Diego Sanchez
Biography
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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Movie Appearances
UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez
as Self
2009
UFC 76: Knockout
as Self
2007
UFC 69: Shootout
as Self
2007
UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
as Self
2006
UFC 54: Boiling Point
as Self
2005
KOTC 23: Sin City
as Self
2003
UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
as Self
2009
Mine Will Be Another Flesh. In Search of C.E. Feiling
2023
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa
as Self
2020
UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans
as Self
2010
UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez
as Self
2010
UFC Fight Night 6: Sanchez vs. Parisyan
as Self
2006
UFC Fight Night 7: Sanchez vs. Riggs
as Self
2006
UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann
as Self
2011
UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes
as Self
2016
UFC on Fuel TV 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger
as Self
2012
Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez
as Self
2022
UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann
as Self
2013
UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler
as Self
2014
UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov
as Self
2014
