Diego sanchez ufc biography
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Diego Sanchez
Fighter Facts
- Won three of his last five fights
- Received his black belt in BJJ in October of 2013 from Roberto Tussa
- Winner of the middleweight division of The Ultimate Fighter’s first season
- Won first 19 fights.
- Fought at 185, 170, 155 and 145 pounds in the UFC
UFC History
UFC 253 (9/27/20) Sanchez lost a three round unanimous decision to Jake Matthews
UFC Fight Night (2/15/20) Sanchez defeated Michel Pereira via disqualification (illegal knee) at 3:09 of the third round
UFC 239 (7/6/19) Sanchez lost a three round unanimous decision to Michael Chiesa
UFC 235 (3/2/19) Sanchez stopped Mickey Gall via strikes at 4:13 of the second round
UFC 228 (9/8/18) Sanchez won a three round unanimous decision over Craig White
UFC Fight Night (11/11/17) Sanchez was knocked out by Matt Brown at 3:44 of the first round
UFC Fight Night (4/22/17) Sanchez was knocked out by Al Iaquinta at 1:38 of the first r
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loss
Diego Sanchez
Jake Matthews
0
1
25
72
0
1
0
0
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa
Sep. 26, 2020
U-DEC
3
5:00
win
Diego Sanchez
Michel Pereira
0
1
25
53
0
2
0
0
UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz
Feb. 15, 2020
DQ
3
3:09
loss
Diego Sanchez
Michael Chiesa
0
0
7
47
1
5
0
0
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
Jul. 06, 2019
U-DEC
3
5:00
win
Diego Sanchez
Mickey Gall
0
0
56
23
4
0
0
0
UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
Mar. 02, 2019
KO/TKO
Punches
2
4:13
win
Diego Sanchez
Craig vit
0
1
46
18
3
0
0
1
UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till
Sep. 08, 2018
U-DEC
3
5:00
loss
Diego Sanchez
Matt Brown
0
1
12
18
0
0
0
0
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Diego Sanchez
Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez
Born December 31,1981 Albuquerque, New Mexico
High School : Del Norte High School 2002
High School Accomplishments
• 2002 State Wrestling Champion
Professionally Accomplishments
Diego graduated from high school he started training mixed martial arts while working for UPS. Sanchez eventually joined Jackson’s Submission Fighting, still while working for UPS, managing the time between work and training. He has been involved in more “Fight of the Year” bouts than any other fighter in MMA. his first against Karo Parisyan at UFC Fight Night 6, then again opposite Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale (which culminated into a title shot against then-UFC Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn, where the two headlined UFC 107), and finally against Gilbert Melendez at UFC 166. He is also one of only three fighters in history to compete in four different weight classes in the UFC: Middleweight, Wel