{"id":341575,"date":"2020-02-18T11:26:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=341575"},"modified":"2020-02-18T11:26:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:26:40","slug":"diego-sanchez-praises-wise-man-conor-mcgregor-amid-ufc-rio-rancho-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/diego-sanchez-praises-wise-man-conor-mcgregor-amid-ufc-rio-rancho-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Sanchez praises ‘wise man’ Conor McGregor amid UFC Rio Rancho controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diego Sanchez was the subject of quite a bit of criticism after he accepted a disqualification win over Michel Pereira at UFC Rio Rancho last weekend. Amid this criticism, Sanchez has taken the time to give the nod to the people who have supported him<\/a>. He believes Conor McGregor is one of those people.<\/p>\n

Sanchez and Pereira fought in the co-main event of the UFC Rio Rancho card. The bout ended in the third round when Pereira blasted Sanchez with an illegal knee, and Sanchez said he could not continue.<\/p>\n

Moments later, McGregor published a Tweet, which has since been deleted, that read: “Conor McGregor vs. Diego Sanchez.”<\/p>\n

While it’s not clear if McGregor was actually calling Sanchez out, many fans pointed out that the pair were ever so briefly linked to a fight back in 2014.<\/p>\n

Whatever the case, Sanchez sees McGregor’s deleted comment as the words of a “wise man”. Sanchez addressed the Irishman’s Tweet in a lengthy Instagram post<\/a> on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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