Diego Sanchez making excuses for L?

DALLAS – Diego Sanchez says he has a good – though baffling – reason for his poor performance at Saturday’s UFC 171 event.



Sanchez (24-7 MMA, 13-7 UFC), who suffered a unanimous-decision loss to fellow lightweight Myles Jury (14-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in a pay-per-view main-card bout, said he was sapped of energy due to food poisoning.



Sanchez said he got it from a post-weigh-in meal of steak tartare, a dish made from raw beef and raw quail egg yolk. The veteran fighter said he ordered his rare choice of a pre-event meal from hotel room service.



From his Twitter account:



I wasn't my self last night I sustained Food poisoning from eating a beef tar tar with raw quail egg as a appetizer at dinner—

Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) March 16, 2014



I was weak and my performance showed it if you notice I don't go for one takedown because I just didn't have the strength,—

Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) March 16, 2014



Jury and his team fought a good fight against me and they did win, but I wanted my fans to know the truth why I was not all there.—

Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) March 16, 2014



Take what you want from it it is the truth. I made a horrible choice and it's no ones fault but mine.—

Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) March 16, 2014



People can talk all the shit they want. I didn't bitch out. I chased him around and fought hard even at my worst. It just wasn't my night.—

Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) March 16, 2014



Sanchez suffered substantial face bruising and bleeding during the featured fight. Although he provided his usual mean-mugging, aggression and crowd-pleasing theatrics, Sanchez also left himself open to counters and takedowns, which allowed Jury to pick up a decisive decision win over the veteran fan favorite.



With the loss, the former UFC title challenger has lost two straight and three of his past four. Sanchez hasn’t picked up a stoppage win since scoring a TKO win over Luigi Fioravanti in June 2008.

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