Cory Sandhagen vs Song Yadong
Cory Sandhagen is 18-7-0; Song Yadong is 24-9-1 (1 NC). Cory Sandhagen is 6 years older than Song Yadong. Cory Sandhagen has a 3" · 8 cm reach advantage over Song Yadong. Cory Sandhagen is 3" · 8 cm taller than Song Yadong. They have met once: Cory Sandhagen 1, Song Yadong 0.
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Style & credentials
Cory Sandhagen
KickboxingBJJ
- —Brown belt · BJJEliot Marshall
- —Champion · Wka
- —Champion · Wkanational / North American
- —Kickboxing undefeated (exact record not sourced)Record
Song Yadong
SandaKung Fu
- 2017Purple belt · BJJ
- 2017Champion · Rouhou Cup BJJ Openblue belt, 75 kg (Tianjin qualifier)
- 20124th Place · Shanghai Jiu Jitsu Open
- 2011Champion · Hebei Provincial Sanda60 kg
Sig. strikes by zone
Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes
66%61%
Head
15%19%
Body
19%20%
Leg
Time in position
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
Cory Sandhagenlast 7 fights
60%15%25%
Song Yadonglast 8 fights
74%11%15%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground
How good, really
Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words
Cory Sandhagen Song Yadong
Strikes landed / min
4.924.26
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Cory Sandhagen · Elite · better than 86% of UFC fightersSong Yadong · Good · better than 72% of UFC fighters
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
3.723.76
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Cory Sandhagen · Average · better than 40% of UFC fightersSong Yadong · Below avg · better than 38% of UFC fighters
Takedowns landed / 15 min
1.140.79
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Cory Sandhagen · Average · better than 47% of UFC fightersSong Yadong · Below avg · better than 35% of UFC fighters
Takedown accuracy
33%41%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Cory Sandhagen · Below avg · better than 36% of UFC fightersSong Yadong · Average · better than 58% of UFC fighters
Takedown defence
57%73%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Cory Sandhagen · Below avg · better than 37% of UFC fightersSong Yadong · Good · better than 73% of UFC fighters
Submission attempts / 15 min
0.200.30
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Cory Sandhagen · Below avg · better than 30% of UFC fightersSong Yadong · Average · better than 40% of UFC fighters
Ranked against 1499 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.
Striking & grappling
Same scale left and right on every row
4.92
Strikes landed / min4.26
3.72
Strikes taken / minfewer is better3.76
1.14 / 3.5
Takedowns landed / 15 min0.79 / 1.9
33%
Takedown accuracy41%
57%
Takedown defence73%
2:52
Control time / fight1:38
0.20
Submission attempts / 15 min0.30
Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.
Where the strikes land
Range × target
Cory Sandhagen17 UFC fights · 1233 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
50%622/1888
14%169/232
19%231/258
Clinch
3%36/57
1%14/20
0%0/0
Ground
12%154/256
0%4/4
0%3/3
Song Yadong18 UFC fights · 969 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
50%483/1535
17%161/249
20%189/243
Clinch
4%38/58
2%17/19
0%2/2
Ground
7%71/103
1%7/7
0%1/1
Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.
