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Diego Sanchez

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : December 31, 1981

Headlining a UFC card is what I have always wanted.

Diego Sanchez

I have always walked around at 170lbs and fought at 170lbs.

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The nightmare? The nightmare was myself. I was my own nightmare.

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I was sparring with Dan Christison, a big heavyweight. I threw a leg kick and broke my fibula. Before the Florian training camp.

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Ain't no fans, or anybody else's say so when I'm going to step away from the sport. Except my own.

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I believe that when you put your energy into your emotions, it takes away from the energy that you can put into your physical, your mental, performance in a fight.

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I look back on people who are not the average, and those people are not the average because they choose to put it in their mind that they are not the average.

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If I ever get into the BKB, yeah, it would be fun. I never really liked the gloves in the UFC anyway. So, I think it's better. You got to pick your shots. You got to be smarter.

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To be a champion in the UFC, you have to be an elite, high-level, effective, professional kickboxer. You have to be the best of the best on your feet.

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I want to earn my top spot in UFC.

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I will always be prepared for the ground. That's my home, that's where my success started. That's always going to be my biggest strength. But all fights start on the feet; I'm prepared to slug on the feet.

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I had, in a way, become 'The Nightmare' in the cage, but also out of the cage. That's why I changed to 'The Dream.' But 'The Nightmare,' is who I am as a fighter and that's the way it's going to stay. I'll be a nightmare inside the cage and a dream outside of it.

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When I fought Kampmann, something happened in that fight and to me, it's still the most epic moment in my career. I was losing and something happened and I flipped a switch.

Diego Sanchez

The B.J. Penn fight was the first one where I ever took damage. I got caught coming in. I got hit hard and I never recovered. He picked me apart the rest of the fight. After that, I still didn't take any damage until I fought Martin Kampmann.

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I'm not fighting for bonuses or money or anything else. I fight because I love to fight and I love being in the heat of the battle and the heat of the moment. You might laugh at me when I say this, but I love feeling like I gave the fans their money's worth.

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McGregor is a huge 145-pounder with long reach and is taller than his opponents - and that's something that I've always wanted.

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You can see the love I have for the sport. Blood, cuts, scars... I love fighting. I'm going to do it for as long as I can.

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When it's time to hang up the gloves, I'll know.

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I feel like the octagon has been my life.

Diego Sanchez

At welterweight, man, I'm confident in myself.

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