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Corey Sandhagen is quickly rising up as one of the best bantamweights in the UFC. He has a plethora of options for his next fight including Dominick Cruz and Rob Font.
The former interim title challenger appears to have eyes on Dominick Cruz. He was watching his fight against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 269 and came away very impressed.
Article Continues Below“He did awesome, man,” Sandhagen said of Cruz at UFC 269 on Wednesday’s episode of The MMA Hour. “I really appreciate guys like that, like the Dominick Cruzs and the Jose Aldos. That’s why I think it would be so cool for me to fight them one day, is just because they kind of all are on the tail-end of their careers, and I really respect the guys that fight all the way up until they can’t anymore.
“To me, that’s just a really admirable thing. And I think that Cruz doing so well against Munhoz just goes to show that the guy has a lot of passion and the guy really loves the sport. And same with Aldo. I have a ton of respect for the guys that stick around for a really long time, because this sport isn’t easy, man, and the guys that they’ve been fighting for years and years and years have not been easy guys. So for them to continue to put themselves in that fire is very, very admirable. So I was happy for Cruz, man.”
Corey Sandhagen was so impressed by the performance that he hopes to face Dominick Cruz at some point. It's a respectful thing and not a coll out driven by beef.
“I’ve always wanted to fight Cruz, man,” UFC bantamweight Sandhagen said. “I’ve always wanted to fight him. If you’re going to press me real hard, man, he’s probably at the top of my list, especially because [Rob] Font wasn’t even really in that fight with Aldo, from my understanding, even though I didn’t watch a ton of it — a lot of the judges had it 50-45, so if that was maybe more of a competitive fight, then Font would definitely interest me.
“Not to take anything away from Font, but Cruz did really well and Cruz is a legend, and he’s someone that I’ve watched and admired for a really long time, so that would be cool.”
The fight between UFC title challengers Dominick Cruz and Corey Sandhagen would a fun one between two tricky strikers. The UFC could potentially be interested in the fight next.
