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Cory Sandhagen

Bantamweight

United States#6 Bantamweight2-fight losing streak

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18WINS

7LOSSES

0DRAWS

8KO/TKO

3SUB

7DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 34 · born Apr 20, 1992 UFC.com
Height: 5′11″ 180 cm UFC.com
Reach: 70″ 178 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 40″ 102 cm UFC.com
Stance: Switch UFCStats
Weight class: Bantamweight UFC.com
UFC ranking: #6 Bantamweight UFC.com
Fighting style: MMA UFC.com
Team / gym: Tiger Beetle Martial Arts UFC.com
Born: Aurora, United States UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: United States UFC.com
UFC debut: Jan. 28, 2018 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 6 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

45%Striking accuracy1233 of 2718 landed

2%Takedown accuracy1⚑ of 56 landed

4.92Sig. strikes landedper min

3.72Sig. strikes absorbedper min

55%Striking defense

1.14Takedownsper 15 min

57%Takedown defense

0.24Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.24Knockdownsper 15 min

14:44Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing1022 83%

Clinch50 4%

Ground161 13%

Sig. strikes by target

Head812 66%

Body187 15%

Leg234 19%

⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 17 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Mario Bautista	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2	Jul 11, 2026	↗
L	Merab Dvalishvili	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025	↗
W	Deiveson Figueiredo	KO/TKO	2	4:08	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo	May 3, 2025	↗
L	Umar Nurmagomedov	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov	Aug 3, 2024	↗
W	Rob Font	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font	Aug 5, 2023	↗
W	Marlon Vera	Decision - Split	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen	Mar 25, 2023	↗
W	Song Yadong	TKO - Doctor's Stoppage	4	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song	Sep 17, 2022	↗
L	Petr Yan	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira	Oct 30, 2021	↗
L	TJ Dillashaw	Decision - Split	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw	Jul 24, 2021	↗
W	Frankie Edgar	KO/TKO	1	0:28	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov	Feb 6, 2021	↗
W	Marlon Moraes	KO/TKO	2	1:03	UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen	Oct 10, 2020	↗
L	Aljamain Sterling	Submission	1	1:28	UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer	Jun 6, 2020	↗
W	Raphael Assuncao	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2	Aug 17, 2019	↗
W	John Lineker	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson	Apr 27, 2019	↗
W	Mario Bautista	Submission	1	3:31	UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw	Jan 19, 2019	↗
W	Iuri Alcantara	KO/TKO	2	1:01	UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick	Aug 25, 2018	↗
W	Austin Arnett	KO/TKO	2	3:48	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 2	Jan 27, 2018	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.