Former interim bantamweight champion, Cory Sandhagen is set for a spell on the sidelines off the back of his unanimous decision win over Rob Font at UFC Nashville over the weekend, suffering a complete tear of his right tricep inside the opening round en route to his judging win.
Sandhagen, who currently holds the number four rank in the official bantamweight rankings ahead of the updated rankings release later this week, was intiaily scheduled to headline the Tennessee event against the surging Russian grappler, Umar Nurmagomedov.
Remaining on the Nashville showing amid the withdrawal of Nurmagomedov amid an injury suffered, Sandhagen turned in his third consecutive victory with his win over Font – adding to a prior one-sided split decision win Marlon Vera back in April, and a doctor’s stoppage TKO win over Song Yadong in consecutive headlining fights.