Diego Sanchez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jake Matthews Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa	Sep 26, 2020
W	Michel Pereira Welterweight	DQ	Illegal Knee on Ground	R3	3:09	UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz	Feb 15, 2020
L	Michael Chiesa Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Jul 6, 2019
W	Mickey Gall Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R2	4:13	UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith	Mar 2, 2019
W	Craig White Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till	Sep 8, 2018
L	#15Matt Brown Welterweight	KO/TKO	Elbow to Head At Distance	R1	3:44	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis	Nov 11, 2017
L	#14Al Iaquinta Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:38	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov	Apr 22, 2017
W	Marcin Held Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson	Nov 5, 2016
L	#15Joe Lauzon Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:26	UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes	Jul 9, 2016
W	#14Jim Miller Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz	Mar 5, 2016
L	#4Ricardo Lamas Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Gastelum	Nov 21, 2015
W	Ross Pearson Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov	Jun 7, 2014
L	Myles Jury Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler	Mar 15, 2014
L	#2Gilbert Melendez Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3	Oct 19, 2013
W	Takanori Gomi Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs. Stann	Mar 2, 2013
L	Jake Ellenberger Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger	Feb 15, 2012
W	Martin Kampmann Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann	Mar 3, 2011
W	Paulo Thiago Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez	Oct 23, 2010
L	John Hathaway Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans	May 29, 2010
L	BJ PennTitle Lightweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cut	R5	2:37	UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez	Dec 12, 2009
W	Clay Guida Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale	Jun 20, 2009
W	Joe Stevenson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson	Feb 21, 2009
W	Luigi Fioravanti Welterweight	KO/TKO	Flying Knee Head	R3	4:07	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale	Jun 21, 2008
W	David Bielkheden Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount Submission to Strikes	R1	4:43	UFC 82: Pride of a Champion	Mar 1, 2008
L	Jon Fitch Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 76: Knockout	Sep 22, 2007
L	Josh Koscheck Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 69: Shootout	Apr 7, 2007
W	Joe Riggs Welterweight	KO/TKO	Flying Knee Head	R1	1:45	UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs. Riggs	Dec 13, 2006
W	Karo Parisyan Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night 6	Aug 17, 2006
W	John Alessio Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie	May 27, 2006
W	Nick Diaz Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale	Nov 5, 2005
W	Brian Gassaway Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount Submission to Strikes	R2	1:56	UFC 54: Boiling Point	Aug 20, 2005
W	Kenny FlorianTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	2:49	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale	Apr 9, 2005

Outside the UFC

11-1across 12 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 6 sub · 1 decKOTC · EFC 46 · POA · AC 1 · ROF 5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Kevin Lee20-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EFC 46	Mar 11, 2022
W	Jorge Santiago25-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	KOTC	Jun 12, 2004
W	Ray Elbe23-11	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:07	KOTC	May 15, 2004
W	Travis Beachler0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:35	POA	Apr 10, 2004
W	Cruz Chacon13-18-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:41	KOTC	Feb 28, 2004
W	John Cronk19-29	Submission	Kimura	R2	1:30	KOTC	Aug 3, 2003
W	Rene Kronvold5-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:39	KOTC	Jun 14, 2003
W	Michael Guymon15-6-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:57	KOTC	May 16, 2003
W	Jake Short13-11-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:34	KOTC	Feb 21, 2003
W	Shannon Ritch58-88	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:59	KOTC	Dec 15, 2002
W	Jesus Sanchez0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:33	AC 1	Sep 6, 2002
W	Michael Johnson1-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:45	ROF 5	Jun 21, 2002

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

10 wins, 4 losses

W10

L4

Submission

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Decision

13 wins, 10 losses

W13

L10

Other

1 win, 0 losses

Disqualifications and other results

W1

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

6

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.19

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.56

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Diego Sanchez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

19%

6 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

0.82 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

11

1.15 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

11 scorecards on file

Diego Sanchez

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 2 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 4 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–2

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous9 decisions · 82%

3W6L

Split2 decisions · 18%

2W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

7 rounds total

0

Won

7

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC45th

37%1,058 / 2,833

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.33 differential

Landed2.69

Absorbed3.02

51%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-7%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head69%52nd730
Body24%56th250
Leg7%27th78

