Diego Sanchez
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diego Sanchez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- The Ultimate Fighter (2005)
- The Ultimate Fighter (2005)
- UFC 54: Boiling Point (2005)
- UFC Fight Night 78: Magny vs. Gastelum (2015)
- C.O.G. (2013)
- UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes (2016)
- UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov (2014)
- UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz (2016)
- UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith (2019)
- UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans (2010)
- UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann (2013)
- UFC Fight Night 6: Sanchez vs. Parisyan (2006)
- UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann (2011)
- UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson (2016)
- UFC 82: Pride of a Champion (2008)
- UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez (2009)
- UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till (2018)
- The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale (2005)
- Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez (2022)
- UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez (2010)