Upon his UFC launch in April 2021, TUF 1 alum Diego Sanchez was reportedly headed for a brand new profession path below Naked Knuckle FC. By September, Sanchez was mentioned to be in talks with BKFC president David Feldman for a struggle that “is smart.”
However by the tip of 2021, Sanchez had reportedly signed with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Eagle FC with fellow UFC alum Kevin Lee as his debut opponent. How he bought there was by no means talked about till not too long ago when Sanchez appeared on MMA Junkie Radio.
“Ali (Abdelaziz) hit me up and he’s, like, ‘We wish you, bro. Eagle FC desires to deal with you just like the legend you’re,’” Sanchez defined.
“I used to be gonna receives a commission 75 grand extra to go do BKFC. However, being the Diego Sanchez that I’m, I consider in myself, and all the abilities and the data, and the knowledge that I retained over the course of the final 20 years. And the way in which my profession ended within the UFC was not (in) Diego Sanchez style.
“That was orchestrated by my handler, and I actually needed to actually end my combined martial arts legacy and profession my method, Diego Sanchez instinct, working by no matter I gotta work by, however coaching sensible doing my martial arts. Diego Sanchez martial arts.”
Being an expert fighter for the final 20 years of his life, Sanchez had skilled with a number of the sport’s finest athletes. At this stage of his profession, he’s banking on that have when he faces a youthful and “very athletic” Kevin Lee.
“Every part that I’ve realized over the course of a profession, I’ve labored with everyone. I’ve labored with the perfect in jiu-jitsu, I’ve labored with the perfect in putting. I’ve labored with everyone, from everyone,” he mentioned.
“Now, it’s my time to go on the market and present my true abilities, ‘trigger with Kevin Lee, he’s 29 and I’m 40. He’s a really athletic man. So, with that being mentioned, going into this struggle, the one factor that may actually win me this struggle is talent. Ability and understanding. Timing. Velocity. And making the appropriate transfer on the proper time with zero hesitation.
“I’m in form, I’m getting in the perfect form that I might get in. In six weeks, I’m coming with my A-game. I’m excited for 165, it’s a brand new weight division. My body matches that division, so it’s wanting good. I’m excited for it.”
Sanchez and Lee might be a part of Eagle FC 46 which takes place on March eleventh in Miami.
