The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us tonight, September 17, 2022, for UFC Vegas 60, taking place reside from the Apex Middle in Enterprise, Nevada.
Headlining the occasion is a bantamweight conflict, as no. 4 ranked Cory Sandhagen (14-4) faces no. 10 ranked Music Yadong (19-5-1-1) in the principle occasion of the night.
This was considerably of a crossroads combat for Sandhagen, who’d misplaced his final two-straight, going 2-3 in his final 5 moving into. Albeit, these defeats got here to the present bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, and former bantamweight champions TJ Dillashaw and Petr Yan, and people two wins got here by way of knockout over former world champions Marlon Moraes and Frankie Edgar.
However, he’s anticipated extra out of himself, and after almost a 12 months away, he got here to show himself to nonetheless be atop the UFC’s 135 lb division tonight.
Yadong alternatively got here in tonight on a three-fight win streak, his final two by way of knockout, and he was additionally 8-1-1 contained in the octagon coming in. Many individuals questioned why they UFC would give Sandhagen this combat, given the rankings of the 2, however actually, it was an amazing alternative for every man to really showcase themselves towards a harmful opponent.
Proceed studying to see how this epic 135 lb predominant occasion went down:
Official End result: Cory Sandhagen def. Music Yadong by way of TKO (physician stoppage) at 5:00 of spherical 4
Sandhagen tries for an early takedown that Yadong simply stuffs. He goes for an additional, with Yadong once more stuffing it, solely Yadong turns Sandhagen over this time and finally ends up on prime. Sandhagen will get up, the place Yadong takes his again for a second earlier than he falls off they usually’re again to putting vary.
Yadong is wanting actually sharp, he’s touchdown some onerous photographs on Sandhagen. He hurts Sandhagen within the second spherical, stumbling him backward with a tough punch, however Sandhagen additionally lands an elbow that opens a nasty gash on Yadong, almost stopping the combat.
Sandhagen has extra success within the third, as he’s in a position to keep on the surface and land some good punches and kicks on the finish of combos.
All through the primary three rounds, Sandhagen tried quite a lot of takedowns, Yadong handily defending all of them. However, he’d safe his first, and second takedowns of the combat within the fourth, ending that spherical on prime reigning down some heavy photographs.
The combat could be stopped earlier than the fifth spherical started, because the physician known as a cease to the motion as a result of vicious minimize over Yadong’s eye.
Music Yadong had a superb exhibiting, however Cory Sandhagen snapped his two-fight skid tonight at UFC Vegas 60.
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