2018-2026 · 54 rounds on file

Cory Sandhagen

11-6-0 W-L-D in this database

Strike accuracy 1,233/2,718

Takedown accuracy 19/56

Sig. strikes / round 22.8

Control / round 0:54

Inside the distance 64% 7 of 11 wins

Height: 5′11″180.3 cm
Reach: 70″177.8 cm
Leg reach: --
Stance: Switch
Age: 3420 APR 1992
Listed weight: 135 lb61.2 kg

Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 17 fights - 3.1 takedown attempts and 18% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 7 2-5-0 vs 1630 avg

Positional Controller 7 2-5-0

Hybrid 5 4-1-0 vs 1590 avg

Well-Rounded 5 4-1-0

Striking 5 5-0-0 vs 1604 avg

Distance Striker 4 4-0-0

Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 7 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

27 JAN 2018 - beat Austin Arnett · Technical Knockout 25 AUG 2018 - beat Iuri Alcantara · Technical Knockout 19 JAN 2019 - beat Mario Bautista · Submission 27 APR 2019 - beat John Lineker · Decision (Split) 17 AUG 2019 - beat Raphael Assuncao · Decision (Unanimous) 06 JUN 2020 - lost to Aljamain Sterling · Submission 10 OCT 2020 - beat Marlon Moraes · Technical Knockout 06 FEB 2021 - beat Frankie Edgar · Technical Knockout 24 JUL 2021 - lost to TJ Dillashaw · Decision (Split) 30 OCT 2021 - lost to Petr Yan · Decision (Unanimous) 17 SEP 2022 - beat Song Yadong · Technical Knockout 25 MAR 2023 - beat Marlon Vera · Decision (Split) 05 AUG 2023 - beat Rob Font · Decision (Unanimous) 03 AUG 2024 - lost to Umar Nurmagomedov · Decision (Unanimous) 03 MAY 2025 - beat Deiveson Figueiredo · Technical Knockout 04 OCT 2025 - lost to Merab Dvalishvili · Decision (Unanimous) 11 JUL 2026 - lost to Mario Bautista · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 54 rounds across 17 of 17 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 22.8

Sig. strikes absorbed 17.2

Takedowns landed 0.4

Knockdowns 0.1

Sub. attempts 0.1

Control time 0:54 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 45% 1,233/2,718

Takedowns 34% 19/56

Opponents’ accuracy 45% 931/2,073

Where the strikes land

Head 66% 812

Body 15% 187

Leg 19% 234

And from where

At distance 83% 1,022

In the clinch 4% 50

On the ground 13% 161

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 6 won Technical Knockout · 6-0

Submission 1 won Submission · 1-1

Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-4 Decision (Split) · 2-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Struck	Absorbed	Event
11 JUL 2026	Mario Bautista	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	89	114	UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2
04 OCT 2025	Merab Dvalishvili	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	80	114	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2
03 MAY 2025	Deiveson Figueiredo	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 4:08	54	6	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo
03 AUG 2024	Umar Nurmagomedov	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	71	98	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
05 AUG 2023	Rob Font	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	34	9	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font
25 MAR 2023	Marlon Vera	Won	Decision (Split)	R5 5:00	128	58	UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen
17 SEP 2022	Song Yadong	Won	Technical Knockout	R4 5:00	94	54	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song
30 OCT 2021	Petr Yan	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	169	149	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
24 JUL 2021	TJ Dillashaw	Lost	Decision (Split)	R5 5:00	128	110	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw
06 FEB 2021	Frankie Edgar	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 0:28	2	2	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov
10 OCT 2020	Marlon Moraes	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 1:03	38	14	UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
06 JUN 2020	Aljamain Sterling	Lost	Submission	R1 1:28	1	2	UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer
17 AUG 2019	Raphael Assuncao	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	62	45	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2
27 APR 2019	John Lineker	Won	Decision (Split)	R3 5:00	120	106	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson
19 JAN 2019	Mario Bautista	Won	Submission	R1 3:31	17	9	UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw
25 AUG 2018	Iuri Alcantara	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 1:01	66	9	UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick
27 JAN 2018	Austin Arnett	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 3:48	80	32	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 2

Photographs on this page

Cory Sandhagen - Senior Airman Ty Pilgrim, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.