Jake Ellenberger vs Diego Sanchez

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Bryan Barberena	0	12 of 14	85%	12 of 14	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:22
Jake Ellenberger	2	19 of 35	54%	31 of 47	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Bryan Barberena	0	12 of 14	85%	12 of 14	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:22
Jake Ellenberger	2	19 of 35	54%	31 of 47	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Bryan Barberena	12 of 14	85%	6 of 8	2 of 2	4 of 4	10 of 11	2 of 3	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	19 of 35	54%	17 of 33	1 of 1	1 of 1	7 of 21	2 of 2	10 of 12

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Bryan Barberena	12 of 14	85%	6 of 8	2 of 2	4 of 4	10 of 11	2 of 3	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	19 of 35	54%	17 of 33	1 of 1	1 of 1	7 of 21	2 of 2	10 of 12

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ben Saunders	0	5 of 9	55%	7 of 12	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:40
Jake Ellenberger	1	10 of 21	47%	11 of 22	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Ben Saunders	0	5 of 9	55%	7 of 12	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:40
Jake Ellenberger	1	10 of 21	47%	11 of 22	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ben Saunders	5 of 9	55%	4 of 8	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 2	4 of 7	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	10 of 21	47%	7 of 17	3 of 4	0 of 0	1 of 8	7 of 10	2 of 3

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ben Saunders	5 of 9	55%	4 of 8	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 2	4 of 7	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	10 of 21	47%	7 of 17	3 of 4	0 of 0	1 of 8	7 of 10	2 of 3

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Mike Perry	0	17 of 41	41%	20 of 44	1 of 4	25%	0	0	0:29
Jake Ellenberger	2	26 of 55	47%	28 of 57	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:09

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Mike Perry	0	12 of 30	40%	15 of 33	1 of 4	25%	0	0:28
Jake Ellenberger	0	22 of 47	46%	24 of 49	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
2	Mike Perry	0	5 of 11	45%	5 of 11	0 of 0	---	0	0:01
Jake Ellenberger	2	4 of 8	50%	4 of 8	0 of 0	---	0	0:09

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Mike Perry	17 of 41	41%	13 of 35	4 of 6	0 of 0	13 of 35	4 of 6	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	26 of 55	47%	10 of 32	4 of 10	12 of 13	24 of 51	2 of 3	0 of 1

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Mike Perry	12 of 30	40%	10 of 26	2 of 4	0 of 0	10 of 28	2 of 2	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	22 of 47	46%	8 of 28	4 of 8	10 of 11	21 of 46	1 of 1	0 of 0
2	Mike Perry	5 of 11	45%	3 of 9	2 of 2	0 of 0	3 of 7	2 of 4	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	4 of 8	50%	2 of 4	0 of 2	2 of 2	3 of 5	1 of 2	0 of 1

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Jorge Masvidal	0	11 of 31	35%	11 of 31	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:03
Jake Ellenberger	0	44 of 63	69%	50 of 70	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:38

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Jorge Masvidal	0	11 of 31	35%	11 of 31	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:03
Jake Ellenberger	0	44 of 63	69%	50 of 70	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:38

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Jorge Masvidal	11 of 31	35%	7 of 24	1 of 2	3 of 5	9 of 26	2 of 5	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	44 of 63	69%	26 of 40	9 of 12	9 of 11	26 of 39	12 of 17	6 of 7

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Jorge Masvidal	11 of 31	35%	7 of 24	1 of 2	3 of 5	9 of 26	2 of 5	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	44 of 63	69%	26 of 40	9 of 12	9 of 11	26 of 39	12 of 17	6 of 7

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Jake Ellenberger	0	7 of 17	41%	7 of 17	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
Matt Brown	2	21 of 34	61%	29 of 43	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:41

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Jake Ellenberger	0	7 of 17	41%	7 of 17	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
Matt Brown	2	21 of 34	61%	29 of 43	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:41

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Jake Ellenberger	7 of 17	41%	5 of 15	2 of 2	0 of 0	5 of 15	2 of 2	0 of 0
Matt Brown	21 of 34	61%	18 of 31	2 of 2	1 of 1	7 of 15	0 of 0	14 of 19

