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Top contender Cory Sandhagen says the UFC matchmakers ‘pinky promised’ that one more win will earn him a bantamweight title shot.<\/p>\n

Sandhagen lost a razor-thin split decision to his former training partner Dillashaw in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 32 card<\/a>. The fight was extremely close and legitimately could have gone either way, with the judges deciding that Dillashaw did just a little bit more in the fight in order to earn the victory. But it’s not like Sandhagen was blown out, and had there been a different set of judges last night, it’s possible that he could have gotten his hand raised. Although he’s not happy with the result of the fight, Sandhagen has already been told by the UFC that they aren’t holding it against him.<\/p>\n

Speaking to UFC reporter Megan Olivi<\/a> following UFC Vegas 32, Sandhagen confirmed that he spoke to UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby backstage after the loss to Dillashaw, and Shelby told him that the UFC will still give him a title shot if he gets one more victory.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1419144865707929602<\/p>\n

\u201cSean Shelby just talked to me in the back. I made him pinky promise me that I\u2019m still one fight away from winning the title. He came back, he said, \u2018There\u2019s nothing I can do about (the judging), but I promise you you\u2019re still one fight away from the title.\u2019 And I said, \u2018I\u2019m gonna make you pinky promise me,’ and he did. So, that\u2019s still what we\u2019re looking at,\u201d said Sandhagen.<\/p>\n

Based on these comments from Sandhagen, it appears as though the UFC matchmakers are essentially treating this loss as a win for “The Sandman,” as he isn’t being docked too harshly because of the questionable judging, though he’ll still need to win one more fight.<\/p>\n

Do you think Cory Sandhagen should be fighting for the UFC bantamweight title with one more victory inside the Octagon?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Top contender Cory Sandhagen says the UFC matchmakers ‘pinky promised’ that one more win will earn him a bantamweight title shot. Sandhagen lost a razor-thin split decision to his former training partner Dillashaw in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 32 card. 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