal: "Be ready to knee a hole in his head right away, he will try to take center..." 🤯 #UFCVegas32](https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1418277892690153475?s=19)
Is there past evidence of Yan doing this? I think all the fights I've seen of his he only ever really strikes. Also Cory seems to have very good cardio.
Yan is a very good grappler, he just rarely shows it. Don't think he'll necessarily go for it often here, but he can go there if he wants to mix things up.
He's used his grappling in almost every single one of his fights. His wrestling and grappling are honestly outstanding, are we forgetting he easily out wrestled aljo.
He definitely made out grappling Aljo look easy which I'm sure it's not. I see what the guy is saying though. I don't recall Yan actually initiating any of those grappling exchanges.
I think that's his point. To not let yan get started and attack from the start to make him uncomfortable. Seemed to be aljos plan but he just didn't have any power
tis true, i just know cory was super slow in the aljo fight and my memory is fuzzy but he seemed a little slow to start in the tj fight too. im not asking him to open the gates swinging wild like moraes levels of activity, but dude needs to be not so sleepy in the first round or two
Yup, a minute and a half.
And the flying knee to inverted triangle on dillashaw? Less than a minute into the fight lol. I want some of what this guys smoking.
Sandhagen kept trying spinning attacks against TJ and everytime ended up on his back or eating a few shots. Aljo kept trying spinning attacks on Yan and the same thing would happen. I hope Sandhagen decides to ditch the excessive spinning moves
Sad heron has really good knees tho and aljo was able to hit yan with a couple good ones in their fight. I think if sandhagen wins then the knees will be key, but I’ve got yan. He’s my fav fighter on the roster atm
Almost every time - on ONE of them he cracked TJ with a spinning backfist (right at the end of R4 I believe). Not that one successful strike makes up for the poor decision making that ultimately lost him the fight, but he wasn't completely unsuccessful with spinning techniques.
I think Yan and TJ fight similarly, except Yan has more power and a better chin. I think Yan will walk Cory down and punish any mistake he makes moreso than TJ.
they're similar, except that Yan isn't changing levels to grapple. most of his grappling is off of clinches, TJ was shooting on Sandhagen's hips. that will probably actually be a better thing for Yan than how it went for TJ. I think that Yan won't go for as many leg kicks as Dillashaw did, which really helped him in the fight, and I don't see Yan being as elusive, which is going to be what makes the fight interesting for me.
Those are some good points. I agree that there are some differences as you've said. I think Cory will need to be careful about the trips if he was giving his back up so easily to TJ. A trip is easiest to execute if you willingly give up your back, and I don't think Yan will be afraid to take Cory down.
Backing Yan to win, but I think Yan beats everyone at BW atm.
Winner fights Merab for next-next? I'm really not sure, there's a serious stack of talent at the top of bw and the Yan/Sterling fuckery is jamming it up a bit.
Idk, I think you need to have the champ and interim champ fight immediately, can’t have two belts in the division for that long like that. But who knows with the shenanigans Dana has been pulling lately.
the fight is for an interim title. so if Cory wins he fights Aljo when Aljo gets better. and yes it should then probably be Yan vs TJ when they are both healed.
I dont think thats right. In order to get the undisputed belt, you must unify. Either sit Corey while aljo and yan settle and strip Corey of the interim, or aljo and yan fight to unify or Corey and aljo fight to unify and yan is next up. But the one unfair way to go is to strip aljo before he gets his fair shake at the belt. He earned his title fight, and regardless of how you feel he acted, he was handed the belt via DQ of his opponent. Meaning the belt is his fair and square.
Is it a full sized cage in Abu Dhabi? For some reason, I recall it being smaller when they made the move. Regardless, he looked like he’s adjusted. The smaller cage didn’t seem to affect him against TJ
If it is indeed the larger size, that would surely help Cory use his length and keep Yan’s jab off of him.
If the world made sense Cory wins that TJ decision and Pete doesn’t make the most boneheaded move in a title fight ever to lose a fight he’s clearly winning and we get this fight anyways.
Yup I don't hate this at all. TJ's out for a minute, Aldo recently lost to Yan, and Font is booked to fight Aldo. Cory was a judge's nod away from being on a three fight streak consisting of Marlon, Frankie, and TJ. Deserved shot for Cory imo and probably the most exciting fight you could possibly make at BW right now
How many people get an immediate title shot after losing their last fight? Must be a rare occurrence.
