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Tomorrow night, the UFC will take over “Music City,” Nashville, Tennessee, with an action packed night of fights.<\/a> One of the most exciting of these fights will occur in the co-main event, when The Ultimate Fighter Season 1 winner Diego Sanchez takes on Al Iaquinta, who will be returning to the Octagon after a contract dispute with the UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though Iaquinta has not been seen in the cage for some time, he remains one of the top lightweights in the UFC, and as such, a tough test for the veteran Sanchez. Speaking to MMAJunkie.com <\/a>in advance of this fight, Sanchez has assured that he plans to pass this test, and catapult himself up the lightweight rankings.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a huge opportunity for me to fight a guy who is coming in on a four-fight win streak,\u201d The Ultimate Fighter 1 veteran said. \u201cHe has some good momentum behind him regardless of if he\u2019s taken two years off. He has UFC momentum.\u00a0He carries, I believe, the third highest win streak in the lightweight division, and this is just the perfect fight for me to step up and jump up the ladder, because that\u2019s what I\u2019m here to do. I\u2019m here to jump the ladder. I\u2019m not trying to climb the ladder, I\u2019m trying to jump the ladder.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As far as how he plans to deal with Iaquinta’s many skills, Sanchez says he plans to approach this fight like he approaches all his fights: with a kill or be killed mentality.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe feeling going into this fight is the same as it always is: Fight this fight like it\u2019s my last,\u201d Sanchez said. \u201cThat\u2019s been proven to be one of the formulations to my success and my longevity and a long career in the UFC, is I fight every fight like it\u2019s my last. There\u2019s been some in the past that I\u2019ve messed up and not done that. Now I look to go in there and kill or be killed.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Diego Sanchez can spring the upset on the returning Al Iaquinta this weekend? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/21\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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