Aljamain Sterling thinks Cory Sandhagen could have avoided his unfortunate position in the title picture. Sandhagen (17-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) is on a three-fight winning streak – including a recent dominant win over current title challenger Marlon Vera this past March. Vera runs things back with bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley in the UFC 299 headliner on March 9. In his most recent win over Rob Font at UFC on ESPN 50, Sandhagen tore his triceps in Round 1. He was originally scheduled to face Umar Nurmagomedov (16-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC), and Sterling thinks Sandhagen took a risk by fighting short-notice replacement Font. “If I’m Sandhagen, I’d be kicking myself,” Sterling told The Schmo
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Aljamain Sterling: If I’m Cory Sandhagen, ‘I’d be kicking myself’ – MMA Junkie