Cory Sandhagen vs. Marlon Vera UFC San Antonio official scorecard
Cory Sandhagen had to sweat it out after a hard-fought 25 minutes.
In the end, Sandhagen had his hand raised in the UFC San Antonio main event, earning a split decision over Marlon Vera with all three judges handing in different scorecards.
See the official scorecard here.
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Judges Chris Lee and Sal D’Amato both saw the fight in Sandhagen’s favor, with Lee seeing it 49-46 for Sandhagen and D’Amato giving him all five rounds for a 50-45 score. The dissenting judge was Joel Ojeda, who had it 48-47 in favor of Vera.
This is the first decision win for Sandhagen since UFC 241 in August 2019, where he earned a unanimous nod over Raphael Assuncao. He lost his past two decisions, an interim championship fight loss to Petr Yan and a controversial split call against T.J. Dillashaw.
Vera loses for the first time in five fights. His most recent loss also came via points, a unanimous decision loss to Jose Aldo in December 2020.
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