Diego Sanchez
Nacimiento : 1981-12-31, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Diego J. Sanchez (born December 31, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist (MMA) with a background in wrestling and Gaidojutsu, system of submission wrestling developed by his longtime trainer Greg Jackson. Sanchez was the winner of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series and currently fights as a welterweight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). From 2007-2009, he lived in San Diego where he trained at The Arena MMA gym and the University of Jiu Jitsu with Saulo Ribeiro. In 2010, Sanchez moved back to New Mexico prior to his fight with John Hathaway. He now trains at Greg Jacksons MMA again.
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Eagle Fighting Championship 46: Lee vs. Sanchez was a mixed martial arts event held by Eagle Fighting Championship on March 11, 2022, in Miami, Florida, USA.
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UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on September 27, 2020 at the Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa served as the event headliner.
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UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 167 and UFC on ESPN+ 25) is a mixed martial arts event that took place on February 15, 2020 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
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Sat, Jul 6 / 9:00 PM CDT / Main Card T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV United States 205 lbs.: UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones vs. Thiago Santos | 135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm | 170 lbs.: Ben Askren vs. Jorge Masvidal | 205 lbs.: Jan Blachowicz vs. Luke Rockhold | 170 lbs.: Michael Chiesa vs. Diego Sanchez
Submission Underground 8 took place Sunday, May 12, 2019 with 6 fights at Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon.
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UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on March 2, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area.
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UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 8, 2018 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
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UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis (also known as UFC Fight Night 120) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on November 11, 2017 at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia.
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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov (also known as UFC Fight Night 108) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on April 22, 2017 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
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The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson (also known as UFC Fight Night 98) is a mixed martial arts event held on November 5, 2016 at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico.
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UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes is a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on July 9, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
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UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz was a mixed martial arts event held on March 5, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Welterweight: Neil Magny vs. Kelvin Gastelum Featherweight: Ricardo Lamas vs. Diego Sanchez Flyweight: Jussier Formiga vs. Henry Cejudo Welterweight: Erick Montaño vs. Enrique Marín Lightweight: Enrique Barzola vs. Horacio Gutiérrez Lightweight: Efrain Escudero vs. Leandro Silva
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Main event: Lightweight - Benson Henderson (#2) vs. Rustam Khabilov (#11) Lightweight - Diego Sanchez vs. Ross Pearson Flyweight - John Dodson (#1) vs. John Moraga (#5) Lightweight - Rafael dos Anjos (#5) vs. Jason High Lightweight - Piotr Hallmann vs. Yves Edwards Bantamweight - Bryan Caraway vs. Érik Pérez
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UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler was a mixed martial arts event held on March 15, 2014 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
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The main event was a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Cain Velasquez and top contender Junior dos Santos. The two have split their two previous encounters with Dos Santos winning the first bout via first round knockout at UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos and then Velasquez winning the rematch via unanimous decision at UFC 155. A bout between George Roop and Francisco Rivera was scheduled for this card, but was moved to UFC Fight Night 31 and replaced by Sarah Kaufman vs. Jessica Eye. Matt Grice was expected to face Jeremy Larsen at the event. However, Grice was forced out of the bout after sustaining serious injuries in a September 8 car accident in his home state of Oklahoma. Grice was replaced by Charles Oliveira who also lost his original opponent, Estevan Payan, due to injury. Subsequently on October 5, Oliveira pulled out of the Larsen bout citing a strained thigh muscle. Larsen instead faced promotional newcomer Andre Fili.
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Un joven arrogante viaja a Oregon para trabajar en una granja de manzanas. Fuera de su elemento, encuentra que su estilo de vida y sus nociones son desarmadas por todos los que se cruzan en su camino.
UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 3, 2013 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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UFC on Fuel TV 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger is a mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 15, 2012 at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska.
When both the winner and loser wind up at the hospital after their main event, it's pretty hard to argue against Fight of the Night. Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann slug it out at the UFC's debut in Kentucky, UFC on Versus 3, March 3, 2011 at thr KFC Yum! Center.
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UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States.
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UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 29, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
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UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 12, 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee at the FedExForum.
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The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 20, 2009. Featured were finals from The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom in both the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions as well as a main event between Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to London’s O2 Arena on Saturday, February 21st, and in the UFC 95 main event, it will be one of the most intriguing bouts of the New Year as exciting welterweight contender Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez makes his lightweight debut against former world title challenger Joe “Daddy” Stevenson.
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The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 21, 2008. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest in the Middleweight division as well as a main event between Kendall Grove and Evan Tanner. This was Evan Tanner's last fight before he died.
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UFC 82: Pride of a Champion was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event that took place on 1st March, 2008 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The main event was a UFC & Pride FC middleweight title unification match between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and PRIDE FC welterweight champion Dan Henderson.
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UFC 76: Knockout was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The event took place on September 22, 2007 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Though the event was subtitled Knockout, the entire card ironically produced no knockouts.
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UFC 69: Shootout was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. UFC 69: Shootout was the first UFC event ever held in the state of Texas. The card was headlined by heavy favourite Georges St. Pierre defending his welterweight title against The Ultimate Fighter 4 welterweight winner Matt Serra.
Held at MCAS Miramar; audience almost entirely comprised of US Marines. Diego Sanchez continues his run up the welterweight ranks.
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A fight night featuring one of the better bouts of the year: a fight between Diego Sanchez and Karo Parisyan. This main even featured an epic match with stellar grappling and many scrambles! The winner of this match was rumored to be next in line for a shot at the welterweight title!
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UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006. Headlining the card was a non-title catch-weight (175 lb) match between Matt Hughes, former UFC Welterweight Champion, and Royce Gracie, the champion of UFC 1, UFC 2 and UFC 4. This was Gracie's first match in the UFC and in the United States since UFC 5.
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The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 5, 2005. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 2 in both the Welterweight and Heavyweight divisions as well as a main event between Diego Sanchez and Nick Diaz.
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UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell makes his first title defense against the man who handed him his first ever defeat – Jeremy Horn. The undercard features the return of Randy "The Natural" Couture, the UFC debut of The Ultimate Fighter winner Diego Sanchez, and a highly anticipated welterweight match-up between Georges St. Pierre and Frank Trigg.
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The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 9, 2005. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 1 in both the Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions. Even though the main attraction of the event was Rich Franklin vs the UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock the spotlight was stolen by the incredible bout between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar. Hailed as one of the greatest fights in MMA history by many, Forrest and Stephan produced a 3 round stand up war that went the distance. Although Forrest Griffin would take the decision both men were given UFC contracts for their amazing performance.
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This ain't amateur hour! Only professional fighting's elite are featured in this thrill-packed collection of bouts that pit mixed martial arts masters against one another. Witness fierce warriors engage in hand-to-hand battles that try their skill and test their honor. Matches include Gary Mendoz vs. Tony Berg, Ron Cushen vs. Tony Petarra, Tom Kenny vs. Jorge Pereira, John De La O vs. Joseph Frainco, Bobby Gamboa vs. Richard Goodman and more.
