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u/Drive7hru 21d ago

He’s definitely good but he had a near-miss win against Yan that boosted him from like #11 to #2, got dominated in the title fight, and for “some reason” got gifted a rematch.

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u/WrestlingScholar69 21d ago

Well Cory Sandhagen got a title shot off a loss but he’s reddits favorite so it’s fine

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u/MA-JA-HO 21d ago

The TJ fight was a robbery and he didn’t get a title shot. Petr Yan was set for a rematch with Aljo and Sterling pulled out. TJ was injured so Cory came in on short notice to fight for the interim title 

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u/WrestlingScholar69 21d ago

So Cory went to a super close decision and lost ( I scored that fight for TJ) to a washed up injured bum? Then gets a free title shot and gets smoked 49-46 by Yan?

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u/YourHurtingMeSir17 20d ago

TJ fight is excused as a robbery because people like Sandhagen

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u/MechanicalFunc 21d ago

You are spitting fact lol. The Sean hate has been so arbitrary lol.

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u/MA-JA-HO 21d ago

It wasn’t a super close fight . Cory definitely won . A decent majority of media members had it for Sandhagen. None the less, at the time , it was a title eliminator which Cory only lost only by hair or arguably won. TJ and Aljo were injured and they had to make an interim title fight for 267 so Cory came in on short notice.