Cory Sandhagen won’t be fighting at UFC on ESPN+ 24, after all. A UFC bantamweight contender, Sandhagen (12-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) was the odd man out when originally scheduled opponent Frankie Edgar was removed from the card and booked for this past Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 23. Edgar (23-8-1 MMA, 17-8-1 UFC) was a fill-in for former UFC featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega, taking a short-notice main event fight against Chan Sung Jung. Despite Edgar accepting, the promotion kept the door open for him to still compete at UFC on ESPN+ 24 just one month later – until now. Edgar, the former UFC lightweight champ, was finished by “The Korean Zombie” with strikes in the first round , and the damage from the loss subsequently has forced him out of UFC on ESPN+ 24. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to MMA Junkie that Edgar is out, and that Sandhagen will not get a replacement
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Cory Sandhagen out of UFC on ESPN+ 24 after Frankie Edgar removed – MMA Junkie