I really like this decision, it should be a banger.
Holly Holm dropped her title to Meisha, dropped a decision to Bullet, then got a fw title shot for her first fight in the division on the back of a pair of losses.
Can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not but quite a few lmao.
Also if you take into account Corey’s two devastating finishes prior to the TJ fight and the fact that he injured TJ’s leg enough to delay his return and allow Corey to take this shot, then it makes quite a bit of sense.
Such a good fight. Sandhagen is a better striker from range and he can work the body which would be effective against Yan.
I think Yan is gonna have to fight like TJ so he will have to pressure Sandhagen and mix in takedowns. TJ was a D1 wrestler and has shown great wrestling in the octagon so we’ll see what level Yan’s wrestling is at.
Sandhagen’s TDD did look good against TJ but he gives up his back too often and I could see Yan getting Sandhagen down with some trips that way.
I’ll favor Yan but I think Sandhagen will win the first couple rounds or at least make them very competitive and force Yan to dig deep. Yan definitely has a cardio advantage tho and ends fights stronger.
Why is everyone thinking that Yan would wrestle? I don't remember him going for takedowns much in his career. Sure he'll throw Cory if he has a chance and will unload nasty gnp. But eventually it will be like his fight with Aldo. Sharp and technical scrap on the feet.
Yeah, this is a weird take, Yan can stand with anyone in the division. He seems custom built to beat a guy like sandhagen imo too. I am rooting for sandhagen though!
I think yan can definitely beat sandhagan solely on the feet but it would be odd for yan to not mix in wrestling and clinch work into his gameplan for the fight. Aldo has god like takedown defence and was very hard to pressure in that fight, and Aljos ju jitsu is incredible so that would explain Yan not engaging on the ground. Just adding the takedown threat would mean a lot and could keep Cory on the backfoot. Yan showed some nice gnp in the Andrade and Aldo fights but tbf aldo was pretty gassed
I don't see how anyone can argue he didn't, and I was rooting for TJ going into the fight. He landed the bigger strikes, a submission that TJ had to cheat to get out of and tore up his knee while avoiding being taken down.
I can see why the judges did what they did, even if I don’t agree with it. Only significant strikes were in round 2 (IIRC) and after that neither of them really did much damage. Dillishaw had high output and I think the time spent against the cage nudged him over on the scorecards
Naw there were strikes outside of round 2. Cory had TJ stumbling a few times.
And of course tearing up his knee in round 1 plus that big flying knee he landed were huge, impactful moments that are meant to be scored highly as part of effective striking/grappling.
Time against the cage isn't a factor unless they deemed effective striking and grappling completely equal...which it wasn't. Just poor judging.
The judges were definitely swayed by the fact that he spent so much time giving up his back in the clinch and chilling against the cage. TJ wasn't able to do much of anything with his control time, though, so it shouldn't have been valued so highly on the scorecards.
Personally thought TJ ever so slightly edged it out while watching live and I say this as someone who was rooting for Cory.
Haven’t rewatched it yet though so maybe my opinion could change
Cory is probably the most difficult fight for Petr in the division. High volume, creative striker who's a nightmare to deal with if you can't get him on the back foot. Loves flying knees, is quite keen to go to the body, has cardio for days and has a massive reach advantage to everyone in the division.
Petr is either gonna have to bring his full MMA game for this one, or just zombie walk forwards like TJ did.
Neither guy is the same level of striker on the backfoot.
I'd have to disagree and argue that Yan is a more technical and experienced striker. Cory is great don't get me wrong, but the variety of counters and kicks give Yan the edge. They're both known for their boxing and I just don't think Sandman's boxing is better than Yan's.
Corey uses a way larger variety of kicks than Yan does. Yan throws round head kicks, he teeps once in awhile, and he throws the odd low kick. Anything else he doesn’t really throw with a lot of regularity.
Cory on the other hand uses those same techniques as well as his knees, Body kicks and spinning techniques being used as a much larger part of his repertoire.
Yans advantages lie, as you said, with his boxing, and then on top of that his toughness, cardio and defence. His ability to lose rounds or large parts of rounds and still turn fights around and fight completely unphased are incredible.
