Sandhagen vs Song

Who won Sandhagen vs Song?

Cory Sandhagen beat Yadong Song by during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 17th September 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cory Sandhagen.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Sandhagen vs Song stats

Cory Sandhagen stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Yadong Song made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Cory Sandhagen's UFC record stood at 10-3-0, while Yadong Song's came in at 10-3-1.

The stats suggested Sandhagen had a slight advantage in power over Song, with a 43% knock out percentage over Song's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sandhagen had a slight advantage over Song, with a 21% submission rate over Song's 16%.

Cory Sandhagen was the older man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Sandhagen had a height advantage of 3 inches over Song. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Sandhagen was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 8 years and 10 months later than Song, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 55 to Song's 78.

Sandhagen vs Song form

Cory Sandhagen had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Petr Yan at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by T.J. Dillashaw at UFC Vegas 32 on 24th July 2021 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Frankie Edgar at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Marlon Moraes at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had been defeated by Aljamain Sterling at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

Sandhagen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Song's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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