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Jake Ellenberger	7 of 17	41%	5 of 15	2 of 2	0 of 0	5 of 15	2 of 2	0 of 0
Matt Brown	21 of 34	61%	18 of 31	2 of 2	1 of 1	7 of 15	0 of 0	14 of 19

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Tarec Saffiedine	0	54 of 131	41%	58 of 135	0 of 1	0%	0	0	1:01
Jake Ellenberger	0	30 of 99	30%	39 of 109	0 of 4	0%	0	0	0:54

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Tarec Saffiedine	0	18 of 45	40%	19 of 46	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
Jake Ellenberger	0	12 of 39	30%	14 of 41	0 of 0	---	0	0:22
2	Tarec Saffiedine	0	16 of 44	36%	17 of 45	0 of 1	0%	0	0:00
Jake Ellenberger	0	9 of 33	27%	9 of 33	0 of 1	0%	0	0:04
3	Tarec Saffiedine	0	20 of 42	47%	22 of 44	0 of 0	---	0	1:01
Jake Ellenberger	0	9 of 27	33%	16 of 35	0 of 3	0%	0	0:28

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Tarec Saffiedine	54 of 131	41%	30 of 103	13 of 17	11 of 11	44 of 118	10 of 13	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	30 of 99	30%	24 of 90	6 of 9	0 of 0	20 of 86	10 of 13	0 of 0

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Tarec Saffiedine	18 of 45	40%	9 of 35	6 of 7	3 of 3	12 of 38	6 of 7	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	12 of 39	30%	10 of 35	2 of 4	0 of 0	9 of 34	3 of 5	0 of 0
2	Tarec Saffiedine	16 of 44	36%	11 of 37	3 of 5	2 of 2	15 of 42	1 of 2	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	9 of 33	27%	7 of 30	2 of 3	0 of 0	7 of 30	2 of 3	0 of 0
3	Tarec Saffiedine	20 of 42	47%	10 of 31	4 of 5	6 of 6	17 of 38	3 of 4	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	9 of 27	33%	7 of 25	2 of 2	0 of 0	4 of 22	5 of 5	0 of 0

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Stephen Thompson	1	5 of 14	35%	14 of 23	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:01
Jake Ellenberger	2	20 of 35	57%	29 of 47	1 of 3	33%	0	0	1:56

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Stephen Thompson	1	5 of 14	35%	14 of 23	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:01
Jake Ellenberger	2	20 of 35	57%	29 of 47	1 of 3	33%	0	0	1:56

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Stephen Thompson	5 of 14	35%	4 of 12	1 of 1	0 of 1	1 of 7	4 of 7	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	20 of 35	57%	17 of 29	2 of 5	1 of 1	12 of 22	1 of 3	7 of 10

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Stephen Thompson	5 of 14	35%	4 of 12	1 of 1	0 of 1	1 of 7	4 of 7	0 of 0
Jake Ellenberger	20 of 35	57%	17 of 29	2 of 5	1 of 1	12 of 22	1 of 3	7 of 10

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Jake Ellenberger	0	15 of 52	28%	26 of 64	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:21
Josh Koscheck	0	7 of 40	17%	21 of 55	1 of 6	16%	0	0	3:32

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Jake Ellenberger	0	10 of 31	32%	17 of 38	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
Josh Koscheck	0	3 of 27	11%	12 of 37	1 of 3	33%	0	0	1:56
2	Jake Ellenberger	0	5 of 21	23%	9 of 26	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:21
Josh Koscheck	0	4 of 13	30%	9 of 18	0 of 3	0%	0	0	1:36

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Jake Ellenberger	15 of 52	28%	14 of 51	1 of 1	0 of 0	13 of 50	2 of 2	0 of 0
Josh Koscheck	7 of 40	17%	5 of 35	2 of 5	0 of 0	5 of 38	2 of 2	0 of 0

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Jake Ellenberger	10 of 31	32%	9 of 30	1 of 1	0 of 0	9 of 30	1 of 1	0 of 0
Josh Koscheck	3 of 27	11%	1 of 22	2 of 5	0 of 0	1 of 25	2 of 2	0 of 0
2	Jake Ellenberger	5 of 21	23%	5 of 21	0 of 0	0 of 0	4 of 20	1 of 1	0 of 0
Josh Koscheck	4 of 13	30%	4 of 13	0 of 0	0 of 0	4 of 13	0 of 0	0 of 0

