UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Song

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Song (also known as UFC Fight Night 210, UFC on ESPN+ 68 and UFC Vegas 60) was a MMA event produced by the UFC that took place on September 17, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitian Area, United States.

## Background

A bantamweight bout between former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen and Song Yadong headlined the event.

A trio of bouts was originally scheduled for UFC 279 but they were eventually pushed back a week to this event as the promotion adjusted its schedule in June: lightweight bouts featuring Trey Ogden vs Daniel Zellhuber and Nikolas Motta vs Cameron VanCamp, as well as a welterweight bout between Louis Cosce and Trevin Giles.

A women's flyweight bout between Sijara Eubanks and Maryna Moroz was scheduled for UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs Fiziev. However, the pair was moved to this event for undisclosed reasons. In early September, the promotion opted to rebooked Moroz against Jennifer Maia at UFC Fight Night 215 after Eubanks pulled out due to undisclosed reasons.

A women's flyweight bout between Gillian Robertson and Melissa Gatto was expected to take place at this event. However, Gatto was removed from this event for undisclosed reason and replaced by Mariya Agapova.

A women's bantamweight bout featuring Aspen Ladd and 2004 Olympic silver medalist in wrestling and former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Sara McMann was expected to take at this event. They were originally supposed to fight on UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs Hooker in June 2020 and UFC on ESPN: Vera vs Cruz in August 2022, but was Ladd was forced to withdraw from both occasions after tearing both her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) in training and testing positive for COVID-19 respectively. At the weigh-ins, Ladd weighed in at 138 pounds, two pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit, and as a result the bout was scrapped.

Lando Vannata and Andre Fili were scheduled to meet in a featherweight bout at the event. However, Vannata withdrew due to injury. Fili faced Bill Algeo instead.

A women's strawweight bout between Loma Lookboonmee and Diana Belbita was expected to take place at this event. However, Belbita withdrew due to undisclosed reason and was replaced by Denise Gomes.

A featherweight bout between Giga Chikadze and Sodiq Yusuff was expected to take place at this event. However, the week before the event, Chikadze withdrew due to injury. The promotion opted to cancel the contest and rebook Yusuff against Don Shainis two weeks later at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs Yan.

## Results and Awards

The following fighters received a $50,000 bonus:

* Fight of the Night: Gregory Rodrigues vs Chidi Njokuani
* Perfomance of the Night: Joseph Pyfer & Damon Jackson

## Post-Fight Records & More

* Andre Fili's win has put him 5th for the most victories in the UFC Featherweight division with 10 behind; Max Holloway (18), Darren Elkins (18), Cub Swanson (13) & Ricardo Lamas (11)
* Trevin Giles became the 14th fighter in UFC history to earn win's in 3 different weight classes.
* Gillian Robertson's win has put her 3rd for most victories in the UFC Women's Flyweight division with 8 behind; Valentina Shevchenko & Katlyn Chookagian (9)
* Robertson's submission victory has put her as the most victories in UFC women's competition with 6.
* Robertson has landed the second most takedown in UFC women's history with 21 behind Valentina Shevchenko (31)
* Robertson's -35 significant strike differential (4 vs 39) marked the second largest negative disparity for a female fighter who earned a win in UFC history.