Cory Sandhagen UFC Stats & Fight History

Advanced Metric	Career
Fight Shape
Avg Fight Time	14:42
Fight Completion Rate (xR%)	71.3%
Expected Rounds (xR)	2.94
% Fights Inside the Distance	50.0%
Strength of Schedule
Opponent UFC Record (all, at fight time)	143-47 (75.3%)
Opponent UFC Record (among wins)	97-38 (71.9%)
Opponent UFC Record (among losses)	46-9 (83.6%)
Positional Profile
% Time at Distance (approx.)	64.9%
% Time in Control	20.1%
% Time Controlled	15.0%
Control Rate of Clinch/Ground Time	57.4%
Distance Striking
Distance Sig. Strikes Landed / Min	6.21
Distance Sig. Strikes Absorbed / Min	4.65
Distance Striking Differential / Min	+1.56
Distance Strike Accuracy	42.7%
Distance Strike Defense	58.9%
Power & Pressure
KDs per 100 Power Strikes Landed	0.53
Knocked Down per 100 Absorbed	0.16
TD Attempts per 5 Distance Min	1.70
TDs Faced per 5 Distance Min	3.08
Sub Attempts per 15 Control Min	1.26
Fade Index (R3 pace / R1 pace)	0.92

Career Stats

Statistic	Cory Sandhagen
Striking
Sig. Strike Accuracy	45.0%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	4.9
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	3.5
Strike Differential	1.4/min
Grappling
Takedown Accuracy	34.6%
Takedown Defense	56.4%
Takedowns Landed/15min	1.1
Submission Attempts/15min	0.3
Control Time/15min	3:01
Finishing Ability
KO/TKO % of Wins	54.5%
Submission % of Wins	9.1%
Decision % of Wins	36.4%
Avg Fight Time	14:42
Secondary Stats
Knockdowns/15min	0.3
Reversals/15min	0.3

Last 5 Averages

Statistic	Last 5 Fights
Sig. Strike Accuracy	46.2%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	3.4
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	2.6
Takedown Accuracy	52.2%
Takedown Defense	51.7%
Control Time/Fight	6:25

Fight History

LOSS

vs. Merab Dvalishvili

UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 • Oct 2025

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00

Cory Sandhagen80/18443%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Merab Dvalishvili114/26543%TD 20/37Ctrl 10:02

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	27/53	51%	0/0	0:00	—
	Merab Dvalishvili	11/46	24%	1/4	0:52	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	2/9	22%	0/0	0:00	—
	Merab Dvalishvili	33/49	67%	8/13	3:43	—

R3	Cory Sandhagen	14/35	40%	0/0	0:00	—
	Merab Dvalishvili	15/48	31%	3/8	1:57	—

R4	Cory Sandhagen	19/43	44%	0/0	0:00	—
	Merab Dvalishvili	21/56	38%	2/4	1:26	—

R5	Cory Sandhagen	18/44	41%	0/0	0:00	—
	Merab Dvalishvili	34/66	52%	6/8	2:04	—

WIN

vs. Deiveson Figueiredo

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo • May 2025

KO/TKO • Rd 2, 4:08

Cory Sandhagen54/8762%TD 2/2Ctrl 5:07

Deiveson Figueiredo6/967%TD 2/5Ctrl 0:31

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	31/39	79%	1/1	3:37	—
	Deiveson Figueiredo	2/2	100%	1/4	0:04	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	23/48	48%	1/1	1:30	—
	Deiveson Figueiredo	4/7	57%	1/1	0:27	—

LOSS

vs. Umar Nurmagomedov

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov • Aug 2024

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00

Cory Sandhagen71/15945%TD 0/2Ctrl 0:12

Umar Nurmagomedov98/18752%TD 5/13Ctrl 5:11

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	17/34	50%	0/0	0:00	—
	Umar Nurmagomedov	15/28	54%	1/4	0:39	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	16/32	50%	0/0	0:12	—
	Umar Nurmagomedov	24/42	57%	1/3	0:55	—

