Roan Carneiro is proposed opponent for Diego Sanchez at UFC 82

January

I just got an email from Diego Sanchez’ sponsorship team. The next time Diego fights will probably be March 1st at UFC 82. The proposed opponent is Roan Carneiro .

Diego Sanchez (17-2-0) is coming off of back to back losses to to Josh Koscheck and Jon Fitch. Before the losses, Diego sustained 17 straight wins. Sanchez hold victories over notable mma fighters Jorge Santiago, Kenny Florian, Nick Diaz, John Alessio, Karo Parisyan, and Joe Riggs. Sanchez will look to rebound when he faces the jiu-jitsu practitioner, Carneiro (12-6-0).

In an open message to his fans, Diego writes:

I want to personally thank you all for your continued support and patience with the announcement of my next fight. I have been training extremely hard and now have a solid new team around me. My new management is Powermoves Entertainment, My Jiu-Jitsu coaches are Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, 6 and 4 time World Champions respectively. Rob Garcia is my Boxing and Strength/Conditioning Coach; Rob also trains Oscar De La Hoya.

To my Sponsors, thank you all for believing in me and your continued backing of my goals.

To my fans, thank you all for the emails of support, the comments, and the belief of me being a World Champion. I promise I will respond to everyone of your emails and comments.

God Bless You All

2008 is going to be a Nightmare!!

UFC 82: will take place on March 1 in Columbus, Ohio from the Nationwide Arena.

Rumored Fight Card:
-Anderson Silva vs. Dan Henderson
-Jon Fitch vs. Akihiro Gono
-Josh Koscheck vs. Dustin Hazelett
-Cheick Kongo vs. Heath Herring
-Luke Cummo vs. Luigi Fioravanti
-Jorge Gurgel vs. John Halverson

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This entry was posted on Friday, January 18th, 2008 at 3:57 pm by Larry Vollmer.
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