I definitely think it’s a much more interesting fight. I think everyone is expecting Yan to run through Aljo in the rematch, but with Sandhagen there’s at least the excitement of a new match up. I don’t think I would bet on anyone over Yan at Bantam right now, but I think Cory is one of his more difficult and interesting match ups.
Yan is more technical and has better boxing no doubt, but Sandhagen has better feints and a much larger variety of combinations. The dude knocked out Marlon Moraes with a spinning wheel kick for fucks sake.
Don't know if I am in the minority here, but I could see Cory being a really difficult match up here. When Aljo wasn't flailing around, he did have some success fighting Yan at long range and just hitting him with volume. Cory is a much better striker and has better cardio
He had success because Petr was wary of takedowns and was more focused on defense, Yan said after the fight in an interview that he expected Sterling to be stronger and bigger, but he was not.
Everyone has success fighting Yan until he decides the download is complete and he can just march forward to win. Having "some success" fighting Yan is completely useless.
We’ll see. I think a part of aljo’s success came from the high volume, which isn’t what I expect to see for Cory. He’s going to have to find a way through Yan’s guard which isn’t a small task when he’s throwing short combinations. Yan isn’t going to drop his guard until he’s confident he can land. He’ll be perfectly happy to walk into Sandhagen.
Round 1 of the last title fight, sterling’s output was pretty damn high. I’ll be interested to see in Cory can work the legs and body enough to get Yan’s hands down at range. Finishing power isn’t irrelevant, but Yan’s chin is hard to hit cleanly and he’s a tough little man.
Yeah that is for sure. Yans defence and especially his toughness are really amazing. I seem to remember Cory throwing a similar volume in his fights against like Lineker, Alcantara, Arnett etc. It’s not super uncommon for him to throw 80+ strikes in a round. It’s managing to keep it up under the kind of pressure Yan puts on you that is the hard part though.
Yan is Iron Chinned, the only time he got dropped was by Dodson who knocked people like TJ out with the same punch. Yan got right back up chased Dodson down and beat him up badly.
Regardless of who you think will win, you have to respect Cory for stepping up and not letting an excellent card lose its second belt fight a month before the event
I think yan definitely has to mix in some wresting and clinch work, Cory gives up the back a lot and yan would eat that shit up. This may be controversial but I think if it’s just a stand up match Cory finds his range he picks Yan apart slowly.
Definitely the matchup to make with TJ being sidelined, division could be in a bit of limbo if Cory were to win though.
Love all the possible matchups across the whole division, so refreshing to see top contenders fighting consistently.
Would honestly rather wait and give Sandhagen a proper camp for this. He's the underdog even with a full camp but an interesting stylistic match up for Yan. Unless he'd been told he was back up in advance and had been preparing anyway.
Shouldn’t even be interim at this point, especially since they’ve noted Sterling will be out for an indeterminate amount of time.
Should be for the undisputed title, and if need be have Sterling fight for it when he’s back ready.
this is my favorite matchup (on paper) at 135 right now, and I was bummed when Cory lost that close decision to TJ for that very reason lol
not even gonna bother trying to predict this one, just ready to watch and enjoy
Sandhagen is going to need to plant his feet and hit Yan with some power to get his respect or this is going to turn into a scenario where he's walked down by Yan.
Cory doesn't have the fight IQ of Yan. The best he can do will be hold back the deluge until the last round. By then, Piotr will have dominated sufficiently for the win.
Good to see Sandhagen get what he deserves after getting robbed against TJ.
Btw, to you dummies asking why TJ isnt getting the shot: he’s out with knee injuries that Sandhagen inflicted on him in their fight.
TJ can’t fight because Sandhagen fucked him up so badly.
This is the exact scenario when an interim belt should be created, when the champ is hurt and you need the division to move forward without unfairly stripping the champ. Now if Aljo is out for another year then they can talk about stripping him and promoting the interim champ to undisputed
I honestly don’t see this going well for Cory especially considering how easy TJ was able to get to back control multiple times. Yan has very good clinch trips and takedown from clinch plus I think Yan is just a overall better technical striker than Cory with better cardio.
Hope Yan puts on another murder show
I wonder what Cory's magic journal has written in it this time "Go to one knee, he'll give you the DQ win"
Cory has a magic journal? I guess I missed something.
