Cory Sandhagen snapped a two-fight dropping skid with a fourth-round stoppage over Song Yadong at UFC Vegas 60 on Saturday evening.
It was a bit win for ‘The Sandman’ after dropping back-to-back fights towards T.J. Dillashaw and Petr Yan. The combat was stopped following the conclusion of the fourth spherical on the suggestion of the ringside physician as a result of a big lower that had opened over the attention of Music earlier within the contest.
Following his win, Cory Sandhagen mentioned his subsequent potential bout through the post-fight press convention. There, Sandhagen referred to as out two fighters, Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera and Merab Dvalishvili.
“Chito and Merab are the apparent names. Each of them pose very totally different challenges, two fully reverse fighters nearly. I don’t actually care man. Give me one in all them for Christmas.”
Throughout an look on Submission Radio, Vera was requested about his ideas on Cory Sandhagen’s callout.
“Actually, nothing. I’m like, you need it, f*ck, come and get it you already know? Easy as that. I really feel like he was, for my part, he was sort of like losing a little bit little bit of power and crying about like, ‘Oh, I received left over. Blah, blah, blah. I’m preventing low within the rankings.’ I did the identical factor my final combat. I didn’t complain, you already know?”
‘Chito’ Vera Will Be Ready for Cory Sandhagen
With Cory Sandhagen sitting within the No. 4 spot and ‘Chito’ Vera one spot up at No. 5, a combat between the 2 top-five contenders would make numerous sense. Ought to the UFC deem that to be the subsequent combat to make, ‘Chito’ might be greater than ready for ‘The Sandman’.
“Petr Yan received supplied the identical combat on the identical day, August thirteenth and he declined it. They had been like, ‘Yan declined the combat, do you wish to combat Cruz?’ I mentioned, ‘Certain, ship the contract.’ Why waste time on, ‘Oh, I received left over and I wish to combat for the belt. I wish to combat forward.’ All of us wish to combat forward, however typically it’s what it’s. What is on the market. So, yeah, you already know, if you need it, you’ll be able to [come] get some. And if you happen to don’t get it, any individual else [will] get it. It doesn’t matter. I’ll be ready if it’s for him or any individual else, it’s on.
In August, Vera scored a highlight-reel head kick knockout of former two-time UFC champion Dominick Cruz in August. That prolonged Vera’s win streak to 4, with victories over Davey Grant, Frankie Edgar, and Rob Font. ‘Chita’ can also be the one man to defeat fan favourite Sean O’Malley, incomes a first-round TKO over ‘Sugar’ at UFC 252.
