By The Numbers: Cory Sandhagen vs. Yadong Song

Cory Sandhagen wants nothing more than to stop the bleeding in a cutthroat Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight division where the faint of heart need not apply.

The Elevation Fight Team standout will seek his first win in 19 months when he takes on Yadong Song in the UFC Fight Night 210 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Sandhagen enters the cage on the heels of back-to-back losses, both of which were contentious in nature. He last appeared at UFC 267, where he wound up on the wrong side of a unanimous verdict against Petr Yan in a failed bid to capture interim gold at 135 pounds on Oct. 30. Song, meanwhile, finds himself on a three-fight winning streak. He last competed on March 12, when he punched out former World Series of Fighting champion Marlon Moraes a little more than two minutes into their UFC Fight Night 203 encounter.

As Sandhagen and Song approach their pivotal clash in Sin City, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

30: Years of age for Sandhagen, who was born on April 20, 1992 in Aurora, Colorado.

6: Sandhagen victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 43% of his career total (14). His list of UFC victims: Frankie Edgar, Marlon Moraes, Iuri Alcantara and Austin Arnett. Sandhagen holds three other victories by submission (21%) and five more by decision (36%).

169: Significant strikes landed by Sandhagen his aforementioned loss to Yan. It established a personal benchmark for “Sandman” and marked third time he had surpassed the century plateau in the category since he joined the UFC roster four-plus years ago.

2: First-round finishes inside the Octagon for Sandhagen. He submitted Mario Bautista with an armbar 3:31 into their UFC Fight Night 143 pairing on Jan. 19, 2019 and wiped out Edgar with a flying knee 28 seconds into their UFC Fight Night 184 confrontation on Feb. 6, 2021.

.818: Cumulative winning percentage between the four men—Yan, T.J. Dillashaw, Aljamain Sterling and Jamall Emmers—who have beaten Sandhagen. They sport a combined record of 72-16.

24: Years of age for Song, who was born in Heilongjiang, China, on Dec. 2, 1997.

8: Song wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 42% of his career total (19). His list of UFC victims: Moraes, Julio Arce, Alejandro Perez and Felipe Arantes. Song owns three other wins by submission (16%) and eight more by decision (42%).

5,124: Miles between Song’s hometown and where he trains under the Team Alpha Male lights in Sacramento, California.

65: Seconds needed for Song to put away Makoto Yoshida with knees to the body and follow-up punches at a Wu Lin Feng show on Oct. 28, 2017. Nearly five years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

84: Combined victories between the five men—Kyler Phillips, Renat Ondar (twice), Alexey Polpudnikov, Giovanni Moljo and Xian Ji—who have defeated Song. They boast a .667 cumulative winning percentage at 84-40-2.