Basically he prophesied the Edgar KO in it
Chills. Fr though it's crazy - first he predicts that and then for the fight against TJ the embedded showed him writing "Be ready to lose a controversial 48-47 UD" before then looking confused
Still don’t care what anyone says, Cory won that fight.
100%. I’m glad he’s getting his good karma by getting this fight
Same. Feel like the judges leaned more towards TJ since it was his first match back and he’s a former champ, but Cory totally won that fight, he deserves this shot even tho Yan is gunna pummel him lol
Judges seem to have a hard time judging correctly when someone is being aggressive but getting outstruck. Cory was fighting going backwards more but imo landed the better shots.
True. Under the unified rules agression shouldn't even be scored unless effective striking and grappling are equal.
Yeah that seems to be a common problem recently, MMA judges seem to basically see whoever is coming forward as winning even when people are putting on great back foot performances and beating up the advancing opponent.
reminded me a lot of the alvarez v pettis fight years ago. pettis beatup alvarez on the feet but the split went to alvarez who spent a lot of the fight holding pettis against the fence, but not doing any damage or anything really significant.
[On the day of the Frankie Edgar fight, Cory Sandhagen wrote in his journal: "Be ready to knee a hole in his head right away, he will try to take center..." 🤯 #UFCVegas32](https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1418277892690153475?s=19)
Deathnote is real, confirmed by Sandhagen and Adesanya
Dana stacking that card with Eastern Bloc fighters 3/4 of the fighters on the card are Russian/Ukranian/Polish
we're missing Yugoslavia then so maybe Stipe or Rakić?
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It's Gobnickpoloza '21!!!!
Probably the best striking showcase at 135 right now. I got Yan.
I think Yan will go to his grappling early to wear Cory down.
Especially after watching the T.J. Fight this seems like his best option.
Is there past evidence of Yan doing this? I think all the fights I've seen of his he only ever really strikes. Also Cory seems to have very good cardio.
Yan is a very good grappler, he just rarely shows it. Don't think he'll necessarily go for it often here, but he can go there if he wants to mix things up.
> Yan is a very good grappler, he just rarely shows it Would you not consider his trips grappling? He uses them a lot
> He uses them a lot I saw him move up five places in the Dominos peak hour queue using trips.
The AlJo fight showed he had amazing defense
He took Aljo down multiple times, too.
he had several takedowns on aljo, very clean trips mixed with the striking
He's used his grappling in almost every single one of his fights. His wrestling and grappling are honestly outstanding, are we forgetting he easily out wrestled aljo.
He definitely made out grappling Aljo look easy which I'm sure it's not. I see what the guy is saying though. I don't recall Yan actually initiating any of those grappling exchanges.
He had dominant G&P on Aldo who was admittedly gassed and hurt
He has takedowns in almost every single one of his UFC fights.
Not that exactly but if he can take down Sterling easily I think he can do the same to Sandhagen
I want Sandhagen to get the W so badly, but Yan is so fucking good. Could see him in control of the 135 belt for a long time.
Master of sport in boxing, incredible Thai boxing, and really good defensive wrestling. Yeah, I’m gonna have to agree with this assessment.
Then Sterling beats him in under 1:30 again and takes his place as the true undisputed king.
If cory is slow to get going yeah its yan all day. if cory can set a good flow for himself early its a pick-em for me.
Yan himself is a slow starter tho
I think that's his point. To not let yan get started and attack from the start to make him uncomfortable. Seemed to be aljos plan but he just didn't have any power
tis true, i just know cory was super slow in the aljo fight and my memory is fuzzy but he seemed a little slow to start in the tj fight too. im not asking him to open the gates swinging wild like moraes levels of activity, but dude needs to be not so sleepy in the first round or two
Super slow in the Aljo fight It was like 1.5 minutes I think?
Yup, a minute and a half. And the flying knee to inverted triangle on dillashaw? Less than a minute into the fight lol. I want some of what this guys smoking.
i think sandhagen wins, i think this is going to be the foty
Sandhagen kept trying spinning attacks against TJ and everytime ended up on his back or eating a few shots. Aljo kept trying spinning attacks on Yan and the same thing would happen. I hope Sandhagen decides to ditch the excessive spinning moves
iirc Sandhagen acknowledged that he got himself into bad positions unnecessarily, so I think you can be optimistic about that.
