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    UFC on FUEL TV 1 weigh-in: Sanchez looks healthy at 170 pounds

    By Steve Cofield | Cagewriter – Tue, Feb 14, 2012 7:36 PM EST

    Sanchez on the scale in Omaha (Combatlifestyle.com)Diego Sanchez was the man to watch during today's UFC on FUEL 1 weigh-in.

    In this ever evolving sport, welterweights are getting bigger and bigger. At 5-foot-9 Sanchez is small for the weight. He looked bloated on fight night for his battle last March against Martin Kampmann. This afternoon, he looked much healthier.

    Sanchez explained to USA Today that he screwed up the weight cut before the Kampmann fight.

    The last fight for Martin Kampmann, I really messed up on the diet. I didn't cut out salt. I didn't cut out carbs. I ended up having to cut 14 pounds the day of the weigh-ins. That's three hours of cardio and another 30 minutes in the sauna.

    Sanchez said it cost him late in the fight when he couldn't pour it on.

    I felt it in the fight, and even though I still was able to fight hard and put a hard pace, if I would have done the weight cut properly, I would have been able to press the fight even harder in the second and third rounds and, I believe, finished the fight.

    So there's no excuses for Sanchez and that means a victory for Jake Ellenberger is worth that much more.

    UFC on FUEL TV 1 weigh-in: (Courtesy MMAjunkie)

    MAIN CARD (FUEL TV)
    Jake Ellenberger (170) vs. Diego Sanchez (170)
    Dave Herman (234) vs. Stefan Struve (256)
    Ronny Markes (185) vs. Aaron Simpson (186)
    Philip De Fries (241) vs. Stipe Miocic (240)
    T.J. Dillashaw (136) vs. Walel Watson (135)
    John Albert (135) vs. Ivan Menjivar (135)

    PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
    Jonathan Brookins (145) vs. Vagner Rocha (145)
    Sean Loeffler (185) vs. Buddy Roberts (184)
    Anton Kuivanen (156) vs. Justin Salas (155)
    Bernardo Magalhaes (155) vs. Tim Means (155)

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    13 comments

    • Jersey Guy
      Jersey Guy  •  3 months ago
      Diego is a great fighter. I still think he lost to Kampmann though.
      • Jeff
        Jeff 3 months ago
        o he definitely lost to Kampmann
    • Psyko
      Psyko  •  3 months ago
      i hope he wins.... i want to see Kampmann vs Sanchez 2... he lost the 1st one though
    • Evan
      Evan  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  3 months ago
      I didn't realize his only 5'9, that is small for a welterweight. I really think he needs to develop his standup, we will see with this fight. He still comes across as one dimensional, and being a smaller welterweight, it seems like its going to be a lot harder to impose his will.
    • srsly
      srsly  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  3 months ago
      Diego is dreaming.. His USA Today comments are a bunch of lousy excuses. Kampmann handed Diego his #$%$ that night. He should be ashamed of himself. Here is to him getting KTFO. Weight cut wasn't the issue, it was his atrocious stand up. #fingerscrossed
    • JOHN
      JOHN  •  Richmond Hill, Georgia  •  3 months ago
      sanchez needs to go back to 155
    • jaywolf1
      jaywolf1  •  3 months ago
      Diego Sanchez kicks major #$%$..easily one of my fav TUF fighters...he brings it every time
    • OGNutcracker
      OGNutcracker  •  3 months ago
      Will Fuel pay me to watch it?? Coz there are plenty of bars in Bali with even more drunk Australians and that makes for at least 5 or 6 pretty good fights for free, only eye gouging, groin strikes, hair pulling, kneed and kicks anywhere , anytime. And the occasional beer bottle..
      • Jon
        Jon 3 months ago
        Fuel tv doesnt cost to much.
    • OGNutcracker
      OGNutcracker  •  3 months ago
      Although I respectfully disagree with Jaywolf on this one, he is still better than Cofield and needs to be a Cagewriter blogger. So let Cofield concentrate on his radio show with its ten listeners and give Jay the gig. Yahoo!, you are a joke. Do it to save some face..
    • OGNutcracker
      OGNutcracker  •  3 months ago
      Cofield spilling cyber ink on this no talent fighter with the stand up of a rank amateur. Comical. No wonder Yahoo! stock is $15 and the running joke for the public and investment community.
    • OGNutcracker
      OGNutcracker  •  3 months ago
      Sanchez is a 'CAN' and Cofield recycles more 'CANS' than Waste Management. All I can say is it is a good thing this stank card is free, even if it is on a channel almost no one gets. Spike is laughing, Bob Arum is laughing and ESPN is laughing.
      • Doghouse Riley
        Doghouse Riley 3 months ago
        Yep, couldn't have said it better myself. Watch Sanchez scream, grunt, and throw sloppier windmills than "Windmill Wandy." Total Comedy. A lot of the UFC garbage should be on the comedy channel. But then the comedy channel's rating would go down.....so we have the UFC on "Fuel TV."
      • Ben P
        Ben P 3 months ago
        The two of y'all should get a room and just get it over with
      • Doghouse Riley
        Doghouse Riley 3 months ago
        Ben, you better go back a page. There is a new guttersnipe dolly for you to jerk to. Maggie had it made for trash like you.
    • richmeeting.com
      richmeeting.com  •  Redwood City, California  •  3 months ago
      welcome to our singles party
    • ¶♀♀Life Is Music♀♀¶
      ¶♀♀Life Is Music♀♀¶  •  3 months ago
      Diego Sanchez brings it every single time. I still remember Parisian's flying tooth, the flying knee against Joe Riggs, the crazy fight against Guida, the screaming slam against Paulo Thiago. Good luck tomorrow.
    • Jon
      Jon  •  Bozeman, Montana  •  3 months ago
      Gotta love the Hooters commercial.
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