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‘Jedi’ Diego Sanchez says UFC has written him off ahead of Michael Chiesa bout

Diego Sanchez has gone full Diego Sanchez ahead of his welterweight bout with Michael Chiesa tomorrow night at UFC 239, delivering an epic, one of a kind interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, which you can watch in full below.

Sanchez went off on a tangent during the interview, but one of the things that stood out most was his accusation that UFC had written him off ahead of the Chiesa bout and how, at 37-years-old, ‘The Nightmare’ has finally been able to channel his inner Jedi (perhaps another nickname change is in order).