Ray Longo sees a massive challenge ahead for Cory Sandhagen at UFC 320.<\/p>\n
Merab Dvalishvili (20-4 MMA, 13-2 UFC) will look to notch his third bantamweight title defense of the year when he meets Sandhagen (18-5 MMA, 11-4 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 320 co-main event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
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Sandhagen is a big underdog against Dvalishvili, and Longo expects it to be a long night for him.<\/p>\n
“I’ve always been a big Sandhagen fan from Day One,” Longo said on the “Anik & Florian”<\/a> podcast. “I like his attitude. I like his approach to everything. Sandhagen is dangerous, and you know this is his one opportunity.<\/p>\n “It is a big, big task, but you obviously can’t go to sleep on a guy like Sandhagen. I think he’s only got one way to get Merab out of there: He’s got to slow down a freight train in front of him. But Sandhagen is super talented.”<\/p>\n Dvalishvili rallied to outlast Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 in January, then submitted Sean O’Malley in their rematch at UFC 316<\/a> in June. According to FanDuel, he is a -440 favorite over Sandhagen, who is a +300 underdog.<\/p>\n