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.
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- 2023 · Mine Will Be Another Flesh. In Search of C.E. Feiling as
- 2022 · Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez as Self
- 2020 · UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa as Self
- 2020 · UFC Fight Night 167: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 as Self
- 2019 · UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos as Self
- 2019 · Submission Underground 8 as Self
- 2019 · UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith as Self
- 2018 · UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till as Self
- 2017 · UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis as Self
- 2017 · UFC Fight Night 108: Swanson vs. Lobov as Self
- 2016 · UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson as Self
- 2016 · UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes as Self
- 2016 · UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz as Self
- 2015 · UFC Fight Night 78: Magny vs. Gastelum as Self
- 2014 · UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov as Self
- 2014 · UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler as Self
- 2013 · UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III as Self
- 2013 · C.O.G. as Field Worker (uncredited)
- 2013 · UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann as Self
- 2012 · UFC on Fuel TV 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger as Self
- 2011 · UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann as Self
- 2010 · UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez as Self
- 2010 · UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans as Self
- 2009 · UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez as Self
- 2009 · The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale as Self
- 2009 · UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson as Self
- 2008 · The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale as Self
- 2008 · UFC 82: Pride of a Champion as Self
- 2007 · UFC 76: Knockout as Self
- 2007 · UFC 69: Shootout as Self
- 2006 · UFC Fight Night 7: Sanchez vs. Riggs as Self
- 2006 · UFC Fight Night 6: Sanchez vs. Parisyan as Self
- 2006 · UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie as Self
- 2005 · The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale as Self
- 2005 · UFC 54: Boiling Point as Self
- 2005 · The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale as Self
- 2005 · The Ultimate Fighter as Self
- 2005 · The Ultimate Fighter as Self - FIghter
- 2004 · KOTC 37: Unfinished Business as Self
- 2003 · KOTC 23: Sin City as Self