Sandhagen vs Song

Who won Sandhagen vs Song?

Cory Sandhagen beat Yadong Song by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 17th September 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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.

This was Cory Sandhagen's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Cory Sandhagen's UFC record stood at 10-4-0, 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 6 years, at 32 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, 9 years and 3 months later than Song, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 18 less professional rounds, 60 to Song's 78.

Sandhagen vs Song form

Song had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Marlon Moraes at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Julio Arce at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Casey Kenney at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he was victorious against Marlon Vera at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had drawn with Cody Stamann at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

Activity check

Sandhagen's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Song's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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