The original ultimate fighter returned to UFC 253 Diego Sanchez took on Jake Matthews at welterweight on the preliminary card of the Fight Island event, in what was likely one of the last fights of his rich career
There are so many stories of Diego Sanchez in MMA that you could easily write a book about the man It continued on Saturday, as Sanchez brought former rival Stephen Bonnar with him to Abu Dhabi in As a corner kick Beyond that, Sanchez was coming off a bizarre performance against Michel Pereira, which he ultimately won by DQ
Matthews, for his part, had won back-to-back wins, against Emil Weber Meek and Rostem Akman Sanchez opened the first round rather aggressively, but Mathews held him back with an unsuccessful pullout attempt Mathews connected with a kick in the head and continued to bring down Sanchez Sanchez struggled to find his range, and quite the opposite for Mathews, who connected well Sanchez failed on a takedown attempt, and Mathews had exploded for one of his own, putting him on half-guard The round ended with an attempt to lock the leg of Sanchez, who ate some big ground and delivered
The second round started with Mathews pushing the pace again, bringing Sanchez down and catching him with a nice uppercut.Other shots continued to land for Mathews, and Sanchez responded by swinging for the fences, but in hitting only the air Mathews landed a few hooks on a kick from Sanchez and continued to bring Sanchez down
The third and final round kickoff was a flying attack from Sanchez, who missed and ate a header hook from Mathews instead A big right hand from Mathews dropped Sanchez, and Mathews swarmed for the ground and the pound In half guard, Mathews continued to crush Sanchez with ground strikes, before Sanchez attempted a bottom armband Mathews s ‘escaped and returned in full custody of Sanchez The fight ended with Mathews continuing to land big shots on the ground
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World News – UA – UFC 253 results: Jake Matthews dominates Diego Sanchez
