Diego Sanchez keeps an unique location in the hearts of UFC fans worldwide, not just for his success on The Ultimate Fighter season 1– however for the large weirdness that followed.
From outrageous walkouts bring a bejeweled crucifix to actually hanging upside down as his so-called ‘fitness instructor' punched him in the head, it's safe to state that Diego Sanchez is distinctive.
Ahead of VICE television's best of ‘Dark Side of the Cage: The Fighter and the Guru', it's time to review the madness that a person of Joe Rogan's preferred fighters gave the octagon.
Picture by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC through Getty ImagesJoe Rogan commemorates the ‘madness' that Diego Sanchez gave the UFC
Diego Sanchez may not be kept in mind as one of the very best fighters in UFC history, however when it concerns pure, untainted home entertainment, there's just a handful of professional athletes who might match the madness of the ‘Nightmare'.
Talking with previous UFC fighter and now Global Fight League professional athlete Kevin Lee back in 2019, the popular analyst would describe that a person of the reasons that he loved Sanchez is since regardless of all the ups and downs, he never ever when lost his enthusiasm for violence.
“That [dip in form] keeps a great deal of guys from having the exact same interest and enthusiasm that they had when they were 22 and they envisioned themselves on the cover of Fighter's Only Magazine …
“When that dream has actually been shattered, and you're simply a truly excellent fighter, some individuals lose their interest for the video game … And then there's Diego Sanchez, who does not appear to offer a f *** about any of that and is simply there to damage individuals”
Lee could not assist however laugh as he confessed “Diego is out of his mind for sure,” before Rogan kept in mind that when it comes to cage battling, “There are all various kinds of insane?
“I indicate, when I saw Diego trample Mickey Gall, I resembled ‘God damn, take a look at this guy, he's lost no interest in all these years of combating'. And you got to understand, that guy won The Ultimate Fighter season 1 in 2005 and now we're 14 years later on– that's insane.”
What's simply as insane is the long, long list of names who Sanchez had actually entered the cage versus, consisting of Kenny Florian, Nick Diaz, Joe Lauzon, Clay Guida, Al Iaquinta, Matt Brown, Jim Miller, Mickey Gall, Michael Chiesa, Michel Pereira and lastly, Kevin Lee.
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Sanchez battled in the UFC for 15 long years from 2005 to 2020
Diego Sanchez's durability in the UFC is the things of legend.
After making his advertising launching in the series 1 ending of TUF in 2005,
