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Frankie Edgar Believes A Stoppage Win Over Cory Sandhagen Earns Him A Title Shot

Frankie Edgar believes he could be fighting for UFC gold if he wins on Saturday. In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 18, Edgar is set to battle Cory Sandhagen in a very intriguing bout. Sandhagen enters the fight as a sizeable favorite, but Edgar is also…

Cory Sandhagen: It Would Be A Bummer If TJ Dillashaw Got Bantamweight Title Shot

Cory Sandhagen doesn’t believe TJ Dillashaw should get an immediate title shot. Dillashaw is eligible to compete in the UFC as of later this month and has gone on record stating that he would like to fight for the bantamweight title immediately upon his return. However, Sandhagen — who is set to face Frankie Edgar […]

Cory Sandhagen doesn’t believe TJ Dillashaw should get an immediate title shot.

Dillashaw is eligible to compete in the UFC as of later this month and has gone on record stating that he would like to fight for the bantamweight title immediately upon his return.

However, Sandhagen — who is set to face Frankie Edgar on February 6 — believes a win for himself should earn him the next crack.

“I think it’s gotta be a title shot, if it makes sense in my head. That’s why I took the fight more than anything,” Sandhagen said in a recent interview of what’s next should he defeat Edgar (via Middle Easy). “I think if I beat Frankie and I keep myself busy, and I don’t play this game of ‘Oh I’m the number two guy so I deserve it after that.’ I’m not going to play that game with the UFC.

“I wanted to stay busy, I wanted a big name, I wanted someone that is good, and Edgar’s it.”

Sandhagen would certainly be deserving of a shot with a win over Edgar as that would put him on a two-fight winning streak with six wins in his last seven UFC outings.

However, Dillashaw is the bigger name as well as the former champion so it wouldn’t be surprising if he were to leapfrog Sandhagen for the next title shot.

But as far as “The Sandman” is concerned, Dillashaw needs at least one win over a top guy before getting a chance at regaining his title — especially after a two-year suspension due to a failed drug test.

“I think TJ definitely needs a win over one of these top guys too, before he comes back and fights for a belt,” Sandhagen added. “I heard him say he’s playing the financially secure card, and ‘I’ll wait for a title shot,’ this and that.

“We’ve been putting in work while you’ve been gone. So that would kind of be a bummer if they just gave it to him.”

For now, nobody knows what will happen as current champion Petr Yan still has to defend his title against Aljamain Sterling.

Regardless, do you agree with Sandhagen?

Jose Aldo Reveals 3 Names He Wants To Fight Other Than TJ Dillashaw

Jose Aldo is not only targeting TJ Dillashaw. Aldo returned to the win column as well as earned his first victory at bantamweight when he outpointed Marlon Vera over three rounds in the UFC Vegas 17 co-headliner last night. Following the win, Aldo called for a fight with the former bantamweight champion in Dillashaw who […]

Jose Aldo is not only targeting TJ Dillashaw.

Aldo returned to the win column as well as earned his first victory at bantamweight when he outpointed Marlon Vera over three rounds in the UFC Vegas 17 co-headliner last night.

Following the win, Aldo called for a fight with the former bantamweight champion in Dillashaw who will be eligible to return to action starting next month.

Aldo later clarified his callout was nothing personal either as he believes it’s a fight that simply makes sense for everyone.

However, should the UFC decide on a different opponent for Dillashaw, Aldo has three other names in mind.

“I think the category has new names coming up,” Aldo told AG Fight (via BJ Penn). “There’s TJ Dillashaw, Dominick Cruz, Frankie Edgar, who has a fight with Cory Sandhagen.

“If it isn’t (Dillashaw), it could be Dominick too, it could be anyone. We have to be busy, to draw attention to our category. Or even (Henry) Cejudo himself, if he comes back, we are willing to make this fight.”

The name that stands out in particular is Cruz — even if he is slated to face Casey Kenney at UFC 259 on March 6.

Cruz was the bantamweight champion at WEC as well as the UFC at the same time Aldo was featherweight champion in those organizations.

It led to many fans wanting to see a fight between the pair at some point. While both fighters are seemingly past their prime, it would still be a fascinating matchup even in 2021.

Then again, so would the other options Aldo mentioned other than Edgar who he has already defeated twice, albeit at featherweight.

Who do you want to see Aldo face next?

Report – Cory Sandhagen, Frankie Edgar Verbally Agree To Clash At Feb 6. UFC Event

Initially slated to feature at UFC Fight Night Raleigh in January of this year, a bantamweight pairing of recent UFC Fight Island 5 victor, Cory ‘The Sandman’ Sandhagen and former lightweight best, Frankie ‘The Answer’ Edgar have been verbally agreed upon for a UFC Fight Night event on February 6th. — with a location and […]

Recent bantamweight debutante, Edgar was first set to match with Elevation Fight Team mainstay Sandhagen at the above-mentioned, Raleigh event, until a short-notice knockout defeat to one-time 145-pound title challenger, ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Night Busan in December last ruled him from proceedings.

Headlining his first event under the UFC’s banner in October, Sandhagen earned his #2 rank at 135-pounds via a highlight-reel second-round wheel-kick stoppage of former WSOF bantamweight best and one-time UFC title chaser, ‘Magic’ Marlon Moraes.

39-year-old Tom’s River favourite, Edgar successfully made his bantamweight bow in August at UFC Vegas 7 — returning to the winner’s enclosure via a split decision win over Pedro ‘The Young Punisher’ Munhoz in a close back-and-forth. News of the targeted tie was first reported by ESPN MMA reporter, Ariel Helwani.

Cory Sandhagen vs. Frankie Edgar is being finalized for Feb. 6, per multiple sources. Verbally agreed.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 18, 2020

A seven-fight Octagon veteran, Sandhagen featured twice this year, scoring his above-mentioned finish of Moraes, after a high-profile rear-naked choke defeat to number-one contender and incoming title challenger, Aljamain ‘Funk Master’ Sterling at UFC 250 in June.

Seeing his five-fight promotional rise halted, the 28-year-old has nabbed consecutive victories over Austin Arnett, Iuri Alcantara, Mario Bautista, John Lineker, and Raphael Assuncao.

Returning to winning ways, Edgar halted a two-fight skid of his own, with a featherweight title challenge loss to then-champion, Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway coming prior to his knockout defeat to Jung in South Korea.

A former undisputed lightweight titleholder, Ricardo Almeida and Mark Henry mainstay, Edgar had picked up notable career victories over B.J. Penn (x3), Gray Maynard, Charles Oliveira, Cub Swanson (x2), Urijah Faber, Chad Mendes, Jeremy Stephens, and Yair Rodriguez.

The UFC Fight Night event — which is still without a location or venue, is set to be headlined by a high-stakes, potential heavyweight title-eliminator between the decorated Dutch kickboxer, Alistair ‘The Demolition Man’ Overeem, and former Bellator titleholder, Alexander ‘Drago’ Volkov.

BREAKING: Cory Sandhagen vs. Frankie Edgar Agreed For Feb. 6

A primetime bantamweight bout is scheduled for February 6 when Cory Sandhagen takes on Frankie Edgar on February 6. According to an ESPN report on Friday afternoon, Cory Sandhagen and Frankie Edgar have agreed to fight on February 6 on a card tha…

Report: Frankie Edgar Has Asked For Cory Sandhagen Fight

We may have our next bantamweight title eliminator fight in Cory Sandhagen vs. Frankie Edgar. Sandhagen is coming off an impressive second-round TKO win over Marlon Moraes earlier this month. Following the victory, he declared his title intentions while stating the only two fights that made sense for him were Edgar or TJ Dillashaw. It […]

We may have our next bantamweight title eliminator fight in Cory Sandhagen vs. Frankie Edgar.

Sandhagen is coming off an impressive second-round TKO win over Marlon Moraes earlier this month. Following the victory, he declared his title intentions while stating the only two fights that made sense for him were Edgar or TJ Dillashaw.

It looks like he will get one of those wishes as Edgar has reportedly asked the UFC for a fight with Sandhagen as per his manager Ali Abdelaziz (via ESPN’s Brett Okamoto).

“Per his manager Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00), Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) has asked the UFC to fight Cory Sandhagen (@cors_life) next. Nos. 2 and 5 in the division. Sandhagen, coming off that big Moraes TKO, hasn’t really discussed his next move with UFC yet, I’m told.”

Per his manager Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00), Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) has asked the UFC to fight Cory Sandhagen (@cors_life) next. Nos. 2 and 5 in the division. Sandhagen, coming off that big Moraes TKO, hasn’t really discussed his next move with UFC yet, I’m told.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) October 22, 2020

Edgar made his bantamweight debut in August when he defeated Pedro Munhoz via split decision. A win over Sandhagen would more than likely guarantee the former lightweight champion the next crack at bantamweight gold. The same can be said for Sandhagen who would also be adding a legend to his resume with a potential win.

Funnily enough, the pair were slated to fight in January earlier this year for Edgar’s bantamweight debut. However, “The Answer” took a short-notice December fight with the Korean Zombie at featherweight which led to their bout being called off.

Maybe now it will happen with much more title implications this time.

What do you think of this matchup?