Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos Few fighters have tested their weight options like onetime heavyweight Anthony Johnson and Diego Sanchez, who’s recently flirted with the possibility of dropping all the way down to fight at featherweight (via Twitter ): My next one is at 145 https://t.co/xRRPLp2vSz — Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) July 16, 2015 In a perfect world, Johnson would have actually fought fellow weight-class jumper Sanchez years ago. Back then, before Johnson became a top UFC light-heavyweight contender and prior to Sanchez dabbling in a number of weight classes, the latter was a cast member on “The Ultimate Fighter 1.” Johnson hadn’t yet had his first pro fight, but he wanted a shot at the inaugural “TUF” middleweight winner. As he watched that groundbreaking season of the long-running reality show in 2005, Johnson hated what he saw. “And the way Diego was training himself, I was like, ‘Ugh, I can’t stand this guy,’” Johnson recently said during a scrum with reporters. “I wanted to fight him. I had no pro fights, but I was like, ‘I don’t like this guy
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