Cory Sandhagen Lost Nothing

It was a way closer fight than the score cards show. Hopefully Cory gets another try at the title at some point.
 
fortheo said:
He outlanded petr that round and arguably landed the hardest strike which was a flush knee to petr's dome. That was a close round though, so I have no problem with giving it to petr. The right man won in the end, clearly.
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Did you somehow miss this shot by Yan in R5? The was also another roundhouse that swiped Sanhagen's face in the last 5 seconds.

https://v.redd.it/qmutbyowhnw71/DASH_720.mp4
 
redblue said:
Did you somehow miss this shot by Yan in R5? The was also another roundhouse that swiped Sanhagen's face in the last 5 seconds.

https://v.redd.it/qmutbyowhnw71/DASH_720.mp4
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Yeah, the kick landed with the toes, which is why cory was unphased. The knee from sandhagen seemed to have more impact to me. They both only landed one or two really hard strikes in that round. The difference was that Corry had slightly more volume in addition to that. Like I said, I have no problem giving that round to yan, but I can see the argument for Cory winning that round, too.
 
fortheo said:
Yeah, the kick landed with the toes, which is why cory was unphased. The knee from sandhagen seemed to have more impact to me. They both only landed one or two really hard strikes in that round. The difference was that Corry had slightly more volume in addition to that. Like I said, I have no problem giving that round to yan, but I can see the argument for Cory winning that round, too.
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The first judging criteria is Damage, volume second. At no point did Sandhagen land any significant damaging shots. That knee didn't even snap Yan head back, if it even landed in between his guard at all. I didn't see any replay of it in any case.

Throwing a million pitter-patter jabs will never win a fight when the other guy is snapping your head into orbit or putting you on your ass every time he lands.

edit: Straight from the unified MMA rules

PRIORITIZED CRITERIA:

Effective Striking/Grappling

“Legal blows that have immediate or cumulative impact with the potential to contribute towards the end of the match with the IMMEDIATE weighing in more heavily than the cumulative impact.
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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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Agree with everything. Sanhagen is a G no matter what. I saw him as one of the biggest challenges for Yan (I thought he beat Dillashaw), and definitely a bigger challenge than Aljo. I hope Aljo gets stripped soon, he doesn't want to fight Yan.
 
That spinning back fist left hook combo Yan threw was a masterpiece.

It's:
1. Yan
2. Aljo
3. TJ
4. Sandhagen
 
Poirierfan said:
Based on him getting KO'ed before by less powerful/less strikingly polished guys.
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At 135? His last "KO" loss at 135 was a decade ago against Dodson on the TUF Finale. Wouldn't call a green TJ getting KOed (TKOed actually, he never went to sleep) by a hard hitting striker like Dodson a decade ago basis for saying "there's no way TJ doesn't get KOed."
 
Madeline Chelsea said:
I love that Yan’s strictly in there to try and fuck you up. TJ vs Yan gets me so hyped up. Might be the most intriguing fight in BW history.
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Would have been prior to Sandhagen destroying TJ's leg...

TJ's best days are behind him. I am one of the biggest Dillashaw fans on Sherdog. Don't think it will be a good night for my boy against Yan.
 
Hes very talented. One of the best p4p skillsets in the game imo. Its just not quite enough to reach the absolute top of one of the strongest divisions in the sport.
 
He took it on short notice, but he said he had a feeling Sterling would pull out. So he had been training prior to getting the call. And that also means he had been planning on fighting Yan. So it's short notice in a sense, but not how guys get a call out of nowhere to fight in a week.
 
Corey is a very good fighter with courage. But Petr adjusted faster after first, 2nd close could go either way. Petr closed the distance with good pressure blocking most though jabs were going Corey’s way not much damage. Corey in hindsight should have been more like Condit and ran fighting from outside with kicks and jabs. The knees got close so good threat. Corey did lose some brain cells, Petr too, they hit each other . Petr hit Corey harder.
 
Yan will be begging for mercy if he ever had to fight TJ the snake.
 
I’m a big Peeyoder Yan proponent, but thought that both men came away from this fight representing themselves very well... Sandhagen showing unbelievable chin, cardio, different looks and movement throughout the fight, also the resolve to attempt pressing in the last round. I’m going to say we arguably haven’t even see the best Cory yet as he’s just entering his prime, I’m guessing that we will see these two fight again, it just wasn’t his night. Yan just reenforced what we already knew about him, Iron chin, cardio and pace that seemingly increases as the fight goes on, and off the chart fight IQ... Petr also displayed that he’s most likely going to be atop the BW division for a long time coming.
 
Yan's boxing was impressive. Seemed like his defense was never out of position and he landed hard shots. Both guys had very slick movement. I don't know about Cory being a weight bully some guys are just built different. He looked skinny as hell, but he took alot of punishment and held up.
 
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