What would be a good next fight for Diego? How about Karo, Trigg, Charuto, or lytle?
well i dont think trigg can fight ufc anymore since he was color commentating for pride
If Riggs beats Diaz, Riggs would be a great test.
Top 5?? Hughes, GSP, Penn, Karo,.... there is the top 4. I dont know about Diego at 5? You have trigg, sherk, Riggs (i know hughes just beat him), ...i think Diego is still in the same class as Fickett, Koscheck, KenFlo, and Diaz. I know he beat Kenflo and Diaz, but he only has 3 UFC wins. He needs more than that to have a title shot. (look at what happened to Quarry!) He just has a little more proving to do. Dont get me wrong, i truly believe by 2007, whenever someone mentions Matt Hughes, Penn, or GSP, the name Diego Sanchez will follow right after.
sherk
sherk just to shut up the romo in the blazer
Sherk wants to drop to 155, the match does nothing for the UFC.
Koscheck fights at 185 (Diego fought up at 185 to win TUF, but he is a 170 lbs fighter), so he won't be rematching Diego.
Fighting Trigg when Trigg has come off of two losses doesn't make sense for the UFC unless they want to re-establish Trigg.
It makes most sense to have Diego fight Riggs and then the loser of Hughes-Karo.
That will take us into late 2006.
"Koscheck fights at 185"
Josh fights at 170, so I don't think a rematch is out of the question, but I'd rather see him fight Trigg, Riggs, Ficket (if Ficket beats Burkman) or Neer (if Neer beats Melvin). Diego should atleast fight 2 of the guys listed before being considered for a title shot. Either way it should be cool to see how this plays out with Sanchez, especialy now that the welterweight title is up for grabs.
"It makes most sense to have Diego fight Riggs and then the loser of Hughes-Karo. "
Thats assuming he beats Riggs. I wouldn't judge Riggs on his last performance given the circumstances in training, mixed with his opponent. Its tough enough facing Hughes when things ARE going your way.
My ideal card would consist of Diego vs Karo, Riggs vs Sherk
Black Vulcan, the only man who can harness Deigo's lightning.
Diego vs Sherk or Verissimo is real solid.
I'd like to see Diego vs. Karo the most, though Im not sure they should face each other for their next fights.
Diego vs. Mayhem would be fun too.
I'd say Sherk, he's one guy Diego won't be able to out power or out muscle and that seems to be the key to his wins. Sherk would have to much power for Diego to use his typical ground and pound technique. Sherk would definatly win.
Sherk or Karo,but Verrissimo would be a good matchup also.
He should fight Joe from TUF 2
I still say Sherk. Make him fight one more fight at 170.
His next opponent isnt from the USA. And he has 1 win in the UFC.
I just gave a hint. helloooo??? Not Alves
Goulet?
I think he'd take stevenson. Better jiujitsu and stamina imo. Similiar styles tho would be interesting..