(Diego Sanchez experiences a moment of Zen.)
Diego Sanchez swears making lightweight to fight Joe Stevenson at UFC 95 won’t be a problem for him, although it sounds like it won’t be terribly easy either. Sanchez was late to today’s media conference call and explained it by saying he was trying to cut a few extra pounds in the sauna. The former welterweight said he weighed 193 pounds on Christmas Eve, and is now struggling to get those lost few pounds off in order to make 155 next Saturday.
“I don’t see myself staying at lightweight forever,” Sanchez explained, saying he wanted to challenge himself and thought he’d better hurry up and do it while he was still in his twenties and could lose weight fairly easily.
“I never really cut much weight for 170. Fighting guys like Jon Fitch, who put on seventeen, eighteen pounds after the weigh-in, I was a little outsized.”
At lightweight, Sanchez said he hopes to eventually face B.J. Penn. Then he proceeded to bash “The Prodigy” for showing up to face Georges St. Pierre without getting himself in good enough shape.
“It’s a bad idea for [B.J.] to fight anybody right now,” Sanchez said, in response to question about who he favored between Penn and Kenny Florian. Sanchez said that Penn had "no cardio," and couldn’t believe he went into the biggest fight of his life and got tired after the first round.
This remark accounted for some of the strongest words on the call. To say Sanchez and Stevenson don’t have a rivalry doesn’t quite do the situation justice. When they weren’t praising one another’s skill and professionalism, they were deferring politely to one another.
If you need bad blood in your main events, you’re going to be disappointed. But if you just want to see two experienced, aggressive guys go at it, you won’t.
That said, nobody sounds terribly excited about making the trip to London to fight. Stevenson explained the futility of trying to combat jet lag by altering your sleep schedule, while Sanchez put his complaints more succinctly: “The food I hear is crappy in London.”
Who knows, maybe it will help with the weight cut.
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Comments
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:08
i would love to see sanchez vs penn
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:09
Not a big fan of sanchez or joe daddy, but i hope diego takes this one because i hate the way stevenson looks like hes on the verge of tears all the time in the cage
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:11
Sanchez is a beast and he is going to put up a hell of a fight against Stevenson. Its too bad cause I really like Stevenson and I really am going to hate watching him get battered before he gets knocked out.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:15
The problem with London is not the food. The problem is that London sucks balls, and as an Englishman I'm embarassed to have it as part of my country. Fuck London.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:16
Fuck a London!
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:17
I like Diego, he's like the Allen Iverson of MMA. You might not like him as a person, but you gotta admire the passion he brings everytime he steps onto the octagon.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:26
Diego's train got derailed fast. There was a time he was undefeated, dating a super-hot ring girl, "training with Dela Hoya and Fedor", and putting the stamp on kids in the WW division. Then he got the staph, dropped a uber-boring decision loss to Koscheck, then Fitch, and was then cast into the outer darkness of the deep-undercard. Diego usually brings it and I'd like to see him win a few more... but I like Stephenson too, and I'd hate to see Daddy go 1 for 4. I think I'll be rooting for Daddy on this one.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:27
Going to say Joe Daddy takes this one. Although I would love to see Ken-Flo break his (Deigo) arm off and take it home with him. Ever since TUF I just dont like Deigo....
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:27
*pause*
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:28
London has the best falafel and curries in the world.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:30
War Machine Says: Thu, 02/12/2009 - 11:16 Fuck a London! -------------- You mean "Fuck An London"
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:33
Fuck a Penn.. this fight should be good.. 193 on christmas eve and it sounds like hes cutting it close to make weight by next friday.. i see diego being fatigued in this one but the way joe daddy faught in his last 2 fights he better step his game up or else this will be a really boring fight.. daddy by decision..
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:34
I really like Sanchez no one is more humble in victory than that guy. I hope he does well in the LW division then maybe after Kos gets tired of playin door man they can have a rematch at 155. Koschek sucks my balls
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:35
Oh my! Somebody actually holding Penn to account for something. Breaking news there! Come in to the most important fight of your career with a spare tire and maybe he wouldn't have to bitch about 'grease'.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:42
Wow get my hopes up for nothing. I thought he was actually going to diss BJ, not just state the painfully obvious.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:42
Diego may be batshit crazy but it's a good crazy.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:43
the reason diego left my school is because one morning he woke up with cum in his eye and a sore ass and he got all freaked out, I told him that its all part of the payment here at team jackson, but he just couldn't go along with the program im so glad gsp doesn't feel the same way.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:48
Kos toyed with Sanchez. He needed to be humbled at that point in his career. I would like to see them fight again,now that Kos has started to pick up a striking game.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:50
I could never fight at 155 because it would be impossible to cut 80lbs. of muscle... unless they cut my DICK HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:55
I also agree with armfarmer. Sanchez isn't saying anything different than anyone else. I have never been a BJ fan, but BJ would destroy him at 155.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:57
London has way too many South East Asians
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:57
I must agree, sir.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:05
After the weight cut Diego's stomach is gonna look like the stretch marks n the howicuredmystretchmarks.com ad below
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:09
mayhem... you mean, you like him prior to TUF?