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

58%Standing

Standing58%612
Clinch11%112
Ground32%334

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Diego Sanchez

Landed per 15

Head

C

52nd

27.6

52nd

Body

C

56th

9.4

56th

Leg

F

20th

2.9

20th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

36th

36.0

36th

Body

A

70th

6.7

70th

Leg

A

76th

4.0

76th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.6	730	2,355	31%
Body	9.4	250	378	66%
Leg	2.9	78	100	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.0	954	2,483	38%
Body	6.7	178	236	75%
Leg	4.0	106	128	83%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Diego Sanchez

22%

Takedown accuracy

47%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.4 min net

On top3.8

On bottom2.4

Offense

Takedowns

C

57th

1.4

57th

TD accuracy

F

24th

22%

24th

Sub attempts

B

69th

0.7

69th

Control

B

65th

3.8 min

65th

Defense

TD defense

D

30th

47%

30th

Controlled

2.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	36 / 166
Submission attempts	18
Control time	99:22

Defense

TDs defended	33 / 70
Control absorbed	62:34

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (397min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Diego Sanchez

32 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 397 min

97%

R3 pace · 24 bouts

Sanchez fades (-7% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Sanchez sustains 97% of round-1 output by round 3 (24 bouts).

Sanchez ▼ FADESOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Sanchezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sanchezattempts / min

Control time

Sanchez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.2	2.6	3.3	0.50	26%	32
R2	5.0	2.8	3.1	0.40	25%	26
R3	4.5	2.7	2.9	0.28	23%	24
R4	4.5	0.4	2.4	1.00	29%	1
R5	6.3	0.4	3.8	1.53	34%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Diego Sanchez

32 resolved UFC bouts · 6 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

45/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

77th

48%

77th

Win quality

C

50th

40%

50th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

8

7

3

7

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Title-fight eliteTitle fight where opp had an elite UFC record at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	8	2-6	25%
Top-15	7	3-4	43%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Title-fight elite	1	1-0	100%
Title-fight challenger	1	0-1	0%
Long-tenured vet	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	1-1	50%
Building	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	7	7-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Jake Matthews	Long-tenured vet	55	Sep 26, 2020
W	Michel Pereira	Top-15	43	Feb 15, 2020
L	Michael Chiesa	Top-5	67	Jul 6, 2019
W	Mickey Gall	Building	18	Mar 2, 2019
W	Craig White	Unproven	8	Sep 8, 2018
L	Matt Brown#15	Top-5	72	Nov 11, 2017
L	Al Iaquinta#14	Top-5	74	Apr 22, 2017
W	Marcin Held	Unproven	8	Nov 5, 2016
L	Joe Lauzon#15	Top-15	67	Jul 9, 2016
W	Jim Miller#14	Top-5	74	Mar 5, 2016
L	Ricardo Lamas#4	Top-5	85	Nov 21, 2015
W	Ross Pearson	Top-15	51	Jun 7, 2014
L	Myles Jury	Top-15	53	Mar 15, 2014
L	Gilbert Melendez#2	Top-5	89	Oct 19, 2013
W	Takanori Gomi	Unproven	12	Mar 2, 2013
L	Jake Ellenberger	Top-5	63	Feb 15, 2012
W	Martin Kampmann	Top-15	65	Mar 3, 2011
W	Paulo Thiago	Unproven	12	Oct 23, 2010
L	John Hathaway	Established	26	May 29, 2010
L	BJ Penn	Title-fight challenger	55	Dec 12, 2009
W	Clay Guida	Cross-div ranked	40	Jun 20, 2009
W	Joe Stevenson	Established	30	Feb 21, 2009
W	Luigi Fioravanti	Building	18	Jun 21, 2008
W	David Bielkheden	Unproven	8	Mar 1, 2008
L	Jon Fitch	Top-15	56	Sep 22, 2007
L	Josh Koscheck	Top-15	57	Apr 7, 2007
W	Joe Riggs	Building	18	Dec 13, 2006
W	Karo Parisyan	Contender-level	40	Aug 17, 2006
W	John Alessio	Unproven	8	May 27, 2006
W	Nick Diaz	Top-5	61	Nov 5, 2005
W	Brian Gassaway	Unproven	8	Aug 20, 2005
W	Kenny Florian	Title-fight elite	60	Apr 9, 2005

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

32 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

3-0

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

10-8

18 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-5

10 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

8-4

12 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

10-9

19 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-1

2 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-1

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

4y 3mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Diego Sanchez

Extended layoff

4y 3mosince last bout

vs Kevin Lee · Mar 11, 2022

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-2As underdog 8-9

55.5

DK avg

58.3

Median

96.5

Ceiling

13.9

Floor

31%

Boom

28%

Bust

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