The last time we saw Diego Sanchez compete in the lightweight division, he fought a gutsy twenty plus minutes against then-champion BJ Penn. Sanchez was determined the loser via doctor’s stoppage that night, but with Penn mired between the welterweight division and retirement it may be time for Sanchez to consider a return to 155 pounds.
Since the loss to Penn, Sanchez has earned a middling 2-2 record in at welterweight. That could easily be 1-3 had he not been given a gift in the form of a controversial judges’ decision against Martin Kampmann. While Sanchez always brings a ton of heart to any contest, his body type and style may bring him better results at lightweight.
The results against the new top-tier of the welterweight division have not been kind to Sanchez, where at lightweight he holds a victory over perennial fight of the night winner and upper-tier mainstay Clay Guida. The man known as “The Dream” is remaining open to such a move, telling the Fuel TV post-fight bro...
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