UFC 107 wasn't that long ago and yet it seems another lifetime for Diego Sanchez.
The 30-year-old challenged B.J. Penn for his UFC lightweight title. Over five rounds, Penn tore apart Sanchez and essentially finished him with a kick to the face. Twenty seven months later Sanchez is fighting to remain relevant and is a minus-320 underdog to a guy who had made his UFC debut just a few months earlier before the Sanchez-Penn fight in? Dec. of 2009.
Sanchez is a respectable 2-1 in three fights since the Penn loss, but it's the way he's looked. His decision to move back to 170 pounds was questionable. He doesn't appear to be in tip top shape at the heavier weight and his defensive ability has slowed. Sounds like he's in big trouble on Wednesday against Jake Ellenberger, right? Sanchez is shyin away from these thoughts. He using them as a motivation going into a fight that could get him back on track.
"I love to watch that movie Cinderella Man. He comes from the top and he goes to the bottom and he makes it back up to the top. I just kind of see myself as a guy like him. Before I was just fighting for my own selfish goals. I had the goal of being champion, and that's fine; that was my dream," Sanchez told USA Today.
Sanchez says the last two years has given him a chance to reevaluate what's important.
"Now I have better reasons to train harder, to fight harder. It's not just me anymore. I have my wife, my son; it's a lot more. I feel like I'm a grizzly bear protecting the cubs," Sanchez said. "I'm just going to fight my hardest. I'm going to fight with all my heart. I'm going to leave it all in the cage."
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