Cory Sandhagen will bear an MRI this week to find out the extent of the injury from Mario Bautista’s submission try that left him limping by way of the ultimate two rounds of their battle at UFC 329.
The veteran bantamweight contender took to Instagram on Monday to indicate off a nasty damage to the only of his foot that occurred after Bautista carried out a Sloev stretch earlier than transitioning right into a kneebar close to the top of the primary spherical. As quickly as Sandhagen was on his ft, he was noticeable limping in direction of the corners between rounds.
Ultimately, Bautista received by unanimous resolution, dropping Sandhagen within the third and last spherical, with all three judges scoring the battle the identical, 29-28, cementing his victory.
“Fucking disappointing man. Dropping a battle is essentially the most embarrassing factor ever. It sucks,” Sandhagen wrote on Instagram. “I used to be fairly certain I tore my hamstring with the knee bar within the first sport (I had an MRI this week). I saved having bizarre lockouts after I did sure issues. That tousled my sport plan.”
“Congratulations to Mario. He was nicely ready. The primary spherical was shut, however he received with a kneebar. The second spherical I received (surprisingly he received jacked on the leg). The third spherical I wished to do the identical spherical as earlier than, however I used to be eradicated. To win on the prime, I’ve to battle near perfection. I would like to enhance extra.”
The battle was an opportunity for revenge for Bautista, who misplaced in his UFC debut towards Sandhagen in 2019. This time Bautista was capable of get the job carried out within the rematch towards Sandhagen, exhibiting nice progress on each his ft and on the bottom.
Sandhagen, who’s all the time a risk to anybody at 135 kilos, beforehand dropped selections to Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov, and his loss at UFC 329 drops him to 1-3 in his final 4 fights. Sandhagen is at the moment awaiting last studies on the severity of his damage to find out when he’ll be capable to compete once more.
