With three vicious knockouts earlier, the crowd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for UFC 239 were expecting nothing less in the main event. What they were treated too was a high-level chess match that earned Jon Jones the split-decision victory over Thiago Santos, much to their dislike.
After an intense stare down with his opponent Michael Chiesa, Diego Sanchez isn’t shy about expressing what he wants to do once the cage door closes. And it goes way beyond the limits of fighting.
Coming into the biggest fight of his life and with the odds stacked against him, Thiago Santos knows that without this one thing he likely wouldn’t be in this position. Mental toughness.