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Sanchez Time is right to take down BJ Penn at UFC 107 LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainMMA on TSNeotText SizeMEMPHIS Tenn He relaxes with yoga meditates in a sensory deprivation tank prays or pulls out an oxygen tank when he wants to relax after a workoutBut when it is time to fight Diego (Nightmare) Sanchezs eyes smoulder He enters the arena yelling Yes over and over again And when the bell sounds he rushes his opponentIts like going to battle going to war Sanchez explains You better be readyOn Saturday night in the biggest fight of his mixed martial arts career Sanchez will see lightweight champion BJ (The Prodigy) Penn waiting for him on the other side of the cage in the main event of UFC 107 at the FedExForumSanchez (232) says the Hawaiian champion will find a street fighter from Albuquerque NM in front of him intent on taking away his championship beltI go in with the mentality that Oh its BJ Penn hes got a knife in his pocket I better take him out Sanchez said Wednesday Thats the mentality that I have Im going to take him out Im going to finish him before he takes me outI flip the switch and when the switch flips its just like that movie Over the Top when he (Sylvester Stallone) turns his hat back he added Theres no looking back I dont see the crowd I just see BJ Penn and I see my cage And Im the king of this cage Its my territoryThe 27yearold Sanchez who now calls San Diego home is a breed apart Before fights he can be found in the Octagon going through a series of stretches as if trying to be at one with the cage At a media workout Wednesday he bent himself into a number of pretzellike positions as he limbered upOn fight night he is a man possessedThats his thing shrugged Penn Im not here to criticize him or anything but when I see that kind of stuff I dont think of much of it Thats himHe wants to portray himself as a crazy one I think hes just portraying himself as the weird one Were going to find out which guys more crazy when we get into the OctagonSanchez is definitely the spiritual one His selfbelief is rocksolidHe goes to Tony Robbins seminars and has walked across hot coals three timesThat experience taught me just the mind and the body can do anything there are no limits he explained The only limits we have are the limits that we give ourselves And thats the mentality that I have going into this fight thats the mentality that I have with my career the only person that can stop Diego Sanchez is Diego Sanchez an...