{"id":41340,"date":"2026-10-30T02:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T02:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Tom-Nolan-kept-his-promise-to-Cory-Sandhagen-with-a-knockout-to-earn-UFC-contract-203421"},"modified":"2026-10-30T02:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T02:43:40","slug":"tom-nolan-kept-his-promise-to-cory-sandhagen-with-a-knockout-to-earn-ufc-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/tom-nolan-kept-his-promise-to-cory-sandhagen-with-a-knockout-to-earn-ufc-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Nolan kept his promise to Cory Sandhagen with a knockout to earn UFC contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tom
\nNolan<\/a> credits Cory
\nSandhagen<\/a>\u2019s online course with helping him secure a UFC
\ncontract.<\/p>\n

Before his
\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> appearance in 2023, Nolan
\nmessaged Sandhagen and promised to knock out his opponent using one
\nof the techniques he had studied. The Australian lightweight said
\nhe delivered on that promise when he finished Bogdan Grad<\/a>
\nto earn an
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> contract.<\/p>\n

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Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tom Nolan recalls using Cory Sandhagen’s ‘dart shot’ to knock
\nout Bogdan Grad on Dana White’s Contender Series<\/h2>\n

Ahead of his first UFC main event against Renato
\n\u201cMoney\u201d Moicano<\/a> at
\nUFC Vegas 123<\/a> at Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nolan explained how he
\nincorporated Sandhagen\u2019s \u201cdart shot\u201d into his performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI messaged Cory before my Contender Series knockout,\u201d Nolan said
\nin a prefight interview. \u201cI was studying his online course. I
\nmessaged him, I said, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m fighting on Contender Series in two
\nweeks and I\u2019m gonna knock this dude out with one of your
\ntechniques.\u2019 And I actually used the dart shot that he
\nteaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

After earning his contract on DWCS, Nolan (11-1) suffered his only
\nprofessional defeat in his UFC debut in 2024. He has since won five
\nconsecutive fights.<\/p>\n

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\n

Tom Nolan<\/a>
\nused a technique that he learned from Cory
\nSandhagen<\/a>\u2019s online striking course to help secure a UFC
\ncontract on DWCS \ud83d\ude05 [ #UFCVegas123 | October 31 | LIVE on
\n@paramountplus ] https:\/\/t.co\/iRDCSQNbyH<\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount)
\nOctober 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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