ANAHEIM, Calif. – For former UFC lightweight title challenger Diego Sanchez, five months made all the difference in the world.
Following Sanchez’s one-sided decision loss to British welterweight
prospect John Hathaway at May’s UFC 114 event, UFC president Dana White
suggested “Nightmare” might be best served migrating back down to 155
pounds.
But after Sanchez turned in one of the grittiest performances of his
career in a UFC 121 win over Paulo Thiago, White said the former winner
of “The Ultimate Fighter” looks again like a monster at welterweight and
should turn his focus there. Sanchez has a different perspective: Why
not take them both on?