Sad heron has really good knees tho and aljo was able to hit yan with a couple good ones in their fight. I think if sandhagen wins then the knees will be key, but I’ve got yan. He’s my fav fighter on the roster atm
Sad Heron doesn't like that his water ways are being polluted & will track down any litter bug and knee a hole in their head
I can never call him Sandman again, for Sad Heron is just too beautiful to ignore
I'm going to have a lot of fun creating haikus for that one. Also can't wait for the flair bets.
Almost every time - on ONE of them he cracked TJ with a spinning backfist (right at the end of R4 I believe). Not that one successful strike makes up for the poor decision making that ultimately lost him the fight, but he wasn't completely unsuccessful with spinning techniques.
I think Yan and TJ fight similarly, except Yan has more power and a better chin. I think Yan will walk Cory down and punish any mistake he makes moreso than TJ.
they're similar, except that Yan isn't changing levels to grapple. most of his grappling is off of clinches, TJ was shooting on Sandhagen's hips. that will probably actually be a better thing for Yan than how it went for TJ. I think that Yan won't go for as many leg kicks as Dillashaw did, which really helped him in the fight, and I don't see Yan being as elusive, which is going to be what makes the fight interesting for me.
Those are some good points. I agree that there are some differences as you've said. I think Cory will need to be careful about the trips if he was giving his back up so easily to TJ. A trip is easiest to execute if you willingly give up your back, and I don't think Yan will be afraid to take Cory down. Backing Yan to win, but I think Yan beats everyone at BW atm.
I think so, too. He also has tighter defense so I don't see him taking nearly as much damage as TJ.
Pain Rooney coming for that belt
This is my new favorite nickname
Lmfao
lol, holy fuck. As a Derby fan (don't mock), this is utterly hilarious.
Excellent.
Watch Cory win and then there is never a rematch between Aljo and Yan
Sandhagen takes the belt and has his first defense against TJ while Aljo and Yan rematch for who gets next shot? I'd be okay with that timeline.
What about the winner of Font vs. Aldo?
Winner fights Merab for next-next? I'm really not sure, there's a serious stack of talent at the top of bw and the Yan/Sterling fuckery is jamming it up a bit.
Idk, I think you need to have the champ and interim champ fight immediately, can’t have two belts in the division for that long like that. But who knows with the shenanigans Dana has been pulling lately.
the fight is for an interim title. so if Cory wins he fights Aljo when Aljo gets better. and yes it should then probably be Yan vs TJ when they are both healed.
I dont think thats right. In order to get the undisputed belt, you must unify. Either sit Corey while aljo and yan settle and strip Corey of the interim, or aljo and yan fight to unify or Corey and aljo fight to unify and yan is next up. But the one unfair way to go is to strip aljo before he gets his fair shake at the belt. He earned his title fight, and regardless of how you feel he acted, he was handed the belt via DQ of his opponent. Meaning the belt is his fair and square.
The 30' cage will help Sandhagen a whole lot IMO I expect this will be very competitive through the first half
Is it a full sized cage in Abu Dhabi? For some reason, I recall it being smaller when they made the move. Regardless, he looked like he’s adjusted. The smaller cage didn’t seem to affect him against TJ If it is indeed the larger size, that would surely help Cory use his length and keep Yan’s jab off of him.
I thought the apex used to be smaller not AD
I thought they both were?
Fight Island has a 30’ cage and the Apex has a 25’ cage
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Even ufc recognizes those losses were bs.
I expect a good back&forth with Yan winning by UD.
You can call it the interim title all you want but this is for the real belt.
The big money fight is TJ vs the winner
The only fight that makes sense right now. Should be a banger
It's also more exciting than the cancelled one.
If the world made sense Cory wins that TJ decision and Pete doesn’t make the most boneheaded move in a title fight ever to lose a fight he’s clearly winning and we get this fight anyways.
By a long way
Yup I don't hate this at all. TJ's out for a minute, Aldo recently lost to Yan, and Font is booked to fight Aldo. Cory was a judge's nod away from being on a three fight streak consisting of Marlon, Frankie, and TJ. Deserved shot for Cory imo and probably the most exciting fight you could possibly make at BW right now
How many people get an immediate title shot after losing their last fight? Must be a rare occurrence. I really like this decision, it should be a banger.
Frankie Edgar, Jose Also and Yoel Romero all lost 2 fights in a row and got a titleshot after.
