Cory Sandhagen knows he needs to take responsibility for his controversial loss to T.J. Dillashaw at UFC Vegas 32, but ‘The Sandman’ still thinks he should have been awarded the victory.
Sandhagen knows there are things he could have done differently to tip the scorecards in his favor but the top-three bantamweight is of the opinion that, in most people’s eyes, he won the fight but not the contest.
“I think I need to take responsibility,” Sandhagen told MMA Fighting following split decision loss to Dillashaw. “I need to let myself feel that it’s my fault that I lost because there are things that I could have done differently and they’re just really tiny, tiny little things, which is why I’m not beating myself up too much about this one.