Diego Sanchez’s split with ‘School of Self Awareness’ guru Joshua Fabia seemed like an abrupt about-face for the working relationship between the Ultimate Fighter Season 1 winner and the man who had seemingly worked his way into every part of the now former UFC fighter’s professional life. Over the past year, Fabia turned himself into a lightning rod for public criticism, with wild claims that he was teaching Sanchez deadly martial arts techniques, and public outbursts that only served to sabotage the ‘Nightmare’’s public image.
Still, even up into the last few weeks, Sanchez seemed to be a firm supporter of Fabia’s questionable methodology, even going so far as to tell reporters that he had severed relationships with other family members of criticism of Fabia’s suspect influence in his life.