R3	Cory Sandhagen	12/30	40%	0/0	0:00	—
	Umar Nurmagomedov	17/27	63%	1/2	0:25	—

R4	Cory Sandhagen	20/53	38%	0/0	0:00	—
	Umar Nurmagomedov	30/65	46%	1/2	0:36	—

R5	Cory Sandhagen	6/10	60%	0/2	0:00	—
	Umar Nurmagomedov	12/25	48%	1/2	2:36	—

WIN

vs. Rob Font

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font • Aug 2023

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00

Cory Sandhagen34/8440%TD 7/7Ctrl 19:38

Rob Font9/4918%TD 1/2Ctrl 1:08

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	8/26	31%	2/2	2:43	—
	Rob Font	5/22	23%	1/1	0:23	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	7/15	47%	1/1	4:41	—
	Rob Font	0/7	0%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Cory Sandhagen	10/24	42%	1/1	3:43	—
	Rob Font	4/10	40%	0/0	0:00	—

R4	Cory Sandhagen	6/11	55%	2/2	4:41	—
	Rob Font	0/4	0%	0/0	0:00	—

R5	Cory Sandhagen	3/8	38%	1/1	3:50	—
	Rob Font	0/6	0%	0/1	0:45	—

WIN

vs. Marlon Vera

UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen • Mar 2023

Decision (Split) • Rd 5, 5:00

Cory Sandhagen128/28046%TD 3/12Ctrl 7:08

Marlon Vera58/15837%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:09

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	32/69	46%	1/2	2:30	—
	Marlon Vera	5/13	38%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	18/29	62%	1/1	2:50	—
	Marlon Vera	6/15	40%	0/1	0:00	—

R3	Cory Sandhagen	32/67	48%	0/2	0:03	—
	Marlon Vera	20/56	36%	0/0	0:00	—

R4	Cory Sandhagen	24/67	36%	0/3	0:08	—
	Marlon Vera	13/38	34%	0/0	0:00	—

R5	Cory Sandhagen	22/48	46%	1/4	1:37	—
	Marlon Vera	14/36	39%	0/0	0:09	—

WIN

vs. Song Yadong

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song • Sep 2022

KO/TKO • Rd 4, 5:00

Cory Sandhagen94/22242%TD 1/14Ctrl 3:47

Song Yadong54/14537%TD 2/2Ctrl 1:39

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	19/52	37%	0/3	0:46	—
	Song Yadong	14/28	50%	1/1	0:55	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	21/52	40%	0/4	0:48	—
	Song Yadong	15/44	34%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Cory Sandhagen	29/63	46%	0/5	0:32	—
	Song Yadong	13/48	27%	0/0	0:00	—

R4	Cory Sandhagen	25/55	45%	1/2	1:41	—
	Song Yadong	12/25	48%	1/1	0:44	—

LOSS

vs. Petr Yan

UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira • Oct 2021

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00

Cory Sandhagen169/44538%TD 1/6Ctrl 0:20

Petr Yan149/27055%TD 0/2Ctrl 1:09

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	37/85	44%	0/2	0:10	—
	Petr Yan	19/37	51%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	45/113	40%	0/1	0:00	—
	Petr Yan	38/65	58%	0/0	0:05	—

R3	Cory Sandhagen	37/86	43%	0/0	0:07	—
	Petr Yan	36/57	63%	0/0	0:40	1

R4	Cory Sandhagen	25/83	30%	1/3	0:03	—
	Petr Yan	36/67	54%	0/1	0:24	—

R5	Cory Sandhagen	25/78	32%	0/0	0:00	—
	Petr Yan	20/44	45%	0/1	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. TJ Dillashaw

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw • Jul 2021

Decision (Split) • Rd 5, 5:00

Cory Sandhagen128/28146%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:00

TJ Dillashaw110/26841%TD 2/19Ctrl 8:22

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	15/25	60%	0/0	0:00	—
	TJ Dillashaw	13/26	50%	1/5	2:24	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	26/55	47%	0/0	0:00	—
	TJ Dillashaw	12/41	29%	0/3	1:18	—

