U.S. Customs to Return Artifacts to Mexico
Date: 01 January 1982
Special to the New York Times
Diego Sanchez (born December 31, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2002, Sanchez is most known for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he won the Middleweight tournament of The Ultimate Fighter 1, and later challenged for the UFC Lightweight Championship in 2009. He has also formerly competed for King of the Cage, where he was the Welterweight Champion.
Sanchez has been involved in more "Fight of the Year" bouts than any other fighter in mixed martial arts; his first was against Karo Parisyan at UFC Fight Night 6, and then again against Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale (which culminated into a title shot against then-UFC Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn, where the two headlined UFC 107), and finally against Gilbert Melendez at UFC 166.
Sanchez is one of two fighters to have competed in four different weight classes in the UFC: Middleweight, Welterweight, Lightweight, and Featherweight; the other being Kenny Florian.
Read more...The December 31, 1981 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 364 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
If you were born on this day, you are 43 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 307 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in 57 days. You have lived for 16,013 days, or about 384,330 hours, or about 23,059,807 minutes, or about 1,383,588,420 seconds.
Date: 01 January 1982
Special to the New York Times
Date: 01 January 1982
By WALTER H. WAGGONER
Date: 01 January 1982
Special to the New York Times
Date: 01 January 1982
By ROBERT TRUMBULL, Speci al to the New York Times
Date: 01 January 1982
By Leslie Bennetts and David Bird
Date: 01 January 1982
By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN, Special to the New York Times