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Diego Sanchez

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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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Born:
Dec 31, 1981 In Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
41
First Appeared:
In the movie KOTC 37: Unfinished Business 2004-06-12
Latest Project:
Movie Bukraken! 2023-05-15
Known For
Poster of UFC Fight Night 108: Swanson vs. Lobov
Poster of UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson
Poster of UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov
Poster of UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III
Filmography
Movie Bukraken! Juantxo Nogueira 2023-05-15
Movie Mine Will Be Another Flesh. In Search of C.E. Feiling 2023-04-23
Movie Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez Self 2022-03-11
Movie Camila Comes Out Tonight Bruno 2022-05-26
Movie UFC Fight Night 167: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 Self 2020-02-15
Movie UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa Self 2020-09-26
Movie UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith Self 2019-03-02
Movie Submission Underground 8 Self 2019-05-12
Movie UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos Self 2019-07-06
Movie UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till Self 2018-09-08
Movie UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis Self 2017-11-11
Movie UFC Fight Night 108: Swanson vs. Lobov Self 2017-04-22
Movie UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz Self 2016-03-05
Movie Barrancas Mario 2016-05-14
Movie UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson Self 2016-11-05
Movie UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes Self 2016-07-09
Movie UFC Fight Night 78: Magny vs. Gastelum Self 2015-11-21
Movie UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov Self 2014-06-07
Movie UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler Self 2014-03-15
Movie UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann Self 2013-03-02
Movie C.O.G. Field Worker (uncredited) 2013-09-20
Movie UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III Self 2013-10-19
Movie UFC on Fuel TV 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger Self 2012-02-15
Movie UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann Self 2011-03-03
Movie UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans Self 2010-05-29
Movie UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez Self 2010-10-23
Movie UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson Self 2009-02-21
Movie The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale Self 2009-06-20
Movie UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez Self 2009-12-12
Movie UFC 82: Pride of a Champion Self 2008-03-01
Movie The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale Self 2008-06-21
Movie UFC 69: Shootout Self 2007-04-07
Movie UFC 76: Knockout Self 2007-09-22
Movie UFC Fight Night 6: Sanchez vs. Parisyan Self 2006-08-17
Movie UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie Self 2006-05-27
Movie UFC Fight Night 7: Sanchez vs. Riggs Self 2006-12-13
Series The Ultimate Fighter Unknown 2005-01-17
Movie The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale Self 2005-04-09
Movie UFC 54: Boiling Point Self 2005-08-20
Movie The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale Self 2005-11-05
Movie KOTC 37: Unfinished Business Self 2004-06-12