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Posts Tagged ‘Sanchez’

In its latest counter-programming move, Spike TV will air a Diego
Sanchez fight marathon opposite next week’s UFC on FUEL TV 1 event.

Sanchez headlines the Feb. 15 event, which airs live on FUEL TV, in a
welterweight bout with fast-rising contender Jake Ellenberger.

During the event time, Spike TV airs a five-hour “UFC Unleashed: Diego Sanchez” marathon featuring the fighter’s past UFC bouts.



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The UFC returns to Omaha, Neb., for the second time in company history for a Feb. 15 event set for a FUEL TV broadcast.

MMAjunkie.com on Tuesday first reported the card,
UFC on FUEL TV 1: Ellenberger vs. Sanchez,” which features a welterweight
headliner between Jake Ellenberger and Diego
Sanchez in a three-round affair.

UFC officials confirmed the matchup late Tuesday evening.



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The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s inaugural event on Fuel TV will be headlined by a welterweight scrap between Jake Ellenberger and Diego Sanchez, promotion officials announced Tuesday.

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A key welterweight matchup between Jake Ellenberger
and Diego Sanchez has been scheduled for February.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with sources close to
the event that Ellenberger and Sanchez will headline an
as-yet-unannounced fight card expected to take place on Wednesday, Feb.
15.

While UFC brass have yet to make an official announcement, additional
sources indicated that the event will likely take place in Ellenberger’s
hometown of Omaha, Neb., and air on FUEL TV.



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Diego Sanchez has been cleared to resume training.

The UFC veteran recently scratched from a UFC 135 fight with Matt Hughes earlier this month when he was sidelined by a broken right hand.

Doctors, though, have removed his cast and cleared the lightweight fighter to resume training, though no return bout has been booked.



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Later this week, Bellator Fighting Championships’ season-five heavyweight tournament kicks off at Bellator 52.

One of the early favorites in the eight-man field is Neil Grove, who
suffered a loss to Cole Konrad in the finals of the organization’s first
heavyweight tournament.

In our latest Best of Bellator Video installment, we take a look at one
of Grove’s earliest Bellator fights: a Bellator 24 clash with fellow UFC
vet Eddie Sanchez.



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Late replacement Dakota Cochrane made the most of his big-stage
opportunity, downing former WEC champ Jamie Varner via unanimous
decision, and UFC vet Eddie Sanchez earned a unanimous-decision win over former Strikeforce heavyweight Brett Rogers in the featured contests of Friday’s Titan Fighting
Championship 20 event.

Titan Fighting
Championship 20 took place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City,
Kan.

The evening’s main card aired on HDNet.



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Diego Sanchez’s ascent in his second go-around inside the framework of the UFC welterweight division has…

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Diego Sanchez’s ascent in his second go-around inside the framework of the UFC welterweight division has been temporarily derailed.

The 29-year-old Sanchez was set to face former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes at UFC 135 event, which takes place Saturday at Denver’s Pepsi Center.

That was until a single right-handed punch connected to the top of his sparring partner’s head and instantly changed his trajectory.



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MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show UFC welterweight contender Diego Sanchez, who was recently forced to withdraw from a planned UFC 135 matchup with Matt Hughes.

Additionally, UFC vet Tim Hague joins the show to discuss his upcoming fight at Aggression MMA 8. Finally, noted oddsmaker Joey Oddessa joins the program to help breakdown this weekend’s “Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov” event.

MMAjunkie.com Radio airs from 12-2 p.m. ET (9-11 a.m. PT) live from
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Listen to and
watch a video stream of the two-hour show at www.mmajunkie.com/radio, or watch it live on select television markets as part of Fight Now TV.



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