One of the reasons for me dropping to 155 was the fact that Kenny Florian is coming up on his second title shot, and this is a guy that I walked through four years ago," said Sanchez. "And everybody thinks that, yeah, we’ve both evolved, we’ve both changed, we’re both different fighters, we’ve both improved a lot. But the fact is that I walked through him and it wasn’t even a fight, and this is the number one contender. So in my mind, I am the number one contender right now."
~ Diego Sanchez buying into his own hype
almost 3 years ago
Zak Woods
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I would love to see those two go at it again. Outside of GSP, I would say Florian is the most evolved guy in the UFC in the last few years – basically the time between when he was on TUF and now.
His striking is night and day; you can see that all the work with Peter Welch and Team Sityodtong is paying off.
Besides, it’s not like the guy is getting a second chance because he’s the only guy around. He’s winning fights and beating quality opponents, something Sanchez will have to do once again tomorrow if he want as title shot in the future.
After reading this quote, I want to change my pick to Clay Guida by face-smashing…
by E. Spencer Kyte on Jun 19, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions
