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A bantamweight matchup with a pair of fighters with a penchant for stopping fights has been added to next month’s UFC on ESPN+ 1 event.
MMAjunkie today confirmed with a person with knowledge of the booking that John Lineker (31-8 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and Cory Sandhagen (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) have agreed to meet at the event, which takes place Jan. 19 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The event streams on ESPN+.
The booking was first reported by ESPN.com.
“Hands of Stone” Lineker never makes his gameplan a secret – the Brazilian is looking to charge forward and trade punches until someone drops. It’s an approach that has served him well, with Lineker standing at 8-1 in his past nine appearances, with the lone loss in that run coming to current UFC bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw.
Meanwhile, Sandhagen made his UFC debut this past January and picked up a second-round win over Austin Arnett in a featherweight fight. He then dropped to bantamweight and picked up a “Fight of the Night” bonus in a wild back-and-forth victory over Iuri Alcantara.
With the addition to the lineup, UFC on ESPN+ 1 now includes:
For more on UFC on ESPN+ 1, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday’s card, rewarding four main card stoppages. After UFC on ESPN 55, four fighters took home an extra $50,000 for their performances at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Check out the winners below.
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