Cory Sandhagen had a performance bonus winning KO of the Year contender vs. Marlon Moraes in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen on October 10, 2020, on Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.
https://twitter.com/ImShannonTho/status/1315118200707837952
In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 8 on Saturday night, Sandhagen had a performance bonus winning KO of the Year contender vs. Frankie Edgar.
CORY SANDHAGEN WITH THE KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR @SpinninBackfist
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) February 7, 2021
And Twitter reacted. UFC president Dana White summed it up about perfectly in two words.
Holy Shit @cors_life pic.twitter.com/4YJIOobax9
— danawhite (@danawhite) February 7, 2021
Holy shit Frankie Edgar🙏🏾
— Arjan Singh Bhullar (@TheOneASB) February 7, 2021
Glad to see Edgar and standing. That was a vicious KO. It’s only January but I have a feeling we’ll be talking about it in December.
28 seconds. Second-fastest flying knee in UFC history, behind Jorge Masvidal, of course.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) February 7, 2021
"It feels good, man. But that's Frankie Edgar. I don't want to watch that." — Cory Sandhagen (@cors_life), class.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) February 7, 2021
OMG! One of the greatest knockouts EVER. WOW! WOW! Flying knee by Sandhagen puts Edgar out. OMG! #UFCVegas18
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) February 7, 2021
OMG OMG OMG
— Megan Olivi (@MeganOlivi) February 7, 2021
Fuck!!! wow shit 😱
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) February 7, 2021
Tough to see that. Probably the end of The Answer. 😢
— Jimmy Smith (@jimmysmithmma) February 7, 2021
https://twitter.com/McGregorRousey/status/1358255443177570310https://twitter.com/McGregorRousey/status/1358275030178799619
Watching this Eminem thing immediately after the Cory Sandhagen knockout… what a rollercoaster. High highs. Low lows. #UFCVegas18
— Nolan King (@mma_kings) February 7, 2021
Jesus! That was clean as hell! One of the things I really had to be careful of because of Sandhagen height. Two masterful performances back to back.#UFCVegas18 #TheWeeklyScraps!
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) February 7, 2021
I don’t see how you can reward TJ with a title shot before Cory Sandhagen. The people demand Sandhagen gets the title shot! #UFCVegas18
— Adam Martin (@MMAdamMartin) February 7, 2021
Give that man a title shot!!! Cory Sandhagen is the real deal 😲 #UFCVegas18
— Megan Anderson (@MeganAnderson) February 7, 2021
That’s how you get the title shot 👌🏼 #UFCVegas18 @espn @ufc
— Dominick Cruz (@DominickCruz) February 7, 2021
Edgar is legend, time to move on. Good win for Cory. But hard to forget what my next opponent did to him. We’ll see what happens next 🤫
— Petr No Mercy Yan (@PetrYanUFC) February 7, 2021
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1358253810758672386
Some fighters receive public recognition in excess of their talent. PVZ, for example, has 330,000 followers on Twitter. Cory Sandhagen has 8,686.
Holy Shit @cors_lifepic.twitter.com/4YJIOobax9
— danawhite (@danawhite) February 7, 2021
” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Follow him, he’s earned it. Earned a title shot, too.
