When fans think about the season of”The Ultimate Fighter,” Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar immediately come to mind as a consequence of the instant classic. Therefore, its just suiting that the first ever Ultimate Fighter be the last to depart the UFC. No, I’m not speaking about Forrest Griffin. The fight between Bonnar and Griffin during the TUF’s Season 1 Finale single-handedly helped deliver the UFC into the mainstream. Dana White later called it Zuffa’s”Trojan Horse”. Nonetheless, in doing so, it overshadowed the fact that Diego Sanchez was actually the first ever Ultimate Fighter winner, having defeated Kenny Florian to take home the middleweight TUF crown before in the day. With all the former cast members on the show either retired or not employed with the UFC, the sole exception remains to be Sanchez. The first to be crowned remains to be the last to grace the Octagon. After the contestants were announced for”The Ultimate Fighter 1,” Sanchez was the fighter with the most hype surrounding him. Since the undefeated King of the Cage champion, he backed up that poetry in the Octagon winning all four of his struggles, together with three first-round stoppages including a submission over Florian from the Finale. The true principal event of the card has been fully overshadowed as Rich Franklin scored the biggest win of his career in the time over Ken Shamrock. For the ordinary battle enthusiast Sanchez dominance of the show is easily forgotten as TUF 1 appears like it was forever ago. Lots can happen over a decade, and Sanchez’s lengthy r??sum?? proves it. He’s won a bunch of fights and dropped some, hopped branches, got sailed for bud, earned six”Fight of the Night” bonuses and two”Battle of the Year” (2006 Karo Parisyan, 2009 Clay Guida) honours, missing a lightweight name tip to then-champ BJ Penn, altered his nickname from the”Nightmare” into the”Dream” and back to the”Nightmare” again and let’s not forget about him inventing the Yes! Cartwheel, simply to mention a few. Total going to war within the Octagon on 21 distinct events amassing as 14-7 record. Based on his age and durability it was almost expected that Sanchez is going to be the last fighter we see within the Octagon and rightfully so. Much has been said about the entire cast of the series to the extent that Dana White said that he had been essentially looking to induct the entire TUF 1 throw to the UFC Hall of fame. It’s been a well documented success story worthy of fairy tale type ending. However, what remains to be seen by the die hard MMA lovers is… IMG_1728Will Diego Sanchez go out having a swan song of epic proportions in hopes of construction upon The Ultimate Fighter Seasons 1 cemented legacy? Diego Sanchez would tell you YES! YES! YES! Considering Sanchez’s recent time for a fighter, it’s more unlikely that anything of significance will come out of the remaining period of his formerly famed career. The likely scenario and eventual end game is equal to that of the vast majority of the rest of the TUF 1 cast members. The consensus is that many of the TUF 1 cast members moved out with a whimper facing exactly the exact same troubling realities that Sanchez now faces a daily basis: accidents and age. Nearly all the contestants basically were forced into retirement. As lovers of this UFC, let’s expect Diego Sanchez can break this tendency and go out with a bang because it is likely he won’t go out anywhere near the top. Finishing on a winning note is the best case scenario for”The Nightmare” at this stage in his profession. Taking a snapshot of Sanchez’s professional career, it’s likely he’ll depart the UFC kicking and crying like many others before him. What remains to be informed is the how and if. One can’t deny it. The writing is on the wall with no real hope of championship aspirations in the near future. Sit back and enjoy the final of the TUF 1 showcase. However, based on Diego’s Sanchez latest turns of a events in his profession prepare yourself for a sad ending. The falling down in weight courses and layoff due to rehabbing injuries it is developing a recipe for disaster. Basically it won’t be a fantasy come true for your nightmare. Quoting Connor McGregor at 2013:”The man really is a has-been.” IMG_1727Sanchez is expected to face Ricardo Lamas at a featherweight bout on November 21, 2015 at The Ultimate Fighter Latin America two Finale. This is Sanchez debut at featherweight regardless of the fact that he was the middleweight TUF 1 champion. Sanchez is expecting to have a run at championship glory despite confronting the longest layoff of his professional MMA career (1 year 4 Months) and at 33 years old. The layoff is due to a broken collarbone suffered in training. Many pundits charge the statement that he’s falling a weight class for a means to get an eventually fight against Connor McGregor. But many MMA handicappers see this because of weakness because of an effort by Sanchez to remain relevant. Though many MMA mainstream fans fail to crown Diego Sanchez as the first Ultimate Fighter, he’s out lasted them all. Being the youngest of the TUF 1 fighters it continues to work in his advantage but he is fighting the age old issue of time. Regardless of how durable Sanchez could be, it remains to be seen if he could pass this last test. As his admirable career rolls , it is clear Sanchez is no more immune from the injury bug. However, there needs to be something said for being the last of a dying breed. That accomplishment alone is worthy of all our admiration because it’s left us with no doubt that he will always remain the roughest of the TUF. The first Ultimate Fighter to be plotted within the Octagon and the last to depart.
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