As experts predict, Cory Sandhagen had a completely overwhelming match against Marlon Vera. This shows after the third half, when the coach of Vera asked his students to rush to actively attack. He also seemed to know that Vera was completely lost to Sandhagen in the first 3 rounds.
However, the effort in the second half of the match was not enough for Vera to turn the situation. At the end of 5 rounds, the victory assessment of Sandhagen (50-45, 49-46, 47-48). Although one person said Vera won, it did not affect the final results. Sandhagen had a convincing victory over the opponent.
Statistics show that in the match against Vera, Sandhagen launched 193 accurate attacks, nearly three times the enemy. “Sand people” also have 3 successful take-downs. After the match, Sandhagen acknowledged his tactics to win early with the score in the first half, and that plan was successful.
Sandhagen gave many compliments to Vera, who was firmly steadily after 5 rounds of fighting with him. The “sandman” later also announced that he wanted to fight with Merab Dvalishvili, Gruzia boxer currently ranked No. 1 on the Bantamweight UFC ranking. Sandhagen said he did not want to compete for this match.
“I feel really not if I competed before fighting Merab,” Sandhagen said. He is really a monster on the MMA arena, and I respect him very much. I want to win the No. 1 position from Merab's hand.