Former interim bantamweight title challenger, Cory Sandhagen has staked his claim for a long-overdue fight with now-former undisputed titleholder, Sean O’Malley following the latter’s defeat at Noche UFC over the course of the weekend — claiming a drawn-out pairing should take place now.
Sandhagen, the current number four ranked bantamweight contender, most recently headlined UFC Fight Night Abu Dhabi earlier this summer in his return to the Octagon — dropping a one-sided unanimous judging loss to the undefeated, Umar Nurmagomedov in the pair’s officially-billed title eliminator.
And as for Montana striker, O’Malley, the Contender Series alum headlined Noche UFC over the course of last weekend at the Las Vegas Sphere, losing his crown in a one-sided unanimous decision defeat of his own against surging wrestling ace, Merab Dvalishvili in the pair’s title grudge match.