The inaugural ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ (middleweight tournament) winner, Diego Sanchez, will take on Kevin Lee in March in the Eagle FC promotion. Ahead of his fight, the veteran UFC fighter got candid about his feeling towards the UFC in a recent interview.

Further, the ‘Nightmare’ revealed his happiness towards Eagle FC and its management, especially the ethics and values of the former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Moreover, he suggested more fighters will move to Eagle FC.

In an interview with MMA Junkie Radio, Sanchez said, “I really feel a movement happening because UFC, you know, you could say what you want about them. Man, but they don’t give a sh*t about the fighters. It’s a greedy organization. That’s just, it’s based on greed. Like its greed-greed-greed, and it comes from sin-city.”

‘Nightmare’ highlighted that he was one of the OGs of the game and has helped the company through its lowest of lows. Thus, he wanted to have their backup for the injuries he endured while fighting for the company. However, he felt like the UFC didn’t support him as they were “strictly business”.

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He concluded by saying, “Everything trickles off the head of the source. And if the source is greed and everybody’s just gonna be greedy little f**ks and f**king f**k the fighters. And let’s get rich and investors get rich and Dana get rich, and you know, that’s the game of the UFC.”

The UFC veteran also said he is excited to fight for Eagle FC and work with ‘Khabib Nurmagomedov.’ Furthermore, he stated Kevin Lee as the perfect opponent, as beating him will prove that he still has a lot left in his career.

Diego Sanchez took a pay cut for fighting in the Eagle FC

The TUF-1 winner mentioned he has taken a significant pay cut fighting for Eagle FC, as the Bare Knuckle FC offered him a deal that would have paid him $75k more than his current deal with Eagle FC. Though, he expressed he is not bothered about it as he still wants to prove he is one of the best fighters in MMA. Moreover, he didn’t want his MMA career to end in the UFC.

The veteran UFC fighter will look to prove the doubters wrong when he takes on another former UFC fighter, Kevin Lee; ‘Nightmare,’ 40, will compete against ‘Motown Phenom,’ 29, on March 16 at Eagle FC 46.

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