News Figgy vs. Sandhagen booked for May 3

[HoiceNJuicy]

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently booked an important bantamweight headliner with serious title implications for the upcoming UFC Des Moines main event, scheduled for Sat., May 3, 2025 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.

Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cory Sandhagen, according to Leonardo Guimarães.


https://www.mmamania.com/2025/2/20/...en-main-event-booked-ufc-des-moines-may-3-mma


Man, Sandhagen is going to have an insane size/reach advantage here.

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Great matchup. I hope Cory can finally pull off a title shot. This is his toughest test tho!!

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Dammit!

Want battle of the bean-poles with O’malley vs Corey

Didn’t Corey call his ass out already?

 

[fortheo]

Cory's height and reach will give figgy some big issues, but I remember how often lineker was able to get in on sandhagen and make his power a big factor in the fight. I'm slightly leaning sandhagen here, but Figgy is the more dangerous of the two.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Great matchup. I hope Cory can finally pull off a title shot. This is his toughest test tho!!

Beating Figgy isn't going to leapfrog him over Yan and others at the top.

Disappointing they didn't let Figgy rematch Pantoja tho was the best flyweight match to make. I guess they're going to keep pantoja on ice until the Kape vs Asu winner is available even though neither will have bested an elite flyweight.

 

[svmr_db]

Beating Figgy isn't going to leapfrog him over Yan and others at the top.

Disappointing they didn't let Figgy rematch Pantoja tho was the best flyweight match to make. I guess they're going to keep pantoja on ice until the Kape vs Asu winner is available even though neither will have bested an elite flyweight.

I like Figgy and I know the matchmaking at the top of flyweight can be flimsy at times (Erceg, Asakura getting title shots) but Figgy getting a title shot off a loss at his age is bad business, no reason for UFC to push him to the front of the line when he doesn't have much left in the tank.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

I like Figgy and I know the matchmaking at the top of flyweight can be flimsy at times (Erceg, Asakura getting title shots) but Figgy getting a title shot off a loss at his age is bad business, no reason for UFC to push him to the front of the line when he doesn't have much left in the tank.

It wasn't a devastating loss and it makes sense when he's got a little left given their history and in a barren wasteland of flyweight.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Boooo, I was hoping for O’Malley vs Sand

 

[FreedomCricket]

Fig just hasn't been impressive at BW. He's washed.