LAS VEGAS – Cory Sandhagen doesn’t think the UFC Fight Night 210 ending warrants a rematch. It was a TKO caused by purposeful damage, after all.
However, a large part of him views the way things played out Saturday as unfortunate. The main event bout between Sandhagen (15-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) and Song Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) at the UFC Apex ended in between the fourth and fifth rounds when a cut Yadong sustained early in the fight worsened to the point of a doctor stoppage.
“I felt like my eyes were still working, and my fifth round was going to be good – and I wanted to know that,” Sandhagen told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference. “So that was kind of a bummer. These people I’m fighting, I feel like I have more in common with them than most people, so when I see something upsetting happen to them and the fight is over, I have a lot of compassion for that person. I know I’d be pretty bummed if I just had that happen to me. I feel a little bummed for Song. I’m going home the winner, because I cut him. I’ll take it.”
