UFC 239 took place last July at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Unbeknownst to either fans or media in attendance, sources revealed that, as Sanchez got his hands wrapped in a shared locker room,
NAC officials noticed Fabia was burning incense and asked him to stop. Additionally, an NAC inspector reported Fabia had taken a
Q-tip dipped in an unknown substance and inserted it into Sanchez’s nose, prompting commission officials’ concern.
Sanchez’s current manager and trainer, who has served as his lone cornerman in each of his past two UFC appearances, said that the attending referee needed to be warned ahead of the fight
that Chiesa was in danger of being killed in the octagon.
Fabia told commission officials that he and Sanchez had been working on a choke so brutal, that if he was to apply it to his opponent,
the bout should be waved off immediately so as to prevent Chiesa from either death or paralysis.
Fabia was asked to demonstrate the move, which was described to MMA Junkie as a technique that started as a standing guillotine choke but then would see Sanchez rotate his shoulders so that his opponent’s head was braced above his shoulder before slamming down to the floor and breaking his foe’s neck
(described in practice as something akin to the professional wrestling move known as the “Stone Cold Stunner”).
Fabia said the move was something he learned during his work with paramilitary groups in South America.
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