Diego Sanchez: I'm dropping down to fight at 155???

by screenamesuck on Dec 3, 2008 9:36 PM EST

I'm not sure if his account is still hacked or not, but I would think he would wanna stay at 170 since he is so close to a title shot. I guess we'll find out soon enough if this was also a hacked message or legit....

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

I’m back!

So my account got hacked and it took a while to get it fixed, but I'm back. I'm training hard and will be dropping down to fight at 155. I will keep you all posted on the info of the fight! But I promise you all that I will do my best to win.

Taken from his myspace bulletin

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Very curious

"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy

by thetakeover on Dec 3, 2008 9:53 PM EST reply actions

Close to a title shot? I dont know how wins over Bielkheden and Fioravanti get him close to a title shot. Not saying they don’t count for anything, just saying they don’t count for very much. Especially after he lost to Fitch and Kos previously to that.

by Discman2 on Dec 3, 2008 9:54 PM EST reply actions

Ummmm, if the fight with Alves went through then he would have had a title shot, so yeah, I would say thats pretty close to a title shot lol

by screenamesuck on Dec 3, 2008 9:58 PM EST reply actions

thats if he won against Alves of course :)

by screenamesuck on Dec 3, 2008 9:58 PM EST reply actions

But it didn’t. And he hasn’t fought any real contenders yet. Lets not talk in if and buts.
If its and buts were candy and nuts…. wait how does that go again?

by Discman2 on Dec 3, 2008 10:03 PM EST reply actions

:)

“If "ifs” and “buts” were candy and nuts, wouldn’t it be a Merry Christmas?" seems to be attributed to Don Meredith (the American football player/commentator). To rephrase it: if all these reasons why we can’t do something were party foods instead of words, we could have a really great party.

It would seem to be patterned after “If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride” and “If I had a ‘coin’ for every ‘something’, I’d have ‘a lot of money’” (insert your favorite coin, something and amount of money).

POWER OF GOOGLE

by skwirrl on Dec 4, 2008 6:35 PM EST up reply actions

What I was saying is, it was said that the winner of the Sanchez/Alves fight got a title shot, so how much closer can he be lol. He beat Parisyan, Riggs, Diaz, Florian and a bunch of other people, don’t say those guy’s aren’t top fighters, yeah riggs isn’t great, but he isn’t a bum lol. Both him and Alves deserved a title shot.

by screenamesuck on Dec 3, 2008 10:16 PM EST reply actions

All those wins you listed were before he lost twice in a row to Kos and Fitch. That bumps him down the ladder. It’s not like he stays idle when he losses. Losses drop him down the ladder. With Bielkheden and Luigi he was trying to work his way back up. He was starting from almost 0. and on his current win streak he doesn’t really seem all that close to a title shot

by Discman2 on Dec 3, 2008 10:31 PM EST up reply actions

His loss to Fitch was a close split decision.

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on Dec 4, 2008 10:21 AM EST up reply actions

I read this off his myspace earlier but was skeptical about it. He hadnt been logged in in so long and I know his account was hacked. It just doesnt make any sense since he was pegged in a number 1 contender match before. I dont believe it til its official.

by mlzybaby on Dec 3, 2008 10:29 PM EST reply actions

After witnessing Kos get completely annihilated by Alves, would you want to stay at 170?

by steveoc24 on Dec 3, 2008 10:43 PM EST reply actions

I doubt this is true.

Even with the losses, Diego is one or two fights away from a title shot. The two guys he lost to, and Alves, are the only three people really ranked ahead of him in the UFC WW rankings right now. Fitch already fought for the belt, Koscheck has fought GSP already, and Alves is fighting for the belt next.

Bottom line is, with Diego’s track record and his current two fights winning streak, if he wins two in a row against quality competition, we have ourselves a title shot. 155 is hugely stacked and Diego’s only WW losses have done to decisions and werewn’t because he was hugely overpowered.

He’s staying at 170.

by dropkick101 on Dec 3, 2008 11:33 PM EST reply actions

I dont even have to repeat what you just said hes def staying at 170.

by mlzybaby on Dec 4, 2008 12:22 AM EST up reply actions

Great points, Diego has not been finished or stopped in his two losses and his loss to Fitch was a close decision. I thought Diego won, but I Fitch did land a few more shots.

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on Dec 4, 2008 10:22 AM EST up reply actions

Considering Jesus wasn’t mentioned, I’m inclined to believe that it was fabricated

by Rundownloser on Dec 3, 2008 11:49 PM EST reply actions

HA HAAA

by dropkick101 on Dec 4, 2008 2:48 PM EST up reply actions

I’m also not going to believe it until something official is posted, but why would a hacker come on and mention the account being hacked….unless he is trying to confuse us lol

by screenamesuck on Dec 4, 2008 2:04 AM EST reply actions

Heard this before.

by Brett Jones on Dec 4, 2008 10:43 AM EST reply actions

I had him fighting Shields if they get that deal done. Hrm….

by Derek Suboticki on Dec 4, 2008 1:16 PM EST reply actions

Been rumored for a while.

MMAweekly has a story confirming this possibility.

http://eliotmarshall.com/

by BJJDenver on Dec 4, 2008 2:09 PM EST reply actions

“Confirming this possibility.” Way to go out on a limb.

Intentional Blog on Balls

by Richard Wade on Dec 4, 2008 2:37 PM EST up reply actions

So you’re saying there’s a chance? lol

http://eliotmarshall.com/

by BJJDenver on Dec 4, 2008 2:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

YES!

I hear ya. Loud and clear.

Rec’d.

by Derek Suboticki on Dec 4, 2008 3:22 PM EST up reply actions

Dude, MMAweekly is using the same source we are: his myspace bulletin. And when they contacted his manager, his manager said nothing to confirm or deny it except “Diego is healthy and rehabbing an injury.”

by dropkick101 on Dec 4, 2008 2:49 PM EST up reply actions

Sorry, I didn’t even bother reading their article. I just added this so if people wanted to, they could see it was also being reported elsewhere.

I don’t know if it is true or not, and I don’t think Diego will ever wear the belt at WW or LW.

http://eliotmarshall.com/

by BJJDenver on Dec 4, 2008 2:52 PM EST up reply actions

A confirmation?

http://www.sandiegomma.net/?p=842

by SanDiegoMMA.net on Dec 4, 2008 4:52 PM EST reply actions

From his management: “Diego has made it know that he will fight at either 170 or 155. Either Weight. It is up to the UFC to decide.”

The point is the UFC has a bunch of top contenders at 155 right now and Diego still has shit to prove at 170. The UFC will not drop Diego to 155 until it makes sense and right now it doesn’t.

by dropkick101 on Dec 4, 2008 5:18 PM EST up reply actions

If anything it keeps the attention and draw some interesting fights since no one will be fighting for the title soon.

by midwestbred on Dec 4, 2008 6:28 PM EST reply actions

My sources tell me...

That Diego “The champion” Sanchez needs more people paying attention to his Myspace so it can get corrected when hacked

by skwirrl on Dec 4, 2008 6:37 PM EST reply actions

He should drop to 155. He would get KO’s by Alves, and he ain’t fighting GSP if he can’t gewt by Alves. He would have a much better chance against Ken Flo.

by lbk on Dec 5, 2008 2:44 PM EST reply actions