Diego Sanchez returns at UFC 164 in Milwaukee

[No More Sorrow]

Following a narrow split-decision win over Takanori Gomi in March, veteran UFC lightweight Diego Sanchez will return in August at UFC 164.

Sanchez (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) today revealed the fight date on MMAjunkie.com Radio (MMA Radio, UFC Radio - MMAjunkie Radio*–*MMAjunkie.com).


No opponent has been set, but "The Ultimate Fighter 1" winner and former title challenger said there are too many good options to name them all.


"I talked to (UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva yesterday, and he penciled me in for Aug. 31," Sanchez said. "We're looking at opponents. I did like I always do and said, 'Look, you're the man, Joe. You're the one who makes all these big matchups. And I'm, in my opinion, in the most stacked division in the UFC, and there are plenty of great fights out there, and you'll hook me up with a good scrap.'"


UFC 164 takes place Aug. 31 at Bradley Center in Milwaukee. According to Sanchez, he will be part of the night's pay-per-view main card. Currently, he's the only fighter rumored for the card.

"There are so many good fights in that division that I couldn't narrow it down to one," he said.


So he said the onus is now on Silva to pick one he likes.


Sanchez, who last vied for a title in 2009, is currently on a 3-1 run, which included victories over welterweights Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann. After a loss to Jake Ellenberger, he returned to lightweight and picked up the controversial win over Gomi at UFC on FUEL TV 8.


Now, he's hoping for a final run at the belt. And if a fellow hopeful wants to meet him at UFC 164 and calls him out, he understands.


"I'm totally used to it," he said. "I don't take it as any disrespect at all. I see it as an honor. If someone wants to fight me, that's a compliment."

I would love to see Joe Lauzon/Sanchez fight on this card, but i think Lauzon is going to be fighting on the Boston card in earlier in the month of August. I guess they could do Jamie Varner/Sanchez or Pat Healy/Sanchez.

 

[Deezy]

I don't care for him as any contender, he is a gatekeeper imo. More likely if Healy doesn't have any medical suspensions, he would be the guy to try springboard off Diego. If not....Make him fight a teammate, just to fuck with Greg Jackson.

 

[The Cork]

Holy shit Lauzon/Sanchez would be brutal, that one never clicked to me.

Put him with any brawler at 155 and it's a fun fight. Sanchez is gonna be talking punchy by the time he hits mid 30's though, too many wars.