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UFC 107 Preview: Diego Sanchez Meets Saulo Ribeiro


Diego Sanchez talks about how he met his current BJJ coach Saulo Ribeiro at Jack's, a bar in La Jolla, CA.
Saulo Ribeiro is a 4th degree blackbelt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a six time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, and a two time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Champion.

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It'll be very interesting to see what happens

if Diego manages to beat B.J. Penn. I don’t see it happening but he would be the second true product of Greg Jackson to win a title and Rashad didn’t hold on to his for long.
GSP I don’t consider a Jackson product as he won his title before joining up with Jackson.

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by Kid Nate on Oct 11, 2009 1:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I thought he left Jackson a while ago.

What a Fashion Don’t! That’s like your dick wearing socks with sandals.

by nandez44 on Oct 11, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he did

i didn’t finish my thought.
What I mean is this — Diego came up short in his title hunt while with Jackson and then Jackson managed to bring GSP into the fold.
Now Diego is out of the nest and if he wins the belt will that signal to other Jackson camp members that they don’t need yoda to win a belt?

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by Kid Nate on Oct 11, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Although it’s largely unique to him, I think Diego was/is much better served moving on from Greg Jackson’s team. The problem I’ve alway had with team Jackson is that it doesn’t offer its fighters the opportunity to polish their skills. Jackson is a master at game-planning and putting it all together but neither he nor any of the other coaches there can provide the type of instruction in striking or bjj as someone like Shawn Tompkins/Mark DellaGrotti or Saulo Ribeiro/Marc Laimon.

The fighters that have been benefiting the most from joining Team Jackson are the ones who have already gotten a solid foundation and are now coming to Greg to have it all put together (e.g., Joe Stevenson, Karo Parisyan, Arlovski). GSP does it perfectly by having coaches from elsewhere for all of his skills and coming to Team Jackson for sparring partners and to put it all together.

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by Lucas2 on Oct 11, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jackson’s doesn’t function the same way that a lot of other camps do, though, in that fighters who are with Jackson’s generally train out of a home gym and only come to Jackson’s to gameplan specifically for a fight/opponent. GSP is the perfect example: he trains primarily out of Tristar in Montreal, and travels all over working on his skills, but then goes to New Mexico to gameplan for a specific opponent.

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by AJB on Oct 11, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t see Diego beating BJ, but to me, Diego is the only real threat to BJ in the UFC right now. Stylistically, Gray Maynard’s relative weakness (striking) is BJ’s strength, and Maynard’s strongest weapon (wrestling) is nullified by another of BJ’s strengths (takedown defense). Tyson Griffin and Frankie Edgar would probably create a faster pace for BJ, but they still run into the same problems that Maynard would encounter with BJ. I will most likely change my stance though if I see improvement from these fighters in their next fights.

by chrisbboy82 on Oct 11, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thank god he fights better than he tells a story.

What a Fashion Don’t! That’s like your dick wearing socks with sandals.

by nandez44 on Oct 11, 2009 1:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

seriously… that was hard to watch

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by midwestbred on Oct 11, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"it's my true path of my destiny"

he always says weird stuff like that in every interview

What a Fashion Don’t! That’s like your dick wearing socks with sandals.

by nandez44 on Oct 11, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So...

His rationale for meeting him the first time was “he was wearing these kind of nerd glasses, but the cool christian dior ones,” and the conversation started with Diego asking if he could buy him a beer? Damn.

Saulo’s lucky he didn’t get date haped!
HAYOOOOO (high hat noise)

by LBo on Oct 11, 2009 2:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Well played.

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by Lucas2 on Oct 11, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Diego Sanchez

looks like such a homo in that youtube still. I’ve never seen a fighter with so many sides to their personality.

by Drizzy on Oct 11, 2009 3:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Mayhem Miller comes to mind.

"I will knock your hair black!"- Ken Shamrock to Tito Ortiz

by FutureChamp on Oct 11, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mayhem is mostly posturing, while Diego is a legitimate weirdo…but, a great fighter and fun to watch.

What a Fashion Don’t! That’s like your dick wearing socks with sandals.

by nandez44 on Oct 11, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Posturing?

like a poser?

"I will knock your hair black!"- Ken Shamrock to Tito Ortiz

by FutureChamp on Oct 11, 2009 5:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

all I’m saying is Mayhem “puts on” crazy personality as part of his persona, where as Diego’s craziness is authentic.

What a Fashion Don’t! That’s like your dick wearing socks with sandals.

by nandez44 on Oct 11, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Diego just keeps adding to the batshit crazy portfolio.

by grein on Oct 11, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Diego and Saulo are two nuts in a bowl of trail mix.

Keep firing Assholes!

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by Ubernoober on Oct 11, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

In the picture below the middle, Diego looks like an extra from Boogie Nights.

Grow back that fro Diego!

Also you are crazy.

by DirtyML on Oct 11, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that fro was left along the wayside of the path of Diego’s destiny

What a Fashion Don’t! That’s like your dick wearing socks with sandals.

by nandez44 on Oct 11, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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