Cory Sandhagen

BantamweightOutfighter
11 - 6

17 UFC Fights | 65% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (64%)

Height
5' 11"
Reach
70"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
34
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Cory Sandhagen UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Cory Sandhagen is 11-6 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 6 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 18-7, 7-1 of it outside the UFC. Sandhagen competes at bantamweight as a switch outfighter, standing 5'11" with a 70" reach at 34 years old. The last bout was a loss to Mario Bautista by unanimous decision in Jul 2026.

Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 86th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (4.9 sig. strikes/min).

Cory Sandhagen's UFC win rate is 65% (11 of 17 fights), and 64% of those wins came by finish. Sandhagen averages 1.1 takedowns per fight at 35% accuracy and stops 56% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
18-7
UFC Record
11-6
Height
5'11"
Reach
70"
Age
34
Stance
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Last Fight
L vs Mario Bautista · Decision - Unanimous · Jul 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Cory Sandhagen's Last 5 Fights

Sandhagen is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Mario Bautista · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 · Jul 2026
  2. Loss vs Merab Dvalishvili · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Oct 2025
  3. Win vs Deiveson Figueiredo · KO/TKO · R2 4:08 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · May 2025
  4. Loss vs Umar Nurmagomedov · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · Aug 2024
  5. Win vs Rob Font · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font · Aug 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.9
+1.4x ratio
Accuracy
45%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.25

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.5
1.0x avg
Strike Differential
+1.4
Opp. Accuracy Against
43%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.1
Takedown Accuracy
35%
Takedown Defense
56%
Control Time / Fight
2:58
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.3

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
6% KO
6% Sub
R2
25% KO
0% Sub
R3+
6% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Cory Sandhagen vs Average

Cory Sandhagen's UFC Fight History

17 UFC fights on record (11-6), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LMario BautistaDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 22026-07-11
L★Merab DvalishviliDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 22025-10-04
WDeiveson FigueiredoKO/TKOR2 · 4:08UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo2025-05-03
LUmar NurmagomedovDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov2024-08-03
WRob FontDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font2023-08-05
WMarlon VeraDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen2023-03-25
WSong YadongKO/TKOR4 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song2022-09-17
L★Petr YanDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira2021-10-30
LTJ DillashawDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw2021-07-24
WFrankie EdgarKO/TKOR1 · 0:28UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov2021-02-06
WMarlon MoraesKO/TKOR2 · 1:03UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen2020-10-10
LAljamain SterlingSubmissionR1 · 1:28UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer2020-06-06
WRaphael AssuncaoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 22019-08-17
WJohn LinekerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson2019-04-27
WMario BautistaSubmissionR1 · 3:31UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw2019-01-19
WIuri AlcantaraKO/TKOR2 · 1:01UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick2018-08-25
WAustin ArnettKO/TKOR2 · 3:48UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 22018-01-27

How Sandhagen Ranks at Bantamweight

Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.9 sig. strikes/min
86th percentile
Striking accuracy45%
55th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.5/min
53rd percentile
Takedowns1.1/fight
57th percentile
Takedown defense56%
40th percentile
Knockdown power0.25/fight
58th percentile

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