Diego Sanchez mötte senast Matt Brown i november förra året, där han förlorade via knockout i första ronden. Han har nu två raka förluster och är 36 år gammal, men hoppas fortfarande på titelmatch i lättvikten.
Det här hade Sanchez att säga via ’UFC.com’:
I’m chasing after my destiny to become the UFC champion. I’m looking to do a Michael Bisping story, but it’s the Diego Sanchez story and it ends differently than the Michael Bisping story because it ends with that belt around my waist and it ends with me giving all the glory to God for all the trials and tribulations.
I’m still durable. I’m still energized and I am 100 times the fighter than I was at UFC 107 when I stepped into the cage with BJ Penn. It felt good to look back and see the 27-year-old Diego and now the 36-year-old Diego and think about how they would match up. This 36-year-old Diego would finish the 27-year-old Diego.
I’m more confident than ever. My mind is right. I’ve had the time to assess my losses, all of my situations, where I’m at as a mixed martial artist at 36 and I feel like I’m in my prime. It’s 100 percent my time. I’m coming into this fight more confident than I have ever been.
Sanchez är just nu bokad för ett möte mot Craig White under UFC 228 i Dallas, Texas den 8 september.
