The 29 years old fighter, Diego "The Nightmare" Sanchez (22-4) is going to compete against Martin Kampmann (17-4) at UFC on Versus this coming March 3 at Louisville, Kentucky. Sanchez, after defeating Kenny Florian at the Ultimate Fighter season 1 finale middleweight division has earned successive victories over his last 6 bouts before he tarnished his UFC winning streak record with 2 consecutive losses from Josh Koscheck and John Fitch. Following another 4 wins before losing to BJ Penn and John Hathaway as he went back to fighting as a welterweight. After defeating the Brazilian Paolo Thiago at UFC 121, Sanchez is now bound to face Martin Kampmaan, a 28 years old Muay Thai wrestler from Denmark who has lost his recent fight against Jake Shields at the same event where Sanchez took on Thiago. Kampmann, a natural middleweight fighter went down to 170 lbs to fight as a welterweight after losing from Nate Marquardt at UFC 88 3 years ago. He was then supposed to pull a shot for a welterweight title match with GSP should he win his match against Mike Swick at UFC 103. However, Swick had an injury and was replaced by Paul Daley to fight but not for any title contendership anymore. With Sanchez and Kampmann sharing almost every stats evenly is definitely a good match up. Sanchez just an inch taller should not come easy on this young fighter though we all know Sanchez is undoubtedly lethal and wicked. Kampmann in the other hand, is not a fighter to be underrated, strong and aggressive and is certainly hungry for victory. Check out the fight card for this event.
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