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Jake Matthews	0	25 of 81	30%	38 of 95	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
Diego Sanchez	1	72 of 148	48%	93 of 174	1 of 2	50%	0	0	4:52

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Jake Matthews	0	11 of 35	31%	11 of 35	0 of 1	0%	0	0:00
Diego Sanchez	0	22 of 46	47%	24 of 51	1 of 2	50%	0	0:29
2	Jake Matthews	0	12 of 40	30%	12 of 40	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
Diego Sanchez	0	23 of 53	43%	23 of 53	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
3	Jake Matthews	0	2 of 6	33%	15 of 20	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
Diego Sanchez	1	27 of 49	55%	46 of 70	0 of 0	---	0	4:23

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Jake Matthews	25 of 81	30%	12 of 57	4 of 12	9 of 12	23 of 77	0 of 0	2 of 4
Diego Sanchez	72 of 148	48%	69 of 145	3 of 3	0 of 0	42 of 97	1 of 1	29 of 50

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Jake Matthews	11 of 35	31%	4 of 20	4 of 10	3 of 5	11 of 35	0 of 0	0 of 0
Diego Sanchez	22 of 46	47%	19 of 43	3 of 3	0 of 0	16 of 38	1 of 1	5 of 7
2	Jake Matthews	12 of 40	30%	6 of 32	0 of 1	6 of 7	12 of 40	0 of 0	0 of 0
Diego Sanchez	23 of 53	43%	23 of 53	0 of 0	0 of 0	23 of 53	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Jake Matthews	2 of 6	33%	2 of 5	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 2	0 of 0	2 of 4
Diego Sanchez	27 of 49	55%	27 of 49	0 of 0	0 of 0	3 of 6	0 of 0	24 of 43

Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Matthews

Round 1
Sanchez (30-12, 19-12 UFC) is back and this time with an additional cornerman (Stephan Bonnar) beyond self-awareness coach Josh Fabia, and he will be facing a tough test in the form of “The Celtic Kid” Matthews (16-4, 9-4 UFC) at welterweight. The third man inside the octagon is referee Jason Herzog, and the two 170-pounders have absolutely no interest in touching gloves before the action begins. Sanchez races forward with a body kick, and he eats a right hand and rolls around to try to get out of harm’s way. Sanchez gets back to his feet after Matthews grabbed hold of it, and he just barely ducks an overhand right that zips past his head. Sanchez evades another heavy shot and whiffs with a return fire leg kick. Matthews sneaks in a right hand when Sanchez closes the distance, and nearly turns Sanchez into a Pez dispenser with an uppercut. Sanchez goes to the body and swats at the head, but Matthews rolls with it. Sanchez starts waving his hands around in a stance more likely seen in “Cobra Kai” than the UFC, and Matthews fires a kick at his head. The Aussie walks forward to land a body shot and avoids the Sanchez counterattack. Matthews snaps Sanchez’ head back with a right hand, and ducks out of the way when Sanchez swings at him with open hands. “Nightmare” leaps forward with a right hand, and Matthews avoids it while landing one of his own to sting the TUF 1 winner. Sanchez comes up short with a counter, although he does land a leg kick. Sanchez surprises the Aussie with a right hand, and Matthews backs away to reset. Sanchez stalks him down and rushes forward hands down with a barrage of punches, but Matthews is able to jog out of the way. Matthews scores a one-two and evades the swarming attack of Sanchez, but “Nightmare” keeps at it with looping punches. Sanchez lands a slapping body kick and changes levels for a takedown. Matthews defends it and decides to take Sanchez down, where he hops on top to get off some ground-and-pound. When Matthews sits up, Sanchez hunts for a heel hook. Matthews punches his way out with a few fierce right hands that hurt Sanchez, and the round ends.

