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Birthday: Dec 31, 1981
Place of Birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Diego Sanchez

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez Self 2009
UFC 76: Knockout Self 2007
UFC 69: Shootout Self 2007
UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie Self 2006
UFC 54: Boiling Point Self 2005
KOTC 23: Sin City Self 2003
UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson Self 2009
Mine Will Be Another Flesh. In Search of C.E. Feiling 2023
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa Self 2020
UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans Self 2010
UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez Self 2010
UFC Fight Night 6: Sanchez vs. Parisyan Self 2006
UFC Fight Night 7: Sanchez vs. Riggs Self 2006
UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann Self 2011
UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes Self 2016
UFC on Fuel TV 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger Self 2012
Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez Self 2022
UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann Self 2013
UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler Self 2014
UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov Self 2014
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III Self 2013
C.O.G. Field Worker (uncredited) 2013
UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson Self 2016
UFC Fight Night 108: Swanson vs. Lobov Self 2017
UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis Self 2017
UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till Self 2018
KOTC 37: Unfinished Business Self 2004
UFC Fight Night 167: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 Self 2020
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion Self 2008
The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale Self 2008
The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale Self 2005
Submission Underground 8 Self 2019
The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale Self 2009
The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale Self 2005
UFC Fight Night 78: Magny vs. Gastelum Self 2015
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos Self 2019
UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz Self 2016
UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith Self 2019
Series Cast Year
The Ultimate Fighter Self 2005
The Ultimate Fighter Self - FIghter 2005
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