August 7, 2023 11: 00 am ET
Cory Sandhagen may wind up looking back at UFC on ESPN 50 as one of the most polarizing minutes of his MMA profession.
On one hand, Sandhagen (17-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) chose up a essential win in the bantamweight department with an absolutely dominant consentaneous choice versus Rob Font (20-7 MMA, 10-6 UFC). The battle was a primary occasion, and Sandhagen called for a title shot later. These all appear to be good things.
But Sandhagen’s 25-minute win, which was marked by almost 20 minutes of control time and some of the paltriest combined striking numbers in UFC history, was derided by lotsof critics, and UFC president Dana White apparently strolled out of the arena in the middle of the battle rather than stay for the end.
And if that wasn’t bad sufficient, now Sandhagen will have to put surgicaltreatment and rehabilitation next on his plate rather of thinking about the title, which champ Aljam