Cory Sandhagen is lookingfor the sternest tests in the bantamweight department in his mission for gold.
Sandhagen (17-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) called out Merab Dvalishvili (16-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) after he beat Marlon Vera at UFC on ESPN 43 9 days ago and views him as the finest fighter in the department exterior of the title battle inbetween champ Aljamain Sterling and Henry Cejudo at UFC 288 on May 6.
While he acknowledges that Sean O’Malley (16-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) perhaps is the mostsignificant name and draw in the department, that’s not what Sandhagen is after.
“That’s when it simply comes down to the worth thing,” Sandhagen stated in an interview with Sportskeeda. “O’Malley is a excellent fighter, however he’s not as difficult of a difficulty as Merab. Am I going to call out that man that I understand is not that hard of a obstacle simply because everybody makes him out to be a extremely well-known, popular person?
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