R3	Cory Sandhagen	23/53	43%	0/1	0:00	—
	TJ Dillashaw	26/52	50%	1/3	2:00	—

R4	Cory Sandhagen	26/65	40%	0/0	0:00	—
	TJ Dillashaw	19/61	31%	0/5	1:41	—

R5	Cory Sandhagen	38/83	46%	0/0	0:00	—
	TJ Dillashaw	40/88	45%	0/3	0:59	—

WIN

vs. Frankie Edgar

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov • Feb 2021

KO/TKO (Flying Knee) • Rd 1, 0:28

Cory Sandhagen2/540%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:02

Frankie Edgar2/367%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	2/5	40%	0/0	0:02	1
	Frankie Edgar	2/3	67%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Marlon Moraes

UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen • Oct 2020

KO/TKO (Kick) • Rd 2, 1:03

Cory Sandhagen38/8843%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:04

Marlon Moraes14/5028%TD 1/1Ctrl 0:09

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	30/66	45%	0/0	0:00	—
	Marlon Moraes	12/45	27%	1/1	0:09	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	8/22	36%	0/0	0:04	1
	Marlon Moraes	2/5	40%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Aljamain Sterling

UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer • Jun 2020

Submission (Rear Naked Choke) • Rd 1, 1:28

Cory Sandhagen1/250%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Aljamain Sterling2/367%TD 0/1Ctrl 1:13

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	1/2	50%	0/0	0:00	—
	Aljamain Sterling	2/3	67%	0/1	1:13	—

WIN

vs. Raphael Assuncao

UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 • Aug 2019

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Cory Sandhagen62/11653%TD 0/1Ctrl 3:46

Raphael Assuncao45/8156%TD 4/6Ctrl 2:10

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	25/52	48%	0/1	0:35	—
	Raphael Assuncao	16/34	47%	0/0	0:06	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	14/20	70%	0/0	2:53	—
	Raphael Assuncao	13/19	68%	1/2	0:57	—

R3	Cory Sandhagen	23/44	52%	0/0	0:18	—
	Raphael Assuncao	16/28	57%	3/4	1:07	—

WIN

vs. John Lineker

UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson • Apr 2019

Decision (Split) • Rd 3, 5:00

Cory Sandhagen120/27544%TD 2/4Ctrl 0:36

John Lineker106/25641%TD 1/2Ctrl 0:15

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	36/86	42%	0/1	0:00	—
	John Lineker	28/75	37%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	36/73	49%	1/2	0:20	—
	John Lineker	29/68	43%	1/2	0:15	—

R3	Cory Sandhagen	48/116	41%	1/1	0:16	—
	John Lineker	49/113	43%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Mario Bautista

UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw • Jan 2019

Submission (Armbar) • Rd 1, 3:31

Cory Sandhagen17/5431%TD 1/2Ctrl 0:38

Mario Bautista9/3030%TD 1/1Ctrl 0:54

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	17/54	31%	1/2	0:38	1
	Mario Bautista	9/30	30%	1/1	0:54	—

WIN

vs. Iuri Alcantara

UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick • Aug 2018

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 1:01

Cory Sandhagen66/11358%TD 0/0Ctrl 4:12

Iuri Alcantara9/2438%TD 1/1Ctrl 1:13

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	44/79	56%	0/0	3:24	—
	Iuri Alcantara	9/19	47%	1/1	1:13	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	22/34	65%	0/0	0:48	—
	Iuri Alcantara	0/5	0%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Austin Arnett

UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 2 • Jan 2018

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 3:48

Cory Sandhagen80/14754%TD 1/1Ctrl 1:55

Austin Arnett32/9036%TD 1/1Ctrl 1:08

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Cory Sandhagen	48/86	56%	1/1	1:06	—
	Austin Arnett	23/63	37%	0/0	0:37	—

R2	Cory Sandhagen	32/61	52%	0/0	0:49	1
	Austin Arnett	9/27	33%	1/1	0:31	—

Cory Sandhagen

Career Analytics

Career Stats

Last 5 Averages

Fight History