This weekend, the UFC’s bantamweight division gets its moment to
shine as
Cory
Sandhagen and
Rob Font are
set to take lumps out of each other in the main event of “UFC
Nashville.” The fight, which Font is taking on short notice, will
determine the next set of contenders with the winner having a rapid
ascension to the title. Sandhagen, who was originally set to face
Umar
Nurmagomedov, looks to box out another contender and corner
whomever the title holder may be come UFC 292. With Font possessing
such a glaring and obvious weapon, it will be up to Sandhagen to
disrupt the fight and go home with his third straight win. How does
Sandhagen deal with the jab? Will Font be able to handle the
diversity of striking coming back his way? These are the questions
we will be answering in today’s issue of Beforemath.
Dealing with Diversity: A Striker’s Conundrum
Font has had trouble in the past with dynamic strikers.
Jose Aldo and
Rafael Assuncao gave him fits, but in his last outing, Font managed
to hammer his way through
Adrian
Yanez, a tricky striker in his own right. The first-round
knockout was enough to elevate him into position to get the
Sandhagen fight and a shot at contention, but Sandhagen is as
tricky as Aldo and will present some problems that Font will have
to either negate or solve.