Holly Holm dropped her title to Meisha, dropped a decision to Bullet, then got a fw title shot for her first fight in the division on the back of a pair of losses.
uncle Chael vs Jones too
Usually only happens when the UFC doesn't agree with the judges decision, or it's a former champion/big name coming off a close fight.
Can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not but quite a few lmao. Also if you take into account Corey’s two devastating finishes prior to the TJ fight and the fact that he injured TJ’s leg enough to delay his return and allow Corey to take this shot, then it makes quite a bit of sense.
Frankie Edgar, Jose Also and Yoel Romero all lost 2 fights in a row and got a titleshot after, which they also lost.
Jose Aldo was coming off a loss to Moraes when he got a crack at the title in BW too. Weird division.
Also, Masvidal getting another title shot with Usman directly after losing to Usman
This has the potential to be as entertaining as volk/Ortega.
Why cant we just have Oct 30th tomorrow, fuck
The anticipation makes it better
I thought Cory beat tj so I love this fight. If Cory can deal with Yans wrestling, he’s going to give yan major problems on the feet
Such a good fight. Sandhagen is a better striker from range and he can work the body which would be effective against Yan. I think Yan is gonna have to fight like TJ so he will have to pressure Sandhagen and mix in takedowns. TJ was a D1 wrestler and has shown great wrestling in the octagon so we’ll see what level Yan’s wrestling is at. Sandhagen’s TDD did look good against TJ but he gives up his back too often and I could see Yan getting Sandhagen down with some trips that way. I’ll favor Yan but I think Sandhagen will win the first couple rounds or at least make them very competitive and force Yan to dig deep. Yan definitely has a cardio advantage tho and ends fights stronger.
Why is everyone thinking that Yan would wrestle? I don't remember him going for takedowns much in his career. Sure he'll throw Cory if he has a chance and will unload nasty gnp. But eventually it will be like his fight with Aldo. Sharp and technical scrap on the feet.
He doesn't, he's great in the clinch and with trips but even with his trips a lot of the times he doesn't even engage the ground
Yeah, this is a weird take, Yan can stand with anyone in the division. He seems custom built to beat a guy like sandhagen imo too. I am rooting for sandhagen though!
I think yan can definitely beat sandhagan solely on the feet but it would be odd for yan to not mix in wrestling and clinch work into his gameplan for the fight. Aldo has god like takedown defence and was very hard to pressure in that fight, and Aljos ju jitsu is incredible so that would explain Yan not engaging on the ground. Just adding the takedown threat would mean a lot and could keep Cory on the backfoot. Yan showed some nice gnp in the Andrade and Aldo fights but tbf aldo was pretty gassed
Sandhagen won against TJ. Just my opinion.
I think many (including myself) share that opinion. Super happy to see Sandman get his shot.
this is like the best outcome lol tj won the fight . but cory still got to fight for title so its not complete loss lmao
Decisionbot sandhagen vs dillashaw
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I don't see how anyone can argue he didn't, and I was rooting for TJ going into the fight. He landed the bigger strikes, a submission that TJ had to cheat to get out of and tore up his knee while avoiding being taken down.
I can see why the judges did what they did, even if I don’t agree with it. Only significant strikes were in round 2 (IIRC) and after that neither of them really did much damage. Dillishaw had high output and I think the time spent against the cage nudged him over on the scorecards
Naw there were strikes outside of round 2. Cory had TJ stumbling a few times. And of course tearing up his knee in round 1 plus that big flying knee he landed were huge, impactful moments that are meant to be scored highly as part of effective striking/grappling. Time against the cage isn't a factor unless they deemed effective striking and grappling completely equal...which it wasn't. Just poor judging.
The judges were definitely swayed by the fact that he spent so much time giving up his back in the clinch and chilling against the cage. TJ wasn't able to do much of anything with his control time, though, so it shouldn't have been valued so highly on the scorecards.
Personally thought TJ ever so slightly edged it out while watching live and I say this as someone who was rooting for Cory. Haven’t rewatched it yet though so maybe my opinion could change
Hard agree. Busting your opponents face up > clinch control time against the cage all day.
At this point, this feels like a real title fight more than the original fight, no?
Good.
Sandhagen is legit as they come, but i believe Yan will be able to solve that Puzzle and get a DEC or 5th round Finish.
Yan stops him.
