Diego Sanchez

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.3628

Gender

Male

Birthday

31-Dec-1981

Age

(45 years old)

Place of Birth

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Also Known As
  • The Nightmare
  • The Dream
  • Lionheart
  • El Corazón de León

Diego Sanchez

Biography

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.


Credits

UFC 82: Pride of a Champion UFC 82: Pride of a Champion (2008) Character: Self
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event that took place on 1st March, 2008 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The main event was a UFC & Pride FC middleweight title unification match between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and PRIDE FC welterweight champion Dan Henderson.
UFC 76: Knockout UFC 76: Knockout (2007) Character: Self
UFC 76: Knockout was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The event took place on September 22, 2007 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Though the event was subtitled Knockout, the entire card ironically produced no knockouts. The main event featured a fight between former Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell and The Ultimate Fighter 2 alum Keith Jardine, with both fighters returning from knockout losses at UFC 71.
UFC 69: Shootout UFC 69: Shootout (2007) Character: Self
UFC 69: Shootout was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The card was headlined by heavy favourite Georges St. Pierre defending his welterweight title against The Ultimate Fighter 4 welterweight winner Matt Serra.
UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie (2006) Character: Self
UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006. Headlining the card was a non-title catch-weight (175 lb) match between Matt Hughes, former UFC Welterweight Champion, and Royce Gracie, the champion of UFC 1, UFC 2 and UFC 4. This was Gracie's first match in the UFC and in the United States since UFC 5.
UFC 54: Boiling Point UFC 54: Boiling Point (2005) Character: Self
UFC 54: Boiling Point was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 20, 2005, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.. UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell makes his first title defense against the man who handed him his first ever defeat – Jeremy Horn. The undercard features the return of Randy "The Natural" Couture, the UFC debut of The Ultimate Fighter winner Diego Sanchez, and a highly anticipated welterweight match-up between Georges St. Pierre and Frank Trigg.
UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson (2009) Character: Self
UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on February 21, 2009, at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. The main event was a lightweight match-up between Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson.
UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans (2010) Character: Self
UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 29, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
UFC Fight Night 6: Sanchez vs. Parisyan UFC Fight Night 6: Sanchez vs. Parisyan (2006) Character: Self
UFC Fight Night 6: Sanchez vs. Parisyan was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 17, 2006. The event took place at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC Fight Night 7: Sanchez vs. Riggs UFC Fight Night 7: Sanchez vs. Riggs (2006) Character: Self
UFC Fight Night 7: Sanchez vs. Riggs was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 13, 2006 at the MCAS Miramar near San Diego, California. The audience almost entirely comprised of US Marines. Diego Sanchez continues his run up the welterweight ranks.
UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann (2011) Character: Self
UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 3, 2011, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
UFC on Fuel TV 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger UFC on Fuel TV 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger (2012) Character: Self
UFC on Fuel TV 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger was the first UFC event to air exclusively on Fuel TV. It was held on February 15, 2012, at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. The main event consisted of Diego Sanchez facing Jake Ellenberger. Ellenberger came into the match on a five fight win streak, four of which ended by stoppage, including one against Jake Shields.
The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale (2005) Character: Self
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 9, 2005. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 1 in both the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. Even though the main attraction of the event was Rich Franklin vs. the UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, the spotlight was stolen by the light heavyweight finale between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar. Hailed as one of the greatest fights in MMA history by many, Forrest and Stephan produced a 3-round stand-up war that went the distance.
The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale (2005) Character: Self
The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 5, 2005. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 2 in both the Welterweight and Heavyweight divisions as well as a main event between Diego Sanchez and Nick Diaz.
The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale (2008) Character: Self
The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 21, 2008. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest in the Middleweight division as well as a main event between Kendall Grove and Evan Tanner. This was Evan Tanner's last fight before he died.
The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale (2009) Character: Self
The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 20, 2009. Featured were finals from The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom in both the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions as well as a main event between Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida.
UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler (2014) Character: Self
UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler was a mixed martial arts event held on March 15, 2014 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov (2014) Character: Self
UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov was a mixed martial arts event held on June 7, 2014, at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A lightweight bout between former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson and Rustam Khabilov served as the event headliner.
