Cory Sandhagen is best known as a knockout artist but he showed off his grappling skills on Saturday after scoring a reversal on the ground that resulted in Deiveson Figueiredo suffering a gruesome knee injury to end the UFC Des Moines main event.
There was nothing accidental about the move that stopped the fight as the bantamweights were constantly battling for position but it was Sandhagen who rolled from a seated position and as he moved forward, Figueiredo’s leg got locked underneath him. As soon as Sandhagen was back to his knees throwing punches, Figueiredo was grimacing in pain and he tapped out just a few seconds later.
Replays showed the nasty way Figueiredo’s knee popped after Sandhagen trapped his leg during…