DALLAS – Diego Sanchez has no plans of hanging up his gloves any time soon. In fact, he’s calling UFC 228 the “rebirth” of his career. Sanchez (27-11 MMA, 16-11 UFC), who meets Craig White (14-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in a welterweight bout on Saturday’s card, has been part of the UFC roster since April 2005. Throughout that time the Season 1 winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series has fought for a UFC title, racked up 16 octagon victories and spent just short of 5.5 hours inside the cage. On the flip side, however, Sanchez, 36, has lost three of his past four bouts (all knockouts) and has absorbed 1,168 total head strikes in his UFC career, the second most in company history behind B.J. Penn (1,358).
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Diego Sanchez gives passionate response to retirement pleas from ‘keyboard warriors’ – MMA Junkie