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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Back in November of 2005, Diego Sanchez defeated Nick Diaz in his third fight in the Octagon. Fast forward over six years later, and Diaz is in an Interim Welterweight Title shot at UFC 143, with Sanchez in a main event bout on Fuel a week and a half later against Jake Ellenberger. As Sanchez nears getting into the title picture himself, most hold Diaz above him in 2012, and feel a rematch between the two of them would go differently. In an interview with MMAValor.com, Sanchez scoffed at the thought:
"Man, everybody out there, straight up, I don't like to hear this crap about Nick Diaz. I'm hearing this stuff on Sherdog, "Oh Diego Sanchez and Nick Diaz... gotta pick Nick Diaz, that was a long time ago and he's gotten so much better." You know what man, we've all gotten better. Styles make fights! I'm still a guy that's gonna take down Nick Diaz, I'm still a guy that's gonna push the pace on Nick Diaz, I'm still the guy that's tough enough to take Nick Diaz's little pitter-patter punches. Styles make fights. Nick Diaz has this grappling that's on point and so do I. We get back in there again, I'm going to kick his ass again."
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