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Henry Cejudo shares bad news for Aljamain Sterling after Cory Sandhagen win

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Henry Cejudo claimed Cory Sandhagen would get a title shot ahead of Aljamain Sterling

Cory Sandhagen produced a quality performance against Marlon Moraes at UFC Fight Island 5.

The 28-year-old was coming off a loss to Aljamain Sterling but knocked out Moraes with a spinning kick and finished him off with punches.

Cory Sandhagen punches Marlon Moraes of Brazil in their bantamweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event inside Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island on October 11, 2020 in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Sandhagen also called out Moraes for a broken orbital bone after a kick, and this might have put him back in the title scene.

At least, that is what former UFC two-division champion Henry Cejudo claimed. Triple C was watching the fight and suggested that Sandhagen would get a crack at Bantamweight champion Petr Yan ahead of Aljamain Sterling.

Sterling had defeated Sandhagen in his previous fight and many had claimed he should be the one to get a crack at Yan.

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Some even claimed that Yan and Sterling should have fought for the belt earlier, but this Sandhagen win got the Funk Master and Triple C talking.

Sterling wants the title

The Funk Master has been brilliant in recent fights and him getting a shot would be the right call. Yan has also stated he would be open to facing Sterling and the Funk Master tried to set the fight up for UFC 256.

Aljamain Sterling attempts to secure a rear choke submission against Cory Sandhagen in their bantamweight bout during the UFC 250 event at UFC APEX on June 06, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

However, Yan claimed that Dana White had other plans for the main event at 256. While Sterling told Cejudo to stay retired and let the other fighters speak, Triple C didn’t waste time to respond:

It will be interesting to see what happens next in the Bantamweight division of the UFC. This is one of the most stacked divisions in the promotion and Sandhagen’s win does lead to more questions on who faces Yan next.

White isn’t keen on setting up a Sterling vs Yan clash for the title, and that seems to be riling up the Funk Master a lot.

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Saiyed Adeem Karim

Ditching a corporate job to follow a dream isn't easy, but when football comes calling, who can say no? Been following the beautiful game since 1998. Liverpool addict, F1 fanatic!