Cory Sandhagen believes he deserves the following title shot, however is open to taking one other battle.
Sandhagen scored a second-round stoppage win over Deiveson Figueiredo on Saturday at UFC Des Moines. It received him again within the win column, and after the victory, he referred to as for a title shot.
But, Petr Yan, who has a win over Sandhagen and is ranked forward of him, claimed he ought to face the winner of Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley. So, with that, Sandhagen says he’s open to combating Yan once more as he has confidence he’d win that battle.
“Yeah, positive, I’m not going to decide to that till after the title battle. I’m not against combating Yan, I’d like to battle Yan. Particularly as a result of he likes spreading the narrative like keep in mind what occurred final time we fought,” Cory Sandhagen stated to Ariel Helwani. “Like, Yan, dude, I took that on 4 weeks’ discover, in your facet of the nation, in a battle I solely had a month to prepare for, and he’s a very good fighter. You want extra time.
“And to not point out, I used to be profitable that battle all the way in which up till I received hit with like that loopy spinny, bizarre shit that he hit me with that I’ll by no means let him hit me with once more,” Sandhagen added. “Let’s not act like that was like a one-sided battle as a result of I used to be profitable that battle till I received dropped on the finish of the third. If it means combating Yan once more, then for positive. However I imply, the title needs to be subsequent for me.”
