Diego Sanchez
Actor
- Born
- December 31, 1981 (age 44) · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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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Known for
C.O.G.
September 20, 2013
UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes
July 9, 2016
UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz
March 5, 2016
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
October 19, 2013
UFC 54: Boiling Point
August 20, 2005
UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
February 21, 2009
UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez
October 23, 2010
UFC 76: Knockout
September 22, 2007
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion
March 1, 2008
UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez
December 12, 2009
UFC 69: Shootout
April 7, 2007
UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
May 27, 2006
Acting38
- 2023Mine Will Be Another Flesh. In Search of C.E. Feiling
- 2022Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez as Self
- 2020UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa as Self
- 2020UFC Fight Night 167: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 as Self
- 2019UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos as Self
- 2019Submission Underground 8 as Self
- 2019UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith as Self
- 2018UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till as Self
- 2017UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis as Self
- 2017UFC Fight Night 108: Swanson vs. Lobov