{"id":141403,"date":"2015-05-01T02:04:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T09:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=141403"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:31:11","slug":"featherweight-diego-sanchez-dropping-down-to-1455","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/featherweight-diego-sanchez-dropping-down-to-1455\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATHERWEIGHT! 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Sanchez has fought for the middleweight and welterweight classes in the past, but this time he will be moving down to featherweight!<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez has accomplished a milestone at each weight class he fought in. As a lightweight, Sanchez was able to earn a Fight of the Year award along with Clay Guida in 2009. Prior to that, he captured welterweight gold when he fought for King of the Cage.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez then went on to make his octagon debut through the &#8220;Ultimate Fighter: Season 1 middleweight tournament&#8212; a tournament which he won.<\/p>\n<p>While Sanchez was never able to grab the ever-elusive UFC Lightweight Championship, he is sure to entertain fans in the featherweight division.<\/p>\n<p><strong>REAL TALK! Luke Rockhold &#038; Daniel Cormier Discuss Jon Jones Tragedy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"container1\" class=\"outer-container\">\n<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\">\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\nBy use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C \nfound at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/. \n--><\/p>\n<p><script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"myExperience4207058086001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"4174782329001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAADV3-cjCE~,liy9q4yw9hqmtNPERf0MOvxn6JKOOxF3\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"isUI\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4207058086001\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!-- \nThis script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon\nas the line is read by the browser. 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