UFC’s Emil Meek on ‘crazy’ training with Sanchez: Fabia ran after us with a ‘real, sharp blade’

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesThrough his odd corner advice at UFC Rio Rancho and the interviews that followed, the MMA world now knows a little more about Diego Sanchez’s trainer Joshua Fabia. The two began working together in 2019, and became Sanchez’s sole trainer for his UFC 239 fight against Michael Chiesa in July.

Late last year, Sanchez was supposed to face welterweight Emil Meek. But since the fight never came to fruition, the two decided to train together. And it was during these training sessions when Meek was first introduced to Fabia’s ways.

In an interview with the South China Morning Post, the 31-year-old Norwegian fighter described how those training…