ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto interviews bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen about taking on undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC Nashville on August 5. 0:00 Are you always in camp? 1:12 What journaling does for him 2:51 Reaction to taking this fight 4:34 Wants the hardest road to the belt 9:21 Facing Nurmagomedov 12:42 Experience working with grapplers 16:25 Mental approach growing up 18:34 His last post-fight callout 19:16 Expectations for the bout 21:11 Thoughts on judging #UFC #MMA #Sandhagen ✔ For more UFC, sign up for ESPN+ espnplus.com/ufc/youtube ✔ Get the ESPN App: espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔ Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE ✔ Subscribe to ESPN FC on YouTube: bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoESPNFC ✔ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN ✔ Watch ESPN on YouTube TV: es.pn/YouTubeTV