Ex-UFC fighter Diego Sanchez is at the moment in custody after he was arrested on a pair of gun-related prices within the early hours on Friday morning in Albuquerque, N.M.
Arrest information present that Sanchez, 43, was booked at 12:01 a.m. on Friday and he was hit with two prices — Capturing at or from a motorized vehicle (no nice bodily hurt), which is a fourth-degree felony, and Negligent use of a lethal weapon (discharge), a misdemeanor.
He stays in custody with a decide nonetheless ready to set bail for the veteran fighter.
The incident concerned Sanchez leaning out of a automotive window the place he was the passenger and firing a shot into the air whereas passing by crash. Police adopted the car the place Sanchez was arrested, though he denied firing the shot however did inform the officer that there was a gun within the car.
The motive force of the car, who shouldn’t be dealing with any prices, instructed police that Sanchez fired the gun whereas he was within the passenger seat and at one level Sanchez began laughing whereas talking to authorities.
Sanchez’s consultant Ricky Kottenstette instructed MMA Preventing on Friday that the primary Final Fighter winner has been fighting substance abuse in recent times, and he’s undergone rehabilitation a few occasions previously with hopes that he’ll have the ability to obtain the remedy wanted to assist him following this arrest.
At his peak, Sanchez was thought of one of many prime fighters within the UFC, which culminated in a title shot in opposition to B.J. Penn again in 2009. He got here up brief that night time however Sanchez remained a stalwart on the UFC roster for 15 years whereas competing throughout a number of weight courses.
His closing look within the UFC got here in 2020 when he misplaced a call to Jake Matthews. Sanchez continued preventing after the UFC, which included a short one-fight stint in BKFC the place he confronted veteran boxer and future bare-knuckle champion Austin Trout.
