Cory Sandhagen is assured that he has the reply to UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili’s sport.
Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) retained his title when he rallied to defeat Umar Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) by unanimous resolution this previous Saturday at UFC 311 from Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Sandhagen is coming off a five-round foremost occasion loss to Nurmagomedov at UFC on ABC 7. Whereas he is aware of he received’t be subsequent in line for a title shot, he likes how he matches up towards Dvalishvili.
“Umar’s undoubtedly a very good fighter,” Sandhagen stated on his YouTube channel. “He beat me. He’s higher than I’m stylistically. That being stated, types make fights. In case you’re going to be a man that fights towards Merab, it’s a must to have actually, actually, actually good footwork and be capable of defend the takedowns in an power environment friendly approach. Merab has fought O’Malley, beat him fairly decisively. Yan, beat him fairly decisively. Umar, beat him fairly decisively. These are the three guys which are forward of me. I needs to be subsequent in line.”
Though Sandhagen is aware of higher than to name for the following title shot, that doesn’t imply he isn’t assured that he might be the one to dethrone Dvalishvili.
“I do know that that’s sort of a troublesome promote, so I’m not going to attempt to promote you guys on that since you guys know I don’t like doing that,” Sandhagen stated of a callout. “… I do suppose that if there’s a fashion that beats Merab, it’s one that may management the area the most effective. And say no matter you need about my fashion, what it’s a must to say about it’s I most likely have the most effective footwork within the division. If not the most effective, approach, approach up there. I maintain area, hold area, shut it, open it higher than anybody else within the division in my view. That’s what’s going to beat Merab. So once I get to battle him, I’m actually excited to see how that will get to appear like.”
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