When it ends
Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended
Cory Sandhagen12 of 25 ended early · 48%13 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
Song Yadong18 of 35 ended early · 51%17 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended
Recent form · last 5
Cory Sandhagen2-3
- LUFC 329: McGregor vs Holloway 2 · Jul 11, 2026Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- LUFC 320: Ankalaev vs Pereira 2 · Oct 4, 2025Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Figueiredo · May 3, 2025TKO · R2 · 4:08 · Bantamweight
- LUFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Nurmagomedov · Aug 3, 2024Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Font · Aug 5, 2023Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Catchweight
Full record · 25 fightsShow less
- W
- W
- LUFC 267: Blachowicz vs Teixeira · Oct 30, 2021Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Interim Bantamweight
- L
- W
- W
- L
- WUFC 241: Cormier vs Miocic · Aug 17, 2019Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs Dillashaw · Jan 19, 2019Submission · R1 · 3:31 · Bantamweight
- W
- W
- WJose AguayoLFA 31: Moffett vs. Le · Jan 19, 2018TKO · R1 · 1:07 · Featherweight
- WToninho GavinhoLFA 24: Frincu vs. Millender · Oct 13, 2017TKO · R1 · 3:00 · Featherweight
- L
- WClay WimerRFA 43: Camozzi vs. Barnes · Sep 9, 2016Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
- WJosh HuberSCL 50 · Jul 16, 2016Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
- WDalton GoddardParamount MMA · Apr 15, 2016Submission · R1 · 3:38 · Featherweight
- WAndrew TennesonRFA 34: Velickovic vs. Smith · Jan 15, 2016Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
- WBruce SessemanPrize FC 9: Bakken Brawlers · May 30, 2015Submission · R1 · 1:16 · Bantamweight
Song Yadong3-2
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Song vs Figueiredo · May 30, 2026Submission · R2 · 4:42 · Bantamweight
- LUFC 324: Gaethje vs Pimblett · Jan 24, 2026Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- W
- L
Full record · 36 fightsShow less
- WUFC Fight Night: Song vs Gutierrez · Dec 9, 2023Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- W
- L
- W
- W
- W
- LUFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya · Mar 6, 2021Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Harris · May 16, 2020Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- D
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Ngannou 2 · Nov 24, 2018Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- W
- WBharat KandareUFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Gastelum · Nov 25, 2017Submission · R1 · 4:16 · Featherweight
- WBharat KhandareUFC Fight Night 122 · Nov 25, 2017Submission · R1 · 4:16 · Featherweight
- WMakoto YoshidaWLF W.A.R.S. 18 · Oct 27, 2017TKO · R1 · 1:05 · Lightweight
- W
- L
- WShamil NasrudinovWLF W.A.R.S. 10 · Nov 26, 2016Submission · R2 · 3:19 · Featherweight
- L
- WVachagan NikogosyanWLF E.P.I.C. 6 · Jul 23, 2016TKO · R1 · 3:12 · Featherweight
- L
- WArtak NazaryanWLF E.P.I.C. 2 · Mar 12, 2016TKO · R2 · 3:08 · Featherweight
- WAleksandr ZaytsevWLF E.P.I.C. 1 · Jan 13, 2016Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
- LGiovanni MoljoRoad To M-1 · Jul 25, 2015DQ · R2 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- W
- LXian JiOne FC 24 - Dynasty of Champions · Dec 19, 2014Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
- WYafei ZhaoRUFF 13 · Jun 7, 2014MD · Bantamweight
- WBaasankhuu DamlanpurevRUFF 12 · Mar 29, 2014Submission · R1 · 3:01 · Bantamweight
- W
- WWulalibieke BaheibiekeRUFF 10 · Aug 24, 2013DEC · Bantamweight
- NCWuheng ZhaoRUFF 9 · May 18, 2013NC
Head-to-Head History
Common Opponents
How each fared against the same opponents.
Cory SandhagenSong Yadong
- WTKO · ROUND 2 · 4:08Sat, May 3, 2025WSubmission · ROUND 2 · 4:42Sat, May 30, 2026
- LUnanimous Decision · ROUND 5 · 5:00Sat, Aug 3, 2024WTKO · ROUND 2 · 1:48Sat, Aug 29, 2026
- WSplit Decision · ROUND 5 · 5:00Sat, Mar 25, 2023WUnanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, May 16, 2020
- LUnanimous Decision · ROUND 5 · 5:00Sat, Oct 30, 2021LUnanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, Mar 9, 2024
- WTKO · ROUND 2 · 1:03Sun, Oct 11, 2020WTKO · ROUND 1 · 2:06Sat, Mar 12, 2022
Frequently asked questions
Have Cory Sandhagen and Song Yadong ever fought?
Yes, once. Most recently at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Song (Sat, Sep 17, 2022), where Cory Sandhagen won by TKO.
What are the records of Cory Sandhagen and Song Yadong?
Cory Sandhagen is 18-7-0 and Song Yadong is 24-9-1 (1 NC).
Who has the longer reach, Cory Sandhagen or Song Yadong?
Cory Sandhagen has the longer reach: 70" · 178 cm against 67" · 170 cm for Song Yadong, a 3" · 8 cm advantage.
Who is taller, Cory Sandhagen or Song Yadong?
Cory Sandhagen is taller at 5'11" · 180 cm; Song Yadong stands 5'8" · 173 cm.
Who is older, Cory Sandhagen or Song Yadong?
Cory Sandhagen is 34 and Song Yadong is 28.
Who has more finishes, Cory Sandhagen or Song Yadong?
Cory Sandhagen has 11 wins inside the distance (8 by KO/TKO, 3 by submission); Song Yadong has 15 wins (10 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission).
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