Diego Sanchez

Diego Sanchez ( born December 31, 1981 in Albuquerque ) is an American mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the welterweight class of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. His former nickname Nightmare, now he uses The Dream as a nickname. His battle balance is 23 wins and five defeats.

Sanchez grew up in Albuquerque. He began as a child with karate and was during his school days wrestler. He then trained at Greg Jackson Gaidojutsu. The beginning of his MMA career he made in June 2002 by the organizer Ring of Fire. After a fight at the Aztec Challenge Sanchez then went to King of the Cage. There he completed eight fights and intervening at a Pride of Albuquerque. With a fight record of 11-0 and the welterweight title from KOTC he took then as a middleweight part in the first season of The Ultimate Fighter. He could beat by TKO in the final event Kenny Florian and was winner of the season.

For his next fight Sanchez moved back to welterweight and defeated at UFC 54 Brian Gassaway. This was followed by victories over Nick Diaz, John Alessio and Karo Parisyan. After a knockout victory over Joe Riggs at UFC Fight Night 7 on 13 December 2006, he was tested positive for THC and suspended by the California State Athletic Commissio three months. On April 7, 2007 at the UFC 69 Sanchez suffered against Josh Koscheck his first defeat and lost it against Jon Fitch. In his next fight he won at UFC 82 on David Bielkheden and at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale on Luigi Fioravanti.

After Diego Sanchez moved to the lightweight class. In his first fight in February 2009 against Joe Stevenson, he won on points and was honored with the bonus prize money for the Fight of the Night. The following points victory over Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale 20 June 2009 won a World MMA Award for Fight of the Year. It was on December 12 at the UFC 107 title fight against champion BJ Lightweight Penn stated. The match was stopped in the fifth round by the ringside doctor and Penn won by TKO.

After this defeat, Sanchez returned to welterweight back and lost to John Hathaway at UFC 114 in May 2010 In October, he defeated Paulo Thiago then at the UFC 121 Also Martin Kampmann he hit on 3 March 2011 at the UFC Live event. : Sanchez vs. Kampmann on points. On 15 February 2012, he lost at UFC on Fuel TV: Sanchez vs.. Ellenberger against Jake Ellenberger on points. In August, he announced that he competes in the lightweight from now on again.

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