Biography
Throughout the career in the UFC, the fighter of mixed martial arts, Andrew Sanchez experienced several takeoffs and falls, after which he again went to the ring with faith, which one day he could achieve a breakthrough. Patience and perseverance to the American athlete do not occupy.Childhood and youth
Andrew William Sanchez was born on April 8, 1988 in a small town Shiloch, Illinois, USA. Father Sancheza - Cuban of Spanish origin.
The boy became interested in sports, but could not decide on the type of classes. In American football and baseball, he did not like the coaches who had their favorites. Because Andrew stopped the choice in the fight - after all, in it in sight the one who wins. However, after failure at the state championship in the fight in the 9th grade Sanchez Sport scored. Only two years later, sports hunger returned to the young man, and Andrew again went to the ring.
Education Sanchez received at the Faculty of Sociology of the Private University McCandry - the oldest college of Illinois, who graduated in 2011. During his studies at the University, Andrew twice became the champion of the National Student Championship in the struggle and in 2011 received the title "Wrestlers of the Year" from the National Association of Inter-University Sports.
In the offseason of struggle Sanchez engaged in the local sports center of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and gradually decided to transition to the mixed martial arts MMA. The athlete gave all his training, began to look for big and well-equipped halls, as a result, hitting New Jersey. Although Andrew was sorry to throw houses of coaches and comrades for sports, the fighter took a new adventure with interest.
Mixed martial arts
Oktagon Sanchez opened in 2012, performing in 9 battles of regional promotions, such as Cage Championships, Fight Hard MMA, Tommy Tran Promotions and RFA ("Resurrection Battle Alliance"). The record in them was 7 victories and 2 defeats (from Kevin Casey and Dustin Jacobi).
After winning in the summer of 2015, the Titula of the RFA champion in the middleweight Sanchez received an invitation to take part in the 23rd release of the realistic show The UFC Elite Fighter ("Absolute Fight Championship"), held from April 20 to July 8, 2016.
In the Sanchez show, there was a light heavyweight in the Claudia Gadeli team. At the very beginning of the starting match, Andrew won Phil Hous, the next victim was Mairon Dennis, and then Sanchez knocked out Eric Spiresley, with whom he had a friendly relationship. In the final match of the season "The Ultimate Fighter 23", the fighter was opposed by Khalil Runtree, over which Andrew took the top of the unanimous decision of the judges. Becoming the winner of the show, Sanchez conquered a prize of $ 30 thousand and a contract with UFC.
From the next fight, Sanchez returned back to the middle weight. At the end of 2016, Trevor Smith was defeated, but in 2017 the fighter suffered two defeats. At first, Anthony Smith knocked him out, and then Andrew gave way to Technical knockout Raan Janes.
In the next way to the ring, instead of the planned opponent Antonio Braga, another person came out. Sanchez had to meet with Brazilian Marcus Perez, whom the fighter defeated the judges. Endrew figured out quite easily and with a newcomer League, Canadian Marc-Andre Barrio.
In the fall of 2019, Sanchez had to resist David Brunch, but he dropped out due to damage and put on the replacement of the Italian Marvin Veat. The battle had to postpone the month due to the illness of the eyes of Sanchez, which was then lost in the last battle of the year.
The April Match Andrew with Zak Kammings did not take place due to a pandemic of coronavirus infection. In August, Brazilot Wellington Turman became an opponent of Sanchez, over which American effectively took the top of the knockout in the first round, deserving the first in the professional biography of the Summary of the evening.
Personal life
On the details of his personal life Andrew Sanchez is not sharing from the media. In 2016-2017, a photo with a girl named Daniel Babiak, a member of various sporting events for endurance, often appeared in the instagram account of the fighter, but in recent years the athlete appears in a class one or a dog in recent years.In one of the photos posted on Valentine's Day, Sanchez picked naked, bonding ukulele, and asked the subscriber the question: "Would you like to become my Valentina?"
The growth of Andrew Sanchez is 185 cm, the weight is 84 kg, the sweep of the hands is 188 cm, the swelling of the legs is 105 cm.
Andrew Sanchez now
It was planned that 2021 Andrew Sanchez will open with Andre Munis at the UFC 257 tournament in Abu Dhabi, but the opponent dropped out due to damage, and he was replaced by the Czech fighter of Uzbek origin Mahmoud Muradov. Sanchez gave way to technical knockout at the end of the fight. For the defeat of Sanchez responded, saying:
"Today everything went wrong, as I planned. This sport will always find a way to humiliate you. Congratulations to my opponent and thank you for your support. I am infinitely grateful to UFC for the opportunities provided and return even stronger. "After that, the fight in the statistics of the athlete of 18 fights, 12 victories (6 by knockout) and 6 lesions (4 by knockout). The defeat dropped Sanchez on the 27th place in the ranking of the Middle Weight Fighters of the UFC League.
Achievements
- 2015 - Champion Resurrection Fighting Alliance in middleweight
- 2016 - The Ultimate Fighter 23 champion in lightweight weight
- 2020 - evening speech (vs. Wellington turman)