At least the guys he lost to were some of the best in the game, but let me tell you, all three of those decisions he won were just horrible. He won controversial decisions against Martin Kampmann, Takanori Gomi, and Ross Pearson, and lost to Jake Ellenberger, Gilbert Melendez, Myles Jury, and Ricardo Lamas. There was a point there where he went 3-4, where no one aside from the judges scored those three fights for him. Something was just different, he went from 17-0 to 17-2, then from 21-2 to 21-4 after making it to 21-4, he then went 6-7 in his next 13. Sanchez started brawling in every fight rather than doing what he does best he was gifted quite a few decisions that should’ve certainly gone the other way, and he lost every other fight.
Diego would then defeat surging prospect Paulo Thiago, and after this, things got a little different. He then moved back up to welterweight and lost all three rounds to a huge underdog, the up and coming John Hathaway. This would earn him a title shot against ‘The Prodigy’ BJ Penn, a fight he’d lose convincingly. ‘The Nightmare’ quickly made himself comfortable in the lightweight division, first by dominating The Ultimate Fighter 2 winner Joe Stevenson, and then defeating Clay Guida in the 2009 Fight of the Year. Sanchez then won his next two fights via TKO, and afterward decided to give lightweight a try. The first guy to defeat him was Josh Koscheck via unanimous decision in a rematch, and then Koscheck’s teammate, Jon Fitch, defeated him via split decision. He was special, the wrestling, grappling, and ground-and-pound, mixed with his tenacious pace, not many people had an answer for it. This included wins over Nick Diaz, Joe Riggs, and Karo Parysian, who were all top welterweights at this time. After TKO’ing Kenny Florian in the The Ultimate Fighter 1 finale to become the first ever Ultimate Fighter, he went on an absolute tear!ĭiego made it to 17-0 (6-0 UFC) before losing his first fight. He went 3-0 on the show, with wins by each a TKO, submission, and a split decision against Josh Koscheck.
He won the KOTC Welterweight Championship just before going on the show as well by defeating future Strikeforce Gran Prix winner and future Sengoku Gran Prix winner (and champion), Jorge Santiago.
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Will this one be a war? Will it be a technical ground battle? Continue reading for a full in-depth breakdown of this great fight:ĭiego Sanchez remains the only fighter still actively competing from The Ultimate Fighter 1, which was in 2005. What I mean by MMA Grappler is a fighter that’s incredible on the ground, he can submit you, he’s primarily wrestling based, and is great at taking the back and overall controlling on the mat.ĭiego Sanchez is more experienced than Michael Chiesa, and has been in more all out brawls than any other fighter that comes to mind. Kicking off the PPV card this weekend at UFC 239 is a stellar match up between two of the best ‘MMA Grapplers’ in the entire sport, Diego Sanchez and Michael Chiesa.
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