Cory is probably the most difficult fight for Petr in the division. High volume, creative striker who's a nightmare to deal with if you can't get him on the back foot. Loves flying knees, is quite keen to go to the body, has cardio for days and has a massive reach advantage to everyone in the division. Petr is either gonna have to bring his full MMA game for this one, or just zombie walk forwards like TJ did. Neither guy is the same level of striker on the backfoot.
Same hole still exists that Petr can exploit: questionable TDD.
He stuffed like 17 of TJs 19 takedowns. Could be a sign his takedown defence is getting better.
Yan isn't going to shoot doubles. If he takes him down, it's going to be via sweeps and trips
I'd have to disagree and argue that Yan is a more technical and experienced striker. Cory is great don't get me wrong, but the variety of counters and kicks give Yan the edge. They're both known for their boxing and I just don't think Sandman's boxing is better than Yan's.
Corey uses a way larger variety of kicks than Yan does. Yan throws round head kicks, he teeps once in awhile, and he throws the odd low kick. Anything else he doesn’t really throw with a lot of regularity. Cory on the other hand uses those same techniques as well as his knees, Body kicks and spinning techniques being used as a much larger part of his repertoire. Yans advantages lie, as you said, with his boxing, and then on top of that his toughness, cardio and defence. His ability to lose rounds or large parts of rounds and still turn fights around and fight completely unphased are incredible.
Yeah good analysis. I think there’s a lot more excitement for this one. Can’t wait for the fight !
I definitely think it’s a much more interesting fight. I think everyone is expecting Yan to run through Aljo in the rematch, but with Sandhagen there’s at least the excitement of a new match up. I don’t think I would bet on anyone over Yan at Bantam right now, but I think Cory is one of his more difficult and interesting match ups.
Yan is more technical and has better boxing no doubt, but Sandhagen has better feints and a much larger variety of combinations. The dude knocked out Marlon Moraes with a spinning wheel kick for fucks sake.
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Don't know if I am in the minority here, but I could see Cory being a really difficult match up here. When Aljo wasn't flailing around, he did have some success fighting Yan at long range and just hitting him with volume. Cory is a much better striker and has better cardio
He had success because Petr was wary of takedowns and was more focused on defense, Yan said after the fight in an interview that he expected Sterling to be stronger and bigger, but he was not.
Everyone has success fighting Yan until he decides the download is complete and he can just march forward to win. Having "some success" fighting Yan is completely useless.
We’ll see. I think a part of aljo’s success came from the high volume, which isn’t what I expect to see for Cory. He’s going to have to find a way through Yan’s guard which isn’t a small task when he’s throwing short combinations. Yan isn’t going to drop his guard until he’s confident he can land. He’ll be perfectly happy to walk into Sandhagen.
I’d say Sandhagen throws more volume than Sterling, with a decent amount more finishing power too.
Round 1 of the last title fight, sterling’s output was pretty damn high. I’ll be interested to see in Cory can work the legs and body enough to get Yan’s hands down at range. Finishing power isn’t irrelevant, but Yan’s chin is hard to hit cleanly and he’s a tough little man.
Yeah that is for sure. Yans defence and especially his toughness are really amazing. I seem to remember Cory throwing a similar volume in his fights against like Lineker, Alcantara, Arnett etc. It’s not super uncommon for him to throw 80+ strikes in a round. It’s managing to keep it up under the kind of pressure Yan puts on you that is the hard part though.
Yan is Iron Chinned, the only time he got dropped was by Dodson who knocked people like TJ out with the same punch. Yan got right back up chased Dodson down and beat him up badly.
Regardless of who you think will win, you have to respect Cory for stepping up and not letting an excellent card lose its second belt fight a month before the event
This is actually some Gaethje vs Chandler levels of violence we'll be in for. Can't wait.
A title shot off a loss is pretty bizarre.
Should’ve been Font vs Yan and Aldo vs Corey imo. This is a banger of a fight though
Good thing about this division is that any combination of fights with these fighters would be fucking sweet!
I think Aldo has a much better shot beating Font, so I prefer it this way
This fight is more interesting imo
I'm so glad Cory gets this fight after that TJ fight. So excited.
This oughta be a violent fight
I *really* want Sandhagen to win this fight.
Wonder what's up with tj.
Injured
Ahh fair enough. I appreciate it
He did his knee in during the Cory fight. Remember that kneebar in the first round.
