Cory Sandhagen (18-6, 11) was born in Aurora, Colorado, U.S. on April 20, 1992. At the age of 23 years on May 30, 2015, he made his professional MMA debut against Bruce Sessman, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On January 27, 2018, 25-year old Cory Sandhagen made his UFC debut on his 9th professional MMA fight at UFC on Fox: Jacaré vs. Brunson 2 against a 26-year old Austin Arnett, winning the fight in the 2nd round via TKO.
Sandhagen's last fight was a bantamweight title fight against Merab Dvalishvili for Dvalishvili's UFC Championship title on October 4, 2025. He lost the fight via 5-round unanimous decision. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
He has fought 16 times in the UFC, and has a record of 11 wins and 5 losses in the promotion.
Some of Cory Sandhagen's best fights have been against Marlon Moraes, Austin Arnett, Deiveson Figueiredo, Mario Bautista, Frankie Edgar, Iuri Alcântara and John Lineker. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Cory Sandhagen".
Sandhagen has 6 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Cory Sandhagen Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24  | Oct 4, 2025 33 years, 5 months 18-6 (11) | 34 years, 8 months 20-4 (5) | UFC | BT | 5 | UD | Loss For UFC bantamweight title |
23  | May 3, 2025 33 years 18-5 (11) | 37 years, 4 months 24-4-1 (17) | UFC | BT | 2 | TKO | Win Knee injury |
22  | Aug 3, 2024 32 years, 3 months 17-5 (10) | 28 years, 7 months 17-0 (8) | UFC | BT | 5 | UD | Loss |
21  | Aug 5, 2023 31 years, 3 months 17-4 (10) | 36 years, 1 month 20-6 (13) | UFC | BT | 5 | UD | Win |
20  | Mar 25, 2023 30 years, 11 months 16-4 (10) | 30 years, 3 months 22-7-1 (18) | UFC | BT | 5 | SD | Win |
19  | Sep 17, 2022 30 years, 4 months 15-4 (10) | 24 years, 9 months 19-6-1 (11) | UFC | BT | 4 | TKO | Win Doctor stoppage |
18  | Oct 30, 2021 29 years, 6 months 14-4 (9) | 28 years, 8 months 15-2 (8) | UFC | BT | 5 | UD | Loss For UFC bantamweight title Interim |
17  | Jul 24, 2021 29 years, 3 months 14-3 (9) | 35 years, 5 months 16-4 (11) | UFC | BT | 5 | SD | Loss |
16  | Feb 6, 2021 28 years, 9 months 14-2 (9) | 39 years, 3 months 24-8-1 (10) | UFC | BT | 1 | KO | Win Flying knee |
15  | Oct 10, 2020 28 years, 5 months 13-2 (8) | 32 years, 5 months 23-6-1 (16) | UFC | BT | 2 | TKO | Win Spinning wheel kick and punches |
14  | Jun 6, 2020 28 years, 1 months 12-2 (7) | 30 years, 10 months 18-3 (9) | UFC | BT | 1 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke |
13  | Aug 17, 2019 27 years, 3 months 12-1 (7) | 37 years 27-6 (14) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | Win |
12  | Apr 27, 2019 27 years 11-1 (7) | 28 years, 10 months 31-8 (18) | UFC | BT | 3 | SD | Win |
11  | Jan 19, 2019 26 years, 8 months 10-1 (7) | 25 years, 6 months 6-0 (5) | UFC | BT | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar |
10  | Aug 25, 2018 26 years, 4 months 9-1 (6) | 38 years 36-9 (29) | UFC | BT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
9  | Jan 27, 2018 25 years, 9 months 8-1 (5) | 26 years, 3 months 15-3 (12) | UFC | FT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
8 | Jan 19, 2018 25 years, 8 months 7-1 (4) | José Aguayo | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Knee and elbows | |
7 | Oct 13, 2017 25 years, 5 months 6-1 (3) | Luiz AntĂ´nio Lobo Gavinho | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
6  | Feb 24, 2017 24 years, 10 months 5-1 (2) | 27 years, 7 months 10-3 (5) | FT | 3 | UD | Loss | |
5 | Sep 9, 2016 24 years, 4 months 5-0 (2) | Clay Wimer | FT | 3 | UD | Win | |
4 | Jul 16, 2016 24 years, 2 months 4-0 (2) | Josh Huber | FT | 3 | UD | Win | |
3 | May 15, 2016 24 years 3-0 (2) | Dalton Goddard | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Triangle choke | |
2 | Jan 15, 2016 23 years, 8 months 2-0 (1) | Andrew Tenneson | FT | 3 | UD | Win | |
1 | May 30, 2015 23 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | Bruce Sessman | BT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
