Nightmare (UFC Legend: Diego Sanchez)

Albuquerque's Diego The Nightmare Sanchez burst onto the MMA scene in 2005 when he won his weight division in TUF (The Ultimate Fighter) Season One. He won his first seventeen UFC fights, which led to a UFC title shot vs BJ Penn in 2009.

Sanchez is credited with putting MMA on the map in Albuquerque and helping launch UFC.