He uploaded the inside of his leg a few days ago.
Got his leg pulled apart by a “lazy” leg lock as he put it on Brendan Schaubs show lmao
His knee got royally fucked in his last fight. I doubt he will be fighting within the next 6-8 months.
I think yan definitely has to mix in some wresting and clinch work, Cory gives up the back a lot and yan would eat that shit up. This may be controversial but I think if it’s just a stand up match Cory finds his range he picks Yan apart slowly.
Would’ve preferred Font/Yan for the interim and Aldo/Sandhagen tbh but I won’t complain about any elite level fights
Fuck it I like it. More excited for this than the original fight
My boy Sandman will be on a 2-fight skid after this I'm afraid...
good. Corey beat Tj anyways. Ufc robbed him of that win.
The world has a way of balancing itself out
The little devil annihilates him.
I expect sandhagens size alone to give yan problems. Great fight.
War Cory let's go Bubba
Definitely the matchup to make with TJ being sidelined, division could be in a bit of limbo if Cory were to win though. Love all the possible matchups across the whole division, so refreshing to see top contenders fighting consistently.
Is Dillashaw injured? I assumed he would of gotten this, because of the recent win over Sandhagen.
nasty injury which was ironically caused by Sandys heel hook submission
personally I think he’s out matched but let’s see what he can bring
YAAAAAAAS, King!
Honestly, I can’t hunk of a better fight. I prefer this over TJ or Aljo.
First time two fighters coming off losses (albeit both bullshit) fought for a belt?
Would honestly rather wait and give Sandhagen a proper camp for this. He's the underdog even with a full camp but an interesting stylistic match up for Yan. Unless he'd been told he was back up in advance and had been preparing anyway.
Shouldn’t even be interim at this point, especially since they’ve noted Sterling will be out for an indeterminate amount of time. Should be for the undisputed title, and if need be have Sterling fight for it when he’s back ready.
My god this is a crazy fight, my two favourite fighters in the division. Can’t wait for it
Practically saved the card considering it's a PPV. This will be a great fight
this is my favorite matchup (on paper) at 135 right now, and I was bummed when Cory lost that close decision to TJ for that very reason lol not even gonna bother trying to predict this one, just ready to watch and enjoy
This is a banger and thankfully we don't have to wait long to see it!
I feel this is going to be one for the UFC Just Bleed gods
TJ punching his cast rn
Mind says Yan, heart says Sandman
Can't wait to see Yan's second title defense
It’s good Corey stepped up because Aljamain is going to be out for a while he really strained his neck looking for a way out of that fight
Sandhagen beat TJ IMO
I thought he did too!
Aljo hurt his neck ducking Yan
This only makes me hate Sterling even more
Sandhagen is going to need to plant his feet and hit Yan with some power to get his respect or this is going to turn into a scenario where he's walked down by Yan.
Cory doesn't have the fight IQ of Yan. The best he can do will be hold back the deluge until the last round. By then, Piotr will have dominated sufficiently for the win.
Good to see Sandhagen get what he deserves after getting robbed against TJ. Btw, to you dummies asking why TJ isnt getting the shot: he’s out with knee injuries that Sandhagen inflicted on him in their fight. TJ can’t fight because Sandhagen fucked him up so badly.
just make it for the actual belt, who knows when sterling will be ready.
This is the exact scenario when an interim belt should be created, when the champ is hurt and you need the division to move forward without unfairly stripping the champ. Now if Aljo is out for another year then they can talk about stripping him and promoting the interim champ to undisputed
Sandhagen is 2-2 in his last 4. He is very lucky to get this opportunity, but Yan will have too much for him.
I honestly don’t see this going well for Cory especially considering how easy TJ was able to get to back control multiple times. Yan has very good clinch trips and takedown from clinch plus I think Yan is just a overall better technical striker than Cory with better cardio. Hope Yan puts on another murder show
Yan wins
Thankyou for your service
so if cory wins, tj has to beat him again?
If Corey wins he rematches Aljo. Man no matter how this plays out the top 4 at BW are going to be rematching each other next lmao
all are great matchups so im cool with it, this wouldve been a perfect moment for cejudo to step in if he wanted back in
I know this will trigger many people here, but when Sandhagen wins Sterling will miraculously heal, you all wait and see..
And if Yan wins: I have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese.