![]() ![]() While the headlining spots for the first shows of 2023 are starting to fill up, a clash between Sandhagen and Vera would certainly make a great deal of sense from a divisional standpoint and would certainly be the kind of fight that draws a lot of eyeballs. "I think that will make for a banger of a fight, and I feel like I've earned my chance to choose the opponent since I was the guy that fought way back in the rankings with the last one, so I hope the UFC does me a solid on this one." "I would like to fight 'Chito,' in a main event, sometime in January, and I feel like that's what a lot of the fans want, too," he added. "I looked and I think a lot of those main event spots are filled through December, and I think that 'Chito' is definitely the opponent that I think will leave me just one fight away from the title, as opposed to maybe having multiple fights. "(In terms of what comes next), a lot of it will depend on the October 22 card, but I will be ready to go for another main event in January," said Sandhagen. Some may take umbrage with Sandhagen's assessment that Dillashaw isn't someone that outpoints opponents, given that the two-time bantamweight champion earned a split decision win when the two faced off last summer, but it was a ultra-competitive fight that many believe Sandhagen deserved to win, and only five of Dillashaw's 13 career UFC wins have come on the scorecards. has a way to win other than outpointing Aljamain, but T.J.'s not really an outpoint you type guy – he likes to hit people hard, and I just don't really think he'll be able to catch Aljamain." is going to be able to stop Aljo from doing what he does best," he added, clarifying his point. "I definitely don't think it's going to be an easy fight for Aljamain, but I just don't think T.J. Not that he's going to be able to rag doll T.J., but I do think he's going to be able to move T.J. "I think he's going to be the much stronger, much more powerful person in terms of being able to move T.J. ![]() "I think Aljamain has a lot of physical advantages in this one," began Sandhagen, who was submitted by the current champion at UFC 250. "I think O'Malley does a lot better when he moves backwards, and I'm interested to see if Yan is going to press him or if he's just going to stand there and make O'Malley come to him – I think that will be interesting – but I have Yan winning that fight.Īs for the championship pairing, Sandhagen sees the bout between Sterling and Dillashaw playing out in the champion's favor. "I don't think he's high-level enough to pull things out of Yan the way really, really high-level strikers are capable of doing. "Honestly, I don't foresee it being the most exciting fight in the world because I think O'Malley is going to leave so much space, like how he did against Munhoz," continued Sandhagen, who went five rounds with Yan last October in Abu Dhabi. But the 27-year-old has built a massive following along with a 15-1 record (with one no contest) throughout his career, and now faces the serious test everyone has longed to see him face inside the octagon. ![]() Sandhagen isn't the only one who was caught off-guard by the matchup, as Yan is coming off four consecutive championship assignments and O'Malley has yet to register a victory over a top-10 opponent. ![]()
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