This past Saturday night’s de facto bantamweight title eliminator between TJ Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen was a damn good fight. The UFC Vegas 32 headliner was a back-and-forth, exciting, pitched battle between a former champion and a rising star. It reflected and further cemented the lofty, thrilling status the bantamweight division now occupies in this sport—both in and out of the UFC. Despite the action and the thrills, however, that doesn’t mean that the experience was entirely a good one.
On the one hand, we were treated to a highly competitive contest, with high stakes in play. A pairing that producing one of 2021’s best fights to date.