Cory Sandhagen Lost Nothing

I didn't think this fight was competitive past the 1st round. Cory's game plan of winning on points was never going to work against yan.
 
I feel bad for the guy, i was rooting for Cory, he should have stayed at range and kept peppering those 50% shots, Yan was constantly covering up during those.

Guy is still relatively young in MMA years, he has time to improve.
 
The new Condit

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He fought well but now has a loss against Yan, Tj and Aljo. So hes going to get pushed down to fight rank 5-10 guys for a couple now
 
Cory Is a smart guy. Self reflecting and always improving. Intelligent fighter, who will come back stronger. I hope weight cutting will not weaken him in the future. Go Cory.
 
Corey has no power in his hands. At least not enough against elite competition. That was actually the main difference in the fight. Every time Yan landed it was a pretty hard shot while Corey was just tickling Yan for the most time.
 
I was waiting for Yan to snatch a dq from the jaws of victory.
 
TheHitMan said:
I agree with this, which is why I was a little nervous going into the decision.

I am also 100% sure Sandhagen has not yet reached his full potential.

With different coaching, standing his ground more, and utilizing his jab/speed/reach (like Thomas Hearns), Sandhagen could be poison for anyone.

Like Hearns, when a tall guy backs-up, they're not effective.

And, like Hearns, when a tall guy stands his ground, fires a riveting-jab, followed by devastating punches (kicks), they are poison for shorter fighters their same weight.

I think Sandhagen should do the same thing Tyson Fury did: dump his trainers advising him to "stick and move," and start learning from a new trainer how to really hurt someone by standing his ground, with his advantages in height/reach.
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Great analogy with Fury, and very similar in the areas they need to improve. Sugar Hill taught Fury to sit down on his shots and use his size offensively vs defensively. He needs to use that size to his advantage, stop fighting like a small man. All the people saying Peter would destroy him were way off. Cory put on a hell of a fight and even the round that he was knocked down was close. Most impressive to me was that he managed to stop Peter's momentum, something no fighter has yet done.

Also, how did every Sherdog writer give him the 5th and every judge gave the 5th to Peter? How is that possible? It was not a mixed bag, it was 3/0 w/ with of them. Maybe they watched with the sound off?
 
He lacks power unless it’s kicks, which is weird because he’s bigger then some lightweights
 
kingJohn said:
How the hell do you give him round 5? I could see round 2, but he didn't land anything in round 5 and ate some pretty big shots from Petr.
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He outlanded him? If only he did that for round 4 too. He deserves to lose for the bad takedown attempts where he just sort of laid down.
 
I think he's got a great chance of winning a rematch but he lost a title fight. BW is stacked he's going to have to win a fight possibly 2-3 to get back here.

This is not a positive for his career.
 
Aljo ran through him. Don't see why he wouldn't be able to do the same again.
 
TheHitMan said:
Sandhagen lost nothing in this fight.

He took it on short notice, he gave his all, and there was some concern about what the decision would be.

I felt confident Petr Yan would win, but wasn't 100%. In the end, the scorecards reflected the way I saw the fight, but in no way was Cory Sandhagen diminished.

More importantly, rather than crying in the end, and disputing the decision, when asked if he thought "He Won," Sandhagen honestly answered, "No."

A game, tough, honest "man's man," as a competitor.

Even with the loss, Sandhagen definitely remains a threat to the entire division, and with more work, and the kind of honesty and bravado he has, he is by no means anywhere near finished. The best is yet to come.

That said, I was rooting for Petr Yan, and he pulled it off.

My bet is that Aljamain Sterling (an embarrassing name for any man) will never face Yan again; he will pull out, and spend extensive amounts of time in "rehabilitation," until UFC strips him.

The real fight now is between Petr Yan and T.J. Dillashaw.

That will be truly epic, and I can't wait.
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He finally won me over with that admission. I thought he was gonna sulk and bitch about it. But he didn't. HUGE respect
 
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