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Diego Sanchez praises ‘wise man’ Conor McGregor after UFC Rio Rancho
Diego Sanchez is getting hate and praise for the way he handled his UFC Rio Rancho DQ win this past weekend.
In the co-main event, “The Ultimate Fighter” winner was taking on Michel Pereira in a fight he was losing until the Brazilian landed an illegal knee and Sanchez said he couldn’t continue and took the DQ win.
After the fight, Conor McGregor jokingly called out Diego Sanchez on Twitter and the UFC veteran took to Instagram to praise the Irishman.
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“At least the highest paid top tier fight IQ athlete and legendary champion @thenotoriousmma is not blinded by the smear campaign against me my coach manager and mentor @joshuafabiaknowbody & his company @schoolofselfawareness by the media and others,” Sanchez wrote at the end of his post.
“Thank you @thenotoriousmma you are a wise man too. It’s been 6 years since we put each others names in our destiny,” Sanchez added, referencing his their previous dealings back in 2014.
Diego Sanchez has been defending himself on social media against many fans and fighters who said he quit. He makes it clear he made a ‘veteran decision’ in taking the win, and was worrying about his long-term health.
The DQ win also returned him to the win column after losing to Michael Chiesa at UFC 239. Before that, he had earned a TKO win over Mickey Gall and beat Craig White by decision in his return to the Octagon after the brutal KO loss to Matt Brown. When Sanchez will fight again is to be seen, but for now, he is healing up his injuries.
Conor McGregor, meanwhile, is coming off a 40-second knockout win over Donald Cerrone at UFC 240 in his return to the sport. Before that, his last fight was at UFC 229 when he was submitted by Khabib Nurmagomedov. When he will fight next is unknown at this time.