Sherdog Scores
Jay Pettry scores the round: 10-9 Matthews
Brian Knapp scores the round: 10-9 Matthews
Tristen Critchfield scores the round: 10-9 Matthews

Round 2
Sanchez comes out with his nose already bleeding, and Matthews plants a right hand on that nose. Sanchez swarms in with several wild punches, and Matthews is able to avoid them in time. Sanchez tries this flurry once more, and Matthews snaps out a jab to keep him at bay. Sanchez lets fly a heavy leg kick, but “The Celtic Kid” walks through it. Sanchez explodes forward with winging, slopping punches that do not reach his opponent, and Matthews walks him down to the cage before scoring a quick uppercut. Sanchez circles around and switches stances a few times to shake it out, but Matthews stays composed and scores a right hand followed by a one-two. Sanchez takes a right hand so he can land a body kick, but Matthews redoubles his effort with another right hand that makes Sanchez back off. When the original TUF winner comes forward, again Matthews is ready for him with that right hand. Sanchez races forward and just misses with an overhand right, and Matthews accurately targets the nose again. Matthews gets up another uppercut, and clips Sanchez at the end of a left hand. Sanchez grins and starts throwing bombs like the days of old, but Matthews is able to avoid the brunt of the damage. An open-handed slap skims over Matthews’ head, and Matthews returns fire with a closed fist that makes Sanchez retreat. “Nightmare” shakes off the cobwebs only to get tagged again a few times, and Matthews is able to dart out of the way after landing to avoid the Sanchez blitz. Sanchez lands a calf kick and blocks an uppercut that is aimed at his face, and he ducks down to attack but gets cracked on the way in. The horn concludes this second frame.

Sherdog Scores
Jay Pettry scores the round: 10-9 Matthews
Brian Knapp scores the round: 10-9 Matthews
Tristen Critchfield scores the round: 10-9 Matthews

Round 3
Sanchez starts the third round with his hands behind his waist leaning against the cage, and after a few seconds of standing there, he runs forward with an attack similar to Jorge Masvidal against Ben Askren. The Aussie is wise to it and the knee misses by a wide margin, but he is unable to make Sanchez pay for it. Matthews cracks Sanchez with a one-two and sets him down hard, where he hammers down several punches to slash Sanchez’ right eyebrow open. The blood has positively erupted from Sanchez’ eyebrow, and a growing pool of blood is forming beneath his head fast. Matthews pays it no mind and lands some more ground-and-pound. Sanchez locks him down in guard, and he tries to kick his hips to hunt for submissions and stave off any further strikes. Sanchez grabs hold of the neck for a guillotine choke off his back, but it is nothing doing as Matthews stays patient and pops his head out. Sanchez kicks Matthews off of him and Matthews lords over him while trying to find a way back in to do some more damage. “The Celtic Kid” finds his angle and crashes down into the guard, while Sanchez twists and turns for any sort of Hail Mary submission, but none is to be had. Matthews gets off a few more heavy right hands as the blood continues to flow for Sanchez, and Sanchez throws his legs up for a triangle choke. Matthews stops it by smashing him in the face with several punches, but the crafty vet hunts for an armbar. Sanchez has it tight briefly, but the slipperiness allows Matthews to pull his arm and then head free from the submission danger. Sanchez looks away for several seconds to his corner as he decides to lock Matthews down. Matthews does not accept that, and postures up to get off several more punches. He lets loose one final salvo to wrap up this fight with style points, although Matthews was unable to get the finish he so desired.

Sherdog Scores
Jay Pettry scores the round: 10-8 Matthews (30-26 Matthews)
Brian Knapp scores the round: 10-8 Matthews (30-26 Matthews)
Tristen Critchfield scores the round: 10-8 Matthews (30-26 Matthews)

The Official Result
Jake Matthews def. Diego Sanchez via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Big Brady Expert Confident picked Sep 23, 2020 (4 days before fight)

Jake Matthews

Big Brady confidently picks Matthews, citing Sanchez's decline and poor recent performances. He believes Matthews is better everywhere at this point and expects a finish, as Sanchez's durability is fading. He notes the line is wide and likely to get wider.

Matthews by knockout; parlay piece

"give me jake matthews here probably by finish i know diego sanchez is notoriously durable but i don't really think that durability is uh all that there at this point"

DFS by the Numbers

Daniel Levi Expert Confident picked Sep 25, 2020 (2 days before fight)

Jake Matthews

Daniel Levi picks Jake Matthews, citing his power and youth compared to a diminished Diego Sanchez. He worries about Matthews gassing in the third round as he has in past fights, but believes the firepower difference is too great. He expects a knockout or unanimous decision.

most likely by knockout if not unanimous decision

"i got jake matthews most likely by knockout if not unanimous decision"

Half the Battle

MMA Lock of the Night Expert Confident picked Sep 26, 2020 (1 day before fight)

Jake Matthews

The host confidently picks Jake Matthews, citing his youth, athleticism, and grinding style. He believes Diego Sanchez's body is declining and that Matthews will dominate with grappling. He predicts a second or third-round TKO after wearing Sanchez down.

