A bantamweight fight between former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar and Cory Sandhagen has been verbally agreed for a February 6th card. Ariel Helwani of ESPN was the first to report the fight.
The fight, should it be made official, joins a “Fight Night” card that does not have a location confirmed for it currently.
Both bantamweights are coming off of a recent main event win.
Sandhagen picked up a stoppage win in October, stopping Marlon Moraes in the second round with a spinning back kick. The win saw Sandhagen bounce back from a loss earlier in the year to Aljamain Sterling, where he was stopped in the second minute with a rear naked choke.
Edgar went all five rounds in his last fight, taking a scorecard victory over Pedro Munhoz back in August. The fight was his only in 2020 following numerous previously scheduled bouts falling through.
Edgar snapped a two-fight skid with the win. Previous losses came to Max Holloway and The Korean Zombie.
A bout between Edgar and Sandhagen was booked about a year ago, although plans fell through at some point.
The bantamweight fight joins a card that has a heavyweight main event between Alistair Overeem and Alexander Volkov scheduled for it. Here’s the updated card.
Bout 10: Alistair Overeem (47-18) vs. Alexander Volkov (32-8) (Heavyweight)
Bout 9: Nicco Montano (4-3) vs. Karol Rosa (13-3) (Bantamweight)
Bout 8: Molly McCann (10-3) vs. Lara Procopio (6-1) (Flyweight)
Bout 7: Marion Reneau (9-6-1) vs. Macy Chiasson (6-1) (Bantamweight)
Bout 6: Aliaskhab Khizriev (13-0) vs. Wellington Turman (16-4) (Middleweight)
Bout 5: Mike Rodriguez (11-5) vs. Danilo Marques (10-2) (Light Heavyweight)
Bout 4: Julio Arce (16-4) vs. Timur Valiev (16-2) (Bantamweight)
Bout 4: Diego Ferreira (17-2) vs. Beneil Dariush (19-4-1) (Lightweight)
Bout 3: Seung Woo Choi (8-3) vs. Steven Peterson (18-9) (Featherweight)
Bout 2: Michael Johnson (19-16) vs. Clay Guida (35-20) (Lightweight)
Bout 1: Cory Sandhagen (13-2) vs. Frankie Edgar (24-8-1) (Bantamweight)
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