MMAFighting.com<\/a>, Sandhagen said that he expects his next fight to be a title eliminator, and he suggested a matchup with Dillashaw, the former champ who will return from his two-year suspension for PEDs in January. Dillashaw didn’t lose his belt, he vacated it, so perhaps he could jump right back into title contention with a win over Sandhagen.<\/p>\n“I think that I\u2019m maybe one fight away from being that No. 1 guy. When you kind of look at the division, (Cody) Garbradnt is hurt and he\u2019s at 125 now so that\u2019s not really a possibility. Then you have Frankie (Edgar), who came off of a win against (Pedro) Munhoz, which isn\u2019t like as good a competitor as Marlon. Then you have T.J. (Dillashaw) that\u2019s coming back in January, who is known as one of the best bantamweights in history,” Sandhagen said.<\/p>\n
“I definitely think my No. 1 contender fight should be against T.J. just because it makes the most sense. I think that I have a pretty strong case now, and when T.J. comes back, he\u2019s going to have a pretty strong case. I\u2019d love to fight him and then right after that when the winner of Yan and Sterling are ready to go, fight one of those guys in the spring or sometime.”<\/p>\n
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