Mario Bautista hopes he will get Cory Sandhagen rematch sooner than fighting for UFC title

Mario Bautista would really like to unsuitable paths with Cory Sandhagen every other time en route to a UFC title shot.

Bautista (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) notched his sixth pick up in a row when he defeated Ricky Simon by unanimous resolution at UFC Fight Evening 234. With the target of breaking into the UFC’s top 10 bantamweight rankings, the 30-three hundred and sixty five days-former called out Steal Font.

Sandhagen is on the cusp of title contention, and Bautista is aware of he’s no longer pretty there yet. Bautista misplaced his UFC debut on short explore to Sandhagen in 2019 and relishes the opportunity to within the future avenge that loss.

“I definitely want to battle Cory Sandhagen sooner than I battle for the title,” Bautista suggested MMA Junkie Radio. “That’s one other one I want to catch lend a hand evidently. However, like I said, I maintain to work my arrangement up, and I would maintain to feel correct about inquiring for that.”

Bautista, who’s also ready to battle the likes of Henry Cejudo and Merab Dvalishvili, is aware of he isn’t in a feature to be campaigning for these fights. However, it’s no longer a topic of opponents.

“It’s simply that they’re bigger stars,” Bautista explained. “Upright for promotion-wise, I mediate it’d be laborious to promote these fights. Fight-wise, the entire warring parties would mediate these are superior fights and would glance it no topic what. So, I mediate a broad legend would be in opposition to Sandhagen. I misplaced my debut in opposition to him, so for me to work all that arrangement straight lend a hand to him on the head, I mediate that is possible to be a broad selling level.”