Umar Nurmagomedov<\/a> in October,\u00a0a defeat that snapped an impressive eight-fight unbeaten streak. Back in the win column, Bautista thinks a win over Sandhagen would get him that much-desired shot at the UFC bantamweight belt now held by Petr Yan.<\/p>\n“Definitely off Sandhagen, that calls for a shot at the title,” Bautista said. “I think I have a great style to beat the champ, and I’d give him a run for his money. I feel like I have to get past Sandhagen first. I lost my\u00a0(UFC) debut to him, and it would just feel (wrong) if I passed him on that, so I want to get that one back.”<\/p>\n
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Bautista has fought twice in less than four months. Ideally, he’d like to take a little time off and come back to fight Sandhagen after a longer break.<\/p>\n
“Summertime would be nice,” Bautista said. “I just had two fights back-to-back, and this was a five-round camp, so it would be nice to catch up on some life in between this.”<\/p>\n
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