Diego Sanchez
“Nightmare”
WelterweightInactive
Career record
31–13–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
19–13–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
6KO0SUB12DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
4KO0SUB9DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1981-12-31 · age 44
- Height
- 5′ 10″ (70 in)
- Reach
- 72 in
- Leg reach
- 40 in
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- Albuquerque, United States
- Gym / team
- Joel Diaz Boxing
- Octagon debut
- 2005-04-09
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 2.69
- Striking accuracy
- 37%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 3.02
- Striking defence
- 56%
- Takedown average
- 1.51
- Takedown accuracy
- 24%
- Takedown defence
- 46%
- Submission average
- 0.80
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
32 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-26 | Jake Matthews | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa |
| 2020-02-15 | Michel Pereira | Win | Disqualification · R3 · 3:09 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz |
| 2019-07-06 | Michael Chiesa | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos |
| 2019-03-02 | Mickey Gall | Win | TKO · R2 · 4:13 | Welterweight | UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith |
| 2018-09-08 | Craig White | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till |
| 2017-11-11 | Matt Brown | Loss | TKO · R1 · 3:44 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis |
| 2017-04-22 | Al Iaquinta | Loss | TKO · R1 · 1:38 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov |
| 2016-11-05 | Marcin Held | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson |
| 2016-07-09 | Joe Lauzon | Loss | TKO · R1 · 1:26 | Lightweight | UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes |
| 2016-03-05 | Jim Miller | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz |
| 2015-11-21 | Ricardo Lamas | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night: Magny vs Gastelum |
| 2014-06-07 | Ross Pearson | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Khabilov |
| 2014-03-15 | Myles Jury | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler |
| 2013-10-19 | Gilbert Melendez | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3 |
| 2013-03-02 | Takanori Gomi | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs. Stann |
| 2012-02-15 | Jake Ellenberger | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs Ellenberger |
| 2011-03-03 | Martin Kampmann | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Live: Sanchez vs Kampmann |
| 2010-10-23 | Paulo Thiago | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 121: Lesnar vs Velasquez |
| 2010-05-29 | John Hathaway | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 114: Rampage vs Evans |
| 2009-12-12 | BJ Penn | Loss | TKO · R5 · 2:37 | Lightweight | UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez |
| 2009-06-20 | Clay Guida | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale |
| 2009-02-21 | Joe Stevenson | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson |
| 2008-06-21 | Luigi Fioravanti | Win | TKO · R3 · 4:07 | Welterweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale |
| 2008-03-01 | David Bielkheden | Win | TKO · R1 · 4:43 | Welterweight | UFC 82: Pride of a Champion |
| 2007-09-22 | Jon Fitch | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 76: Knockout |
| 2007-04-07 | Josh Koscheck | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 69: Shootout |
| 2006-12-13 | Joe Riggs | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:45 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs Riggs |
| 2006-08-17 | Karo Parisyan | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 6 |
| 2006-05-27 | John Alessio | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie |
| 2005-11-05 | Nick Diaz | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale |
| 2005-08-20 | Brian Gassaway | Win | TKO · R2 · 1:56 | Welterweight | UFC 54: Boiling Point |
| 2005-04-09 | Kenny Florian | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:49 | Middleweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 32 rows in the archive list Diego Sanchez as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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