Off the back of his emphatic performance tonight in Iowa, bantamweight star, Cory Sandhagen has staked his claim for an undisputed UFC title fight against the victor of next month’s clash between Merab Dvalishvili, and long-time foe, Sean O’Malley.
Sandhagen, who had been sidelined since last summer, returned to the winner’s enclosure tonight in his main event clash in Des Moines against ex-flyweight kingpin, Deiveson Figueiredo.
Most recently dropping a rather comprehensive unanimous decision loss to most recent title challenger, Umar Nurmagomedov, Sandhagen missed out on a title charge as his winning spree of three-fights was snapped.