Matthews by TKO (+250), Matthews by decision (-110)

"I will take jake matthews to win this fight... jake matthew gives you a finish probably second round maybe third round."

MMA Lock of the Night

The MMA Guru Expert Confident picked Sep 20, 2020 (7 days before fight)

Jake Matthews

The MMA Guru picks Jake Matthews, calling him a guaranteed win. He notes Matthews has a great chin, recovery, and grappling, and has fought tough opponents. He expects Matthews to hurt Sanchez badly and predicts a first-round KO. He mentions the odds are high but justified because Matthews is a lock.

Matthews is a 7-to-1 favorite, win by KO in round 1

"jake matthews is basically a guaranteed win in my opinion i don't see him losing to diego sanchez"

THE MMA GURU

WIN vs Michel Pereira

DQ (illegal knee) R3 3:09 · UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2 · Feb 15, 2020

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Diego Sanchez	0	25 of 64	39%	29 of 68	0 of 6	0%	0	0	0:10
Michel Pereira	1	53 of 91	58%	56 of 94	2 of 2	100%	0	0	0:50

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Diego Sanchez	0	10 of 22	45%	11 of 23	0 of 3	0%	0:00
1	Michel Pereira	0	16 of 27	59%	16 of 27	0 of 0	---	0:09
2	Diego Sanchez	0	13 of 27	48%	14 of 28	0 of 2	0%	0:10
2	Michel Pereira	0	19 of 37	51%	19 of 37	1 of 1	100%	0:13
3	Diego Sanchez	0	2 of 15	13%	4 of 17	0 of 1	0%	0:00
3	Michel Pereira	1	18 of 27	66%	21 of 30	1 of 1	100%	0:28

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Diego Sanchez	25 of 64	39%	6 of 34	10 of 17	9 of 13	23 of 61	1 of 2	1 of 1
Michel Pereira	53 of 91	58%	20 of 52	28 of 33	5 of 6	39 of 75	10 of 11	4 of 5

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Diego Sanchez	10 of 22	45%	2 of 11	3 of 5	5 of 6	10 of 21	0 of 1	0 of 0
1	Michel Pereira	16 of 27	59%	3 of 11	11 of 14	2 of 2	12 of 22	4 of 5	0 of 0
2	Diego Sanchez	13 of 27	48%	3 of 9	7 of 12	3 of 6	12 of 26	1 of 1	0 of 0
2	Michel Pereira	19 of 37	51%	8 of 24	8 of 10	3 of 3	18 of 36	1 of 1	0 of 0
3	Diego Sanchez	2 of 15	13%	1 of 14	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 14	0 of 0	1 of 1
3	Michel Pereira	18 of 27	66%	9 of 17	9 of 9	0 of 1	9 of 17	5 of 5	4 of 5

Daniel Levi Expert Confident picked Feb 14, 2020 (1 day before fight)

Michel Pereira

Daniel Levi picks Michel Pereira to win by first-round knockout. He believes Diego Sanchez is a deranged man with a deteriorating chin and questionable training situation, while Pereira is more focused after his first UFC loss. He thinks Pereira's power and striking will be too much for Sanchez, who ducks his head and hasn't evolved.

first-round knockout, possibly a 10-second knockout via flying knee, performance of the night bonus

"I think he gets knocked out in the first round with an e or a punch"

Half the Battle

LOSS vs Michael Chiesa

Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) R3 5:00 · UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos · Jul 06, 2019

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Michael Chiesa	0	7 of 11	63%	23 of 31	1 of 2	50%	0	0	2:24
Diego Sanchez	0	47 of 67	70%	98 of 132	5 of 6	83%	0	1	11:45

