'''Diego Sanchez''', nicknamed '''Nightmare''', is a [[Mexican-American]] Lightweight [[mixed martial artist]]. He was the winner of [[The Ultimate Fighter]] 1 [[middleweight]] title, defeating [[Kenny Florian]] by TKO on punches.<ref>http://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Ultimate-Fighter-Finale-2971</ref> He fought in the [[UFC]]'s Welterweight division for most of his career, but moved down to Lightweight to fight [[Joe Stevenson]] at UFC 95 (a fight he won) after seeing Florian be a title contender when Sanchez had beaten Florian. | '''Diego Sanchez''', nicknamed '''Nightmare''', is a [[Mexican-American]] Lightweight [[mixed martial artist]]. He was the winner of [[The Ultimate Fighter]] 1 [[middleweight]] title, defeating [[Kenny Florian]] by TKO on punches.<ref>http://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Ultimate-Fighter-Finale-2971</ref> He fought in the [[UFC]]'s Welterweight division for most of his career, but moved down to Lightweight to fight [[Joe Stevenson]] at UFC 95 (a fight he won) after seeing Florian be a title contender when Sanchez had beaten Florian. |