Diego Sanchez in bizarre interview ahead of UFC 239: “I’m a Jedi!”

The Ultimate Fighter season 1-winner Diego Sanchez is a fan favourite – and with good reason. During his career in the UFC he has won seven “Fight of the Night”-bonuses, and his three round war with Clay Guida was recently voted into the UFC Hall of Fame. He’s a fighter who is often at times just as entertaining outside of the cage as he is within it, as the video above demonstrates.

Ahead of his UFC 239 fight with Michael Chiesa, he spoke with veteran journalist Ariel Helwani for ESPN and opened up at length about being underestimated, his divorce, splitting from his former team and more in a must-see interview.

Behold the @DiegoSanchezUFC interview. Not sure I’ve ever experienced anything quite like this. From his reinvention to his divorce to his prediction to leaving JacksonWink … this is one I’ll never forget: https://t.co/s8rrqZWVQ3

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 4, 2019