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Michael Chiesa	4 of 5	80%	7 of 11	1 of 1	100%	0	1:28
1	Diego Sanchez	11 of 17	64%	24 of 39	1 of 2	50%	1	3:16
2	Michael Chiesa	2 of 5	40%	3 of 6	0 of 1	0%	0	0:35
2	Diego Sanchez	31 of 44	70%	59 of 75	2 of 2	100%	0	4:13
3	Michael Chiesa	1 of 1	100%	13 of 14	0 of 0	---	0	0:21
3	Diego Sanchez	5 of 6	83%	15 of 18	2 of 2	100%	0	4:16

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Michael Chiesa	7 of 11	63%	1 of 4	0 of 1	6 of 6	1 of 3	2 of 4	4 of 4
Diego Sanchez	47 of 67	70%	46 of 66	1 of 1	0 of 0	4 of 7	5 of 8	38 of 52

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Michael Chiesa	4 of 5	80%	0 of 0	0 of 1	4 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 1	4 of 4
1	Diego Sanchez	11 of 17	64%	10 of 16	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	3 of 6	8 of 11
2	Michael Chiesa	2 of 5	40%	0 of 3	0 of 0	2 of 2	0 of 2	2 of 3	0 of 0
2	Diego Sanchez	31 of 44	70%	31 of 44	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 5	2 of 2	27 of 37
3	Michael Chiesa	1 of 1	100%	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Diego Sanchez	5 of 6	83%	5 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 2	0 of 0	3 of 4

WIN vs Mickey Gall

TKO (punches) R2 4:13 · UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith · Mar 02, 2019

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Diego Sanchez	0	56 of 87	64%	61 of 92	4 of 4	100%	0	0	6:00
Mickey Gall	0	23 of 65	35%	35 of 80	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:19

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Diego Sanchez	15 of 31	48%	19 of 35	3 of 3	100%	3:08
1	Mickey Gall	16 of 43	37%	28 of 58	0 of 0	---	0:16
2	Diego Sanchez	41 of 56	73%	42 of 57	1 of 1	100%	2:52
2	Mickey Gall	7 of 22	31%	7 of 22	0 of 0	---	0:03

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Diego Sanchez	56 of 87	64%	37 of 63	13 of 18	6 of 6	7 of 28	10 of 11	39 of 48
Mickey Gall	23 of 65	35%	19 of 59	2 of 3	2 of 3	8 of 44	9 of 14	6 of 7

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Diego Sanchez	15 of 31	48%	5 of 18	5 of 8	5 of 5	3 of 18	8 of 9	4 of 4
1	Mickey Gall	16 of 43	37%	12 of 37	2 of 3	2 of 3	4 of 25	9 of 14	3 of 4
2	Diego Sanchez	41 of 56	73%	32 of 45	8 of 10	1 of 1	4 of 10	2 of 2	35 of 44
2	Mickey Gall	7 of 22	31%	7 of 22	0 of 0	0 of 0	4 of 19	0 of 0	3 of 3

WIN vs Craig White

Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00 · UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till · Sep 08, 2018

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Diego Sanchez	0	46 of 77	59%	82 of 124	3 of 4	75%	0	0	14:22
Craig White	1	18 of 42	42%	64 of 94	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:08

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Diego Sanchez	0	13 of 26	50%	29 of 48	1 of 1	100%	0	4:54
1	Craig White	0	8 of 9	88%	15 of 18	0 of 0	---	1	0:00
2	Diego Sanchez	0	12 of 19	63%	18 of 28	1 of 2	50%	0	4:43
2	Craig White	0	7 of 14	50%	30 of 40	0 of 0	---	0	0:05
3	Diego Sanchez	0	21 of 32	65%	35 of 48	1 of 1	100%	0	4:45
3	Craig White	1	3 of 19	15%	19 of 36	0 of 0	---	0	0:03

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Diego Sanchez	46 of 77	59%	34 of 65	12 of 12	0 of 0	3 of 8	1 of 1	42 of 68
Craig White	18 of 42	42%	16 of 39	2 of 3	0 of 0	8 of 17	1 of 1	9 of 24

