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Diego Sanchez(III)

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Diego Sanchez
Diego Sanchez was born on 31 December 1981 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He is married to Bernadette Sanchez.
BornDecember 31, 1981
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BornDecember 31, 1981
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    • Known for

    UFC on Fox (2011)
    UFC on Fox
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Self
    Ultimate Fighting Championship (1993)
    Ultimate Fighting Championship
    9.0
    TV Series
    • Self
    Who Wants Smoke?! Show (2021)
    Who Wants Smoke?! Show
    Podcast Series
    • Self
    The Ultimate Fighter (2005)
    The Ultimate Fighter
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Self

    Credits

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    Self

    • Dark Side of the Cage (2025)
      Dark Side of the Cage
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2025
    • Nightmare: UFC Legend Diego Sanchez (2024)
      Nightmare: UFC Legend Diego Sanchez
      • Self
      • 2024
    • Ernie Reyes Jr., Eddie Bravo, Nick Diaz, Georgi Karakhanyan, and Jeff Glover in High Rollerz Jiu Jitsu (2018)
      High Rollerz Jiu Jitsu
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2021
    • Who Wants Smoke?! Show (2021)
      Who Wants Smoke?! Show
      Podcast Series
      • Self
      • 2021
    • UFC Embedded: Vlog Series (2014)
      UFC Embedded: Vlog Series
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Self - UFC Lightweight
      • Self -
      • 2016–2020
    • UFC on ESPN (2019)
      UFC on ESPN
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2019–2020
    • Ariel Helwani's MMA Show (2018)
      Ariel Helwani's MMA Show
      6.2
      Podcast Series
      • Self
      • 2018–2020
    • UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos (2019)
      UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
      7.3
      TV Special
      • Self
      • 2019
    • Dex Toth and Stevo Jeter in Don't Sweat the Small Stuff (2019)
      Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2019
    • Diego Sanchez, Matt Brown, Anthony Pettis, and Dustin Poirier in UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis (2017)
      UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis
      6.5
      TV Special
      • Self
      • 2017
    • Diego Sanchez, Cub Swanson, Al Iaquinta, and Artem Lobov in UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov (2017)
      UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov
      6.4
      TV Special
      • Self
      • 2017
    • Rafael dos Anjos and Tony Ferguson in UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson (2016)
      UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson
      6.3
      TV Special
      • Self
      • 2016
    • UFC on Fox (2011)
      UFC on Fox
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2012–2016
    • UFC 200 Greatest Fighters of All Time (2016)
      UFC 200 Greatest Fighters of All Time
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Self
      • 2016
    • Conor McGregor in UFC PPV Events (1993)
      UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz
      8.6
      TV Special
      • Self
      • 2016

    Archive Footage

    • UFC Unleashed (2005)
      UFC Unleashed
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2005

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • DiegoNightmare.com
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • December 31, 1981
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
    • Spouse
      • Bernadette Sanchez? - present

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      MMA record is 17-1-0 (Sherdog.com), 19-1-0 (UFC.com) as of UFC 69.
    • Nicknames
      • The Nightmare
      • El Corazón de León
      • Lionheart
      • The Dream

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