PHOTO: Diego Sanchez gained 26 pounds in under 24 hours

Through what seemed like some sort of miracle, a skeletal Diego Sanchez tipped the scales at 145 pounds at weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 78 on Friday evening.

Now, less than 24 hours later, a rehydrated Sanchez will step into the Octagon for his featherweight bout against Ricardo Lamas at 171.2 pounds, a whopping 26.2 pounds heavier than he was less than a day earlier.

The middleweight winner of the first season of "The Ultimate Fighter," Sanchez has fought in four different weight classes since making his UFC debut more than a decade ago.