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:09
*liked
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:33
Fuck Diego Sanchez. The only reason why he was undefeated is because the UFC basically spoon-fed him powderpuff fighters his first 5 or so. When he actually started to fight good guys he started to lose. I hope Joe Daddy slams him on his inflated head.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:35
I wish penn would smash me! Diego however would get tooled by B.J. Come home and lick my sweaty tit bret I miss you.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:40
sanchez would smash penn.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:41
Fuck a london is correct. you use "an" when the next word starts with a vowel. Fuck an amnsterdamn. see how i did that.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:45
i see how you did that..
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:46
I think it goes something like this... Penn > Diego > Stevenson
Thu, 02/12/09 - 12:52
Fuck a BJ Im all about hanjobs
Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:18
Hey! What a coincidence! My son likes to hangout at all the "Non-Gay" nightclubs in Blimey ole' London! Yeah, he's a fucking dickless Wanker like most guys From London too...
Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:19
that is an excellent analogy.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:24
@MMA-PRO Fuck a correct grammer
Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:51
From Sanchez's face expression, it looks like he took TUF Guy's offer and went to Xtreme Couture for a free BJ.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 01:55
can't wait to see the nightmare kick the shit outta joe daddy. I like them both but diego has a cooler nickname and dan quinn is the new greg jackson.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 02:19
TUF GUY is a fag and everyone knows it. If he came to my gym he would get his bitch ass subbed quickly, he is a punk and he knows it. The only chance he has is to bring one of those fat girls from his Myspace with him, then I could see myself getting subbed by the hotness.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 04:07
good for sanchez for calling out bj on what shitty shape he was in. bj thinks he's so great that nobody should ever question him. fuck bj.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 05:55
I don't know why everyone is saying that BJ wasn't in shape for the GSP fight. BJ has stated numerous times that nothing was wrong and he was in the best shape of his life. He even shot down a rumor that said he had the flu and was in the hospital the night before. The bottom line is that GSP was so much better, faster, and stronger than him that it looked like BJ wasn't in shape. Diego better choose his words carefully when he talks about BJ because he is in BJ's weight class now. Who the f*** does Diego think he is, questioning BJ Penn and his camp and how he trains. The last guy Diego beat was a nobody and before that he dropped two straight...............and now he wants to tell BJ Penn how to train. I hope Joe Silva makes this happen so that BJ can beat the shit out of him.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 06:58
the food in London is as good as anywhere in the world now. St. John's is legendary, Petrus was great, and may remain so. The Fat Duck? Fantastic. Plus there is tons of great ethnic food to be had.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 07:48
diego is the man he would kick gsp's ass gsp is a punk and a shitty champ he is acting just like matt fucking hughes he is thinking he cant be beat and talking down to people well fuck him Diego will take care of joe steve and then go beat the fuck out of gsp
Thu, 02/12/09 - 08:12
Where did that dent come from on the back of my head?
Thu, 02/12/09 - 08:52
fu man! london is the best! everywhere outside london in UK is so boring!
Thu, 02/12/09 - 10:03
You know what, im fucking juiced for this fight, Sanchez is a sick, exciting fighter who I'd love (and also expect) to see overcome Joe, Joe's an ace fighter, I'm sure others will disagree, but I seriously dont think his jistu is on blackbelt level(but i'd love to be proved wrong.) furthermore I reckon Joe has passed his elite level comp, I agree with diego. 1 more loss for either fighter and they'll both be in shit situations lets have it! roll on ufc 95, i'll be there, bought my ticket long before anyone had any idea of the matchup. I half expected chuck vs anderson! overall, lets make the best out of, not so much of a bad situation, but a semi decent card, we've been bumped on every single UK UFC, I'm hitting a 5 hour train mission from Scotland and I'll do the same on every single UFC event, Lets see a fucking event in Glasgow, and if you thought ireland was a crazy crowd, you've got nothing
Thu, 02/12/09 - 10:11
It wouldn't bother me at all if not only I never see Diego fight again but also if I never hear about him again.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 10:12
Fuck a Diego and his family.
Thu, 02/12/09 - 10:19
Only my son can say fUCK AN(A) GOD!!!!!
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:19
I am god of fuck!
Thu, 02/12/09 - 11:44
talk about the fights.
Fri, 02/13/09 - 03:12
Fri, 02/13/09 - 06:03
sanchez is not the superstar he thinks he is. neither is joe stevenson. WAR Penn!
Fri, 02/13/09 - 06:06
what is diego going to do now that greg jackson isn't lubing him up anymore?
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