Diego Sanchez will meet Paulo Thiago at UFC 121 on Oct. 23 in Anaheim, Calif., according to both welterweights.
Sanchez revealed the matchup to Penny Buffington of PennyJoMMA.com and the usually ultra-motivated TUF 1 winner claimed he did not push himself in his last fight.
“I am giving everything I have in the training camp this time around, I will show my fans and UFC that that last fight I was only performing at 70% with no one to blame but myself,” Sanchez told Buffington. “I have found my focus again I am expecting a war.”