Submission Underground 8 Submission Underground 8 (2019) Character: Self
Submission Underground 8 took place Sunday, May 12, 2019 with 6 fights at Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon.
Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez (2022) Character: Self
Eagle Fighting Championship 46: Lee vs. Sanchez was a mixed martial arts event held by Eagle Fighting Championship on March 11, 2022, in Miami, Florida, USA.
KOTC 23: Sin City KOTC 23: Sin City (2003) Character: Self
KOTC 23: Sin City was an event held on May 16, 2003 at the Orleans Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Mío será otro cuerpo. En busca de C. E. Feiling Mío será otro cuerpo. En busca de C. E. Feiling (2023) Character: N/A
Like a pair of wild detectives, two friends sniff around the library of eccentric writer and critic C.E. Feiling in search of the traces of a cult author, a punk dandy who swam against the current of Argentine literature.
UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez (2009) Character: Self
UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 12, 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee at the FedExForum.
UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez (2010) Character: Self
UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States.
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III (2013) Character: Self
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. dos Santos III was a mixed martial arts event held on October 19, 2013, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The main event was a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Cain Velasquez and top contender Junior dos Santos. The two have split their two previous encounters with Dos Santos winning the first bout via first round knockout and then Velasquez winning the rematch via unanimous decision at UFC 155.
UFC Fight Night 78: Magny vs. Gastelum UFC Fight Night 78: Magny vs. Gastelum (2015) Character: Self
UFC Fight Night 78: Magny vs. Gastelum was a mixed martial arts event held on November 21, 2015, at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. A welterweight bout between Neil Magny and Kelvin Gastelum served as the event headliner.
UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz (2016) Character: Self
UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz was a mixed martial arts event held on March 5, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes (2016) Character: Self
UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on July 9, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. This event suffered a major hit only three days before it happened, as it was announced that Jones was pulled out by USADA due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection on June 16. Cormier declared he would still fight if an opponent brought to him "made sense". It was announced that former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva would replace Jones on less than two days' notice and face Cormier in a three-round non-title light heavyweight bout. Due to those major changes, the already scheduled UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between then champion Miesha Tate and top contender Amanda Nunes was revealed as the new main event.
UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson (2016) Character: Self
UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson was a mixed martial arts event held on November 5, 2016, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. A potential lightweight title eliminator bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos winner Tony Ferguson headlined the event.
KOTC 37: Unfinished Business KOTC 37: Unfinished Business (2004) Character: Self
KOTC 37: Unfinished Business was an event held on June 12, 2004 at the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California, United States.
UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis (2017) Character: Self
UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on November 11, 2017, at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia. A lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis served as the event headliner.
UFC Fight Night 167: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 UFC Fight Night 167: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 (2020) Character: Self
UFC Fight Night 167: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 15, 2020 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States. A light heavyweight rematch between The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson and former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Błachowicz served as the event headliner in a possible title eliminator.
UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till (2018) Character: Self
UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 8, 2018 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos (2019) Character: Self
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on July 6, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current two-time champion Jon Jones and Thiago Santos served as the event headliner. A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between the current champion Amanda Nunes (also current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion) and former champion Holly Holm served as the event co-headliner.
UFC Fight Night 108: Swanson vs. Lobov UFC Fight Night 108: Swanson vs. Lobov (2017) Character: Self
UFC Fight Night 108: Swanson vs. Lobov was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on April 22, 2017, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Artem Lobov headlined the event.
C.O.G. C.O.G. (2013) Character: Field Worker (uncredited)
A gay cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.
UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith (2019) Character: Self
UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on March 2, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area. A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between two-time champion Jon Jones and challenger Anthony Smith headlined the event.
UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann (2013) Character: Self
UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 3, 2013 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa (2020) Character: Self
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on September 27, 2020 at the Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa served as the event headliner.



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