BloodyElbow<\/a> transcribed Fabia’s comments to Sanchez, and they’re certainly worth reading.<\/p>\nFabia to Sanchez between round one and two:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cFive recovery breaths. Five recovery breaths.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cSip the water. Breathe in. Good.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cFive recovery breaths! In the nose, out the mouth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cListen carefully. Listen carefully. You are stopping your motion. Do not wait to see your work. I need forward, forward pressure. I need you to get off the line before you attack. Off the line before you attack.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cBee drill. Bee drill. Think of the shadow. Shadow!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cI need you to get in. Get in, get behind. If it gets tight, if it gets sticky, take him to the ground.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cGet on top. Give me some ride time. Give me some ground and pound.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nFabia to Sanchez between round two and three:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n“Listen to me. You need to go, alright? You need to go. I need to see you go swinging. You know why? Because you\u2019ve got nothing to lose now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cHe just won that round with that throw. You had the other round on points, on contact. Alright?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cSo you\u2019ve got to get a takedown. You\u2019ve got to hold him down. You\u2019ve got to work this motherf\u2014ker over. You hear me?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cYou\u2019ve got to do your fucking job. Get to work. Alright?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cQuit acting like you don\u2019t know how to do it. Do not let him trigger you \u2014\u201d (audio cuts off as broadcast shows replays)<\/em><\/p>\nFabia’s comments to Sanchez left Trevor Wittman, a member of the UFC Rio Rancho broadcast team and a legitimate MMA coach, utterly befuddled. Here’s what he had to say about Fabia’s corner advice.<\/p>\n
Trevor Wittman on Joshua Fabia’s corner advice to Diego Sanchez:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cUhh. Strange. Listening to that last corner work was very strange. I mean, I don\u2019t know if it was code, or what, but he was talking about being tight and sticky, keep the movement, but don\u2019t keep the movement like\u2026 This is \u2014 I\u2019ve known Diego for a long period of time. This is just very strange to me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019s tough, he\u2019s always got the heart to fight, but again, I don\u2019t see what\u2019s going on right now.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cFor me it\u2019s hard to watch because I know Diego, I know how good he is, his wrestling. I feel like he has to go forward, fight! Make it a fight. Sitting on the outside, he is just going to take damage and it is hard to watch.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nWittman also commented on Fabia’s assertion that Sanchez won the first round.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh he didn\u2019t win the first round. He did not win the first round. The thing is, he needs some technical advice on how he closes the gap, and what he needs to do. Yes, we know his go to, he\u2019s got to wrestle, but give some technical stuff!<\/em><\/p>\nDiego Sanchez wound up winning his fight with Pereira, but not the way he planned. After losing two lopsided rounds to the Brazilian \u2014 contrary to Fabia’s assertion \u2014 he was thrashed by an illegal knee and awarded a DQ win when he was unable to continue.<\/p>\n
In 2019, he lost his first fight under Fabia’s tutelage, giving up a decision to Michael Chiesa.<\/p>\n
Time will tell if he continues to work with Fabia after this bizarre contest.<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/14\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC Rio Rancho card, The Ultimate Fighter season 1 winner Diego Sanchez had his second fight under the tutelage of controversial coach Joshua Fabia. The bout pitted him against Brazilian berserker Michel Pereira. Fabia, who calls himself a “self-awareness coach” and has no real martial arts experience, was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":341344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10174,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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