Watch: Cory Sandhagen feels he’s being underestimated ahead of Abu Dhabi main event

Top UFC bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen plans on hideous a pair of alternative folks this weekend in Abu Dhabi.

Sandhagen, for years one in every of the head 135-pounders on the UFC roster, will scrutinize to place himself as next in line for a title shot as soon as champion Sean O’Malley and his next challenger, Merab Dvalishvili, kind out their industrial.

To form so, he’s going to must add the first-ever ‘L’ to Umar Nurmagomedov’s epic this weekend; a fighter who has been a success in each of his 17 profession bouts (with 5 of those going down within the UFC).

And sooner than the fight Sandhagen informed the media, including The Mac Life, that he can’t support feel that fans indulge in already counted him out of what he views as a in truth winnable fight.

“Stylistically, [Umar is] a in truth advanced fight,” Sandhagen talked about on Wednesday within the UAE. “I had to work in various time beyond law hours in uncover to be optimistic I became as soon as arresting for this fight. Nevertheless the rankings, him rising, the percentages, the bettors, I couldn’t of direction give a sh*t less.

“I’m fervent with what I’m going to form Saturday, and that’s executing beneath the lights, and I’m in a position to’t await that peace attributable to it’s unprecedented that folks are counting me out for this one, but I pretty can’t wait to prove all those other folks unfriendly.”

Sandhagen, regarded as by many to be amongst basically the most technically entire opponents within the division, is additionally arresting to mutter their indulge in praises how his defensive wrestling fares against what’s expected to be a grapple-heavy scheme from his opponent.

“[It’s] pretty one more component that I get hang of to cowl to other folks, and man I’m livid for this one pretty to cowl how gigantic I’m attributable to Umar goes to carry out basically top-of-the-line in me, and he already has on this camp, and I’m pumped for it. I’m in a position to’t wait to scrutinize myself fight.”