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Conor McGregor Wants To Promote Diego Sanchez vs. Joshua Fabia

Conor McGregorConor McGregor wants to promote a fight between UFC legend, Diego Sanchez and his former coach/manager, Joshua Fabia. The Irishman is hard at work preparing for an eagerly anticipated trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier which will take place on July 10 at UFC 264. Despite that, McGregor has found the time to take a keen […]

Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor wants to promote a fight between UFC legend, Diego Sanchez and his former coach/manager, Joshua Fabia.

The Irishman is hard at work preparing for an eagerly anticipated trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier which will take place on July 10 at UFC 264.

Despite that, McGregor has found the time to take a keen interest in the career of Sanchez which has taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks.

‘The Nightmare’ was by the promotion before his proposed retirement fight against Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone at UFC Vegas 26. The trouble began when Fabia requested all of his former fighters’ medical records prompting the UFC to ask Sanchez to confirm he was healthy to compete on May 8. On the advice of his lawyer, Sanchez refused to do so. Soon after he was cut by the UFC and Alex Morono was announced as Cerrone’s new opponent.

In the immediate aftermath of this release Sanchez stood by his friend and began attacking the UFC. The 39-year-old even said he feared for his life after speaking out against the fight promotion.

Soon after, a video of Sanchez and Fabia training together went viral. In a clip taken from the video, which was quickly removed from YouTube, Sanchez is suspended upside down and is taking clean shots to the face from Fabia. ‘The Nightmare’ later put his guard up as Fabia throws kicks at him.  McGregor was one of the many fighters who spoke out against the barbaric training techniques employed by Fabia.

Now that Sanchez has severed ties with Fabia, McGregor wants to see the two men settle their differences inside the cage.

‘Notorious’ is even willing promote the fight through McGregor Sports and Entertainment according to his latest social media post.

Do you want to see Conor McGregor promote a fight between Diego Sanchez and Joshua Fabia?

Conor McGregor Pitches Hosting Diego Sanchez vs. Joshua Fabia Fight

Always the visionary, Conor McGregor has a big idea for his next business project: hosting a fight between Diego Sanchez and Joshua Fabia. Last week, news broke that Diego Sanchez has decided to sever all business ties with the controversial Joshua Fab…

Always the visionary, Conor McGregor has a big idea for his next business project: hosting a fight between Diego Sanchez and Joshua Fabia. Last week, news broke that Diego Sanchez has decided to sever all business ties with the controversial Joshua Fabia. A statement from Sanchez explaining his decision is expected this week. While we […]

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EXCLUSIVE | Stephen Thompson Slams Joshua Fabia: ‘You Need To Get Slapped’

Stephen ThompsonStephen Thompson is highly-regarded as one of the most down-to-earth personalities in all of Mixed Martial Arts; but when it comes to Joshua Fabia’s treatment of Diego Sanchez, he’s like a lot of us in our dismay and confusion. In an exclusive interview with LowKickMMA’s James Lynch, Thompson went off on Fabia for sabotaging Sanchez’s […]

Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson is highly-regarded as one of the most down-to-earth personalities in all of Mixed Martial Arts; but when it comes to Joshua Fabia’s treatment of Diego Sanchez, he’s like a lot of us in our dismay and confusion.

In an exclusive interview with LowKickMMA’s James Lynch, Thompson went off on Fabia for sabotaging Sanchez’s career after he was let go from the UFC just weeks ago.

“I don’t know what’s going on in this guy’s head, I really don’t,” Thompson said. “As a coach, if he was my fighter, I would’ve told him to hang it up a long time ago. He’s taken a lot of damage. As a coach, if you’re out there trying to take over and doing that, you need to get slapped. This guy’s putting Diego through stuff I’ve never seen before. Somebody needs to go poke that guy in the eye.”

Fabia has been the target of many around the MMA community for seeming to manipulate and control Sanchez’s life and career. Sanchez was released by the UFC leading up to an originally scheduled fight with Donald Cerrone at UFC Vegas 26. UFC president Dana White harshly criticized Fabia following Sanchez’s release, and called the coach “nuts” and “creepy”.

Fabia has created a lot of drama between the UFC, Sanchez and himself over the past couple years. He was involved in a heated confrontation with the UFC broadcasting crew during one of Sanchez’s fighter meetings, has accused White of sleeping with UFC fighters, and is under fire after a training session with Sanchez suspended upside down with Fabia hitting him went viral.

Thompson is set to compete against former UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns at UFC 264 in July. As for Sanchez, he remains a free agent and is currently unsigned by MMA promotions around the world. Bellator president Scott Coker went as far as iterating that his promotion has zero interest in bringing in the former The Ultimate Fighter winner to their roster.

Sanchez has always been one of the biggest fan favorites over his tenured career in combat sports. But the drama surrounding his coach doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon, especially if Sanchez decides to continue as a fighter with another promotion.

What do you think about Stephen Thompson’s criticism of Diego Sanchez’s coach and manager, Joshua Fabia?

Diego Sanchez Has Disowned Some Family Members For Joshua Fabia

Diego Sanchez is committed to his alliance with Joshua Fabia, regardless of what friends, fellow fighters, or even family have to say about it. Joshua Fabia has become among the most controversial figures in mixed martial arts. That status has accelera…

Diego Sanchez is committed to his alliance with Joshua Fabia, regardless of what friends, fellow fighters, or even family have to say about it. Joshua Fabia has become among the most controversial figures in mixed martial arts. That status has accelerated over the past couple of weeks, with Fabia’s dispute with the UFC contributing to […]

Alex Morono Thanks Joshua Fabia & His Weirdness For Opportunity

Alex Morono wanted to fight Diego Sanchez but not for all the reasons we’d expect him to. Prior to Alex Morono handily defeating Donald Cerrone at UFC Vegas 26, he expressed that he had always wanted to fight Diego Sanchez partly due to the UFC v…

Alex Morono wanted to fight Diego Sanchez but not for all the reasons we’d expect him to. Prior to Alex Morono handily defeating Donald Cerrone at UFC Vegas 26, he expressed that he had always wanted to fight Diego Sanchez partly due to the UFC veteran’s dogged nature to just scrap it out in the […]

Dana White On The State Of Diego Sanchez: “It’s Actually A Sad Story”

Dana White has no desire to engage in a feud with Diego Sanchez and his coach/manager, Joshua Fabia. Sadly, Diego Sanchez’s 16-year-run with the UFC did not end gracefully. The first-ever winner of The Ultimate Fighter had a falling out with the promot…

Dana White has no desire to engage in a feud with Diego Sanchez and his coach/manager, Joshua Fabia. Sadly, Diego Sanchez’s 16-year-run with the UFC did not end gracefully. The first-ever winner of The Ultimate Fighter had a falling out with the promotion after he and his manager Joshua Fabia were not granted access to […]