Jake Ellenberger’s debut with the Ultimate Fighting Championship was quite the eye-opener. The powerful striker came out fast, battering his opponent for the majority of the first round. Several moments in the opening frame seemed to be the final ones of the fight, but, unfortunately for Ellenberger, the man on the receiving end of the beat down has earned quite the reputation as a brawler who can take a punch.
Ellenberger’s opponent was the hard-nosed former welterweight champion of the WEC Carlos Condit. Condit endured a beating that would probably have finished the vast majority of welterweights to come back and take a split decision victory, robbing Ellenberger of a greatly desired debut victory.
The loss fueled Ellenberger, who returned to the Octagon less than four months following the loss. At the injury-plagued UFC 108, Ellenberger stared across the cage at Mike Pyle, and, after working diligently throughout the first round, Ellenberger earned a technical knockout stoppage in the opening moments of the second to secure his first victory with the UFC.
Ellenberger looked to build upon his dominant win and ever-growing reputation as a threat in the welterweight division when he was matched up against Ben Saunders at UFC 111 in Newark, New Jersey. However, just days before the fight, news of Thiago Alves withdrawal from his rematch with Jon Fitch on the evening’s main card reached Saunders, who requested to be placed up against the American Kickboxing Academy star, instead of against Ellenberger.
The UFC granted Saunders’ request, and Ellenberger was pushed off the card, though the promotion still paid him as if he would have defeated Saunders.
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