Several pivotal bantamweight matchups were recently booked, but where does that leave Cory Sandhagen ? Undefeated in the UFC, Sandhagen (12-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) is coming off back-to-back wins over John Lineker and Raphael Assuncao at UFC 241, and there aren’t many people ahead of him in the rankings. And he has two names in mind for potential next opponents, he’d like to either welcome former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar to 135 pounds, or take on former UFC and WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz . “I would love to fight either Frankie or Cruz,” Sandhagen told MMA Junkie. “UFC wants me to fight this year again and me and my coaches decided that I need to not be in camp so that I can add in more tools and continue getting better without having a fight coming up.” Recently announced for UFC 245 were matchups between Petr Yan and Urijah Faber, as well as Marlon Moraes vs
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Cory Sandhagen eyes matchups with former champs Frankie Edgar, Dominick Cruz next – MMA Junkie