The UFC will head to Nebraska this week when it presents “UFC on Fuel TV 1” from the Omaha Civic Auditorium. Headlining the evening’s fight card will be a welterweight bout of some significance as Diego Sanchez meets Jake Ellenberger.
Sanchez, who was once known as “Nightmare” but now goes by “Dream”, comes into the fight on a two-fight winning streak, taking home “Fight of the Night” honors in both of those bouts. In fact, Sanchez has become quite accustomed to cashing “Fight Night” bonus checks as of late, taking home four in his last six fights. In his last 10 UFC bouts, Sanchez has gone 6-4.
Ellenberger has heard his name being mentioned as a future welterweight champion, and his 53-second destruction of former Strikeforce champion Jake Shields in September of last year only caused that talk to increase. Since losing his UFC debut to Carlos Condit, Ellenberger has put together five straight victories, with four of those coming via KO or TKO.
The evening’s co-main event will see Stefan Struve face off against Dave Herman in a heavyweight contest. Struve enters the fight coming off a “Submission of the Night” victory over Pat Barry on Oct. 1. For his part, Herman’s last fight was a “Fight of the Night” victory over John-Olav Einemo at UFC 131.
Another fight of note will see the highly touted heavyweight prospect Stipe Miocic, who will face Phillip De Fries in Omaha. Both fighters are unbeaten heading into their bout with Miocic sporting a 7-0 record and De Fries going 8-0-0-1.
The main card of the evening will be broadcast on Fuel TV beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will stream on the UFC’s Facebook page.
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