{"id":458633,"date":"2022-09-18T14:20:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T21:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=458633"},"modified":"2022-09-18T14:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T21:20:28","slug":"cory-sandhagen-on-aljamain-sterling-vs-tj-dillashaw-i-have-aljamain-kind-of-picked-in-this-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cory-sandhagen-on-aljamain-sterling-vs-tj-dillashaw-i-have-aljamain-kind-of-picked-in-this-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Cory Sandhagen on Aljamain Sterling vs. TJ Dillashaw: &#8220;I have Aljamain kind of picked in this one&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cory Sandhagen has shared his thoughts on the upcoming UFC Bantamweight Championship fight between titleholder Aljamain Sterling and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/tj-dillashaw\/\">TJ Dillashaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling is set to put his 135-pound gold on the line against Dillashaw at UFC 280 on September 22. The action will be held inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The main event will feature a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Sterling vs. Dillashaw, Sandhagen, who is the number four-ranked UFC bantamweight, weighed in on the title fight. He shared his prediction with Damon Martin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/9\/17\/23347876\/cory-sandhagen-explains-why-he-believes-aljamain-sterling-will-beat-t-j-dillashaw-at-ufc-280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"V9C3Lc\"><em>\u201cI definitely would not count out Aljamain at all,\u201d Sandhagen said. \u201cHonestly, I have Aljamain kind of picked in this one. Not a prediction guy but most of the time it\u2019s because I don\u2019t think about the fights but this one I actually spent some time thinking about because I have to see Duane [Ludwig] around at local fights, we\u2019re both in Colorado, so I\u2019ve kind of been like \u2018how\u2019s that fight going to go?\u2019 I have a lot of respect for Duane. On some level I still have some respect for T.J. He was kind of my friend for a couple years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"58OGlP\"><em>\u201cI\u2019ve given it some thought and actually think that Sterling is just going to be able to do what he does. I think that he\u2019ll be able to take T.J. down and I think that he\u2019ll probably be able to submit him if he can get on his back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sandhagen is riding high after rebounding from his interim UFC Bantamweight Title fight against Petr Yan back in October 2021. Sandhagen <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-vegas-60-results-cory-sandhagen-tkos-song-yadong-video\/\">scored a fourth-round TKO victory<\/a> over Song Yadong in the UFC Vegas 60 headliner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cory Sandhagen has shared his thoughts on the upcoming UFC Bantamweight Championship fight between titleholder Aljamain Sterling and TJ Dillashaw. Sterling is set to put his 135-pound gold on the line against Dillashaw at UFC 280 on September 22. The action will be held inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. 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