UFC’s debut on Fuel TV debuted last night with a six-bout offering on the station capped off with an early Fight of the year candidate when Diego Sanchez and Jake Ellenberger put on an instant classic that left the pro-Ellenberger crowd begging for another 10 minutes of action.
As always I will break down what comes in the future of those who left Omaha, Nebraska with their hands raised last night.
Jake Ellenberger:
In one of the signature performances of his career that those who witnessed it won’t soon forget Ellenberger used his opponent’s aggression against him picking him apart with counter strikes and hooks to the body and possibly breaking the nose of the former title-challenger.
Sanchez took control of the tiring Ellenberger in the final frame but it was too little too late for the former Ultimate Fighter who threw everything but the kitchen sink at Ellenberger but he wasn’t able to put him away.
The next step for Ellenberger is simple, a rematch with the UFC interim welterw...
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