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Diego Sanchez	13 of 26	50%	9 of 22	4 of 4	0 of 0	1 of 4	0 of 0	12 of 22
1	Craig White	8 of 9	88%	6 of 7	2 of 2	0 of 0	4 of 4	0 of 0	4 of 5
2	Diego Sanchez	12 of 19	63%	9 of 16	3 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	12 of 19
2	Craig White	7 of 14	50%	7 of 14	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 7	1 of 1	4 of 6
3	Diego Sanchez	21 of 32	65%	16 of 27	5 of 5	0 of 0	2 of 4	1 of 1	18 of 27
3	Craig White	3 of 19	15%	3 of 18	0 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 6	0 of 0	1 of 13

LOSS vs Matt Brown

KO (elbow) R1 3:44 · UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis · Nov 11, 2017

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Matt Brown	1	18 of 34	52%	20 of 36	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:01
Diego Sanchez	0	12 of 20	60%	13 of 21	0 of 3	0%	0	0	1:29

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Matt Brown	1	18 of 34	52%	20 of 36	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:01
1	Diego Sanchez	0	12 of 20	60%	13 of 21	0 of 3	0%	0	0	1:29

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Matt Brown	18 of 34	52%	14 of 30	2 of 2	2 of 2	12 of 28	6 of 6	0 of 0
Diego Sanchez	12 of 20	60%	7 of 12	2 of 5	3 of 3	10 of 18	2 of 2	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Matt Brown	18 of 34	52%	14 of 30	2 of 2	2 of 2	12 of 28	6 of 6	0 of 0
1	Diego Sanchez	12 of 20	60%	7 of 12	2 of 5	3 of 3	10 of 18	2 of 2	0 of 0

LOSS vs Al Iaquinta

KO (punches) R1 1:38 · UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov · Apr 22, 2017

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Al Iaquinta	2	12 of 19	63%	12 of 19	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:05
Diego Sanchez	0	4 of 15	26%	4 of 15	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Al Iaquinta	2	12 of 19	63%	12 of 19	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:05
1	Diego Sanchez	0	4 of 15	26%	4 of 15	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Al Iaquinta	12 of 19	63%	9 of 15	1 of 2	2 of 2	8 of 15	2 of 2	2 of 2
Diego Sanchez	4 of 15	26%	2 of 13	2 of 2	0 of 0	4 of 14	0 of 1	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Al Iaquinta	12 of 19	63%	9 of 15	1 of 2	2 of 2	8 of 15	2 of 2	2 of 2
1	Diego Sanchez	4 of 15	26%	2 of 13	2 of 2	0 of 0	4 of 14	0 of 1	0 of 0

WIN vs Marcin Held

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–27) R3 5:00 · The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson · Nov 05, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Diego Sanchez	0	46 of 81	56%	69 of 108	0 of 1	0%	0	0	9:17
Marcin Held	0	30 of 82	36%	57 of 112	0 of 2	0%	1	0	0:17

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Diego Sanchez	17 of 44	38%	19 of 46	0 of 1	0%	0	0:31
1	Marcin Held	23 of 64	35%	32 of 73	0 of 0	---	1	0:17
2	Diego Sanchez	8 of 10	80%	20 of 23	0 of 0	---	0	4:36
2	Marcin Held	2 of 4	50%	11 of 13	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
3	Diego Sanchez	21 of 27	77%	30 of 39	0 of 0	---	0	4:10
3	Marcin Held	5 of 14	35%	14 of 26	0 of 2	0%	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Diego Sanchez	46 of 81	56%	31 of 62	12 of 16	3 of 3	21 of 52	0 of 0	25 of 29
Marcin Held	30 of 82	36%	30 of 80	0 of 2	0 of 0	23 of 70	3 of 4	4 of 8

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Diego Sanchez	17 of 44	38%	11 of 34	5 of 9	1 of 1	17 of 44	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Marcin Held	23 of 64	35%	23 of 63	0 of 1	0 of 0	20 of 61	3 of 3	0 of 0
2	Diego Sanchez	8 of 10	80%	5 of 7	2 of 2	1 of 1	1 of 2	0 of 0	7 of 8
2	Marcin Held	2 of 4	50%	2 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 2	0 of 0	1 of 2
3	Diego Sanchez	21 of 27	77%	15 of 21	5 of 5	1 of 1	3 of 6	0 of 0	18 of 21
3	Marcin Held	5 of 14	35%	5 of 13	0 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 7	0 of 1	3 of 6

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