Originally, Jake Ellenberger wasn’t scheduled to appear at Toronto’s Rogers Centre for UFC 129.
However, when an MRI revealed that welterweight Brian Foster has a brain
hemorrhage, Canadian Sean Pierson was suddenly left
without an opponent for the record-setting April 20 event.
The open slot didn’t remain trouble for long, as the 26-year-old
Ellenberger – who is 3-1 in the organization and most recently defeated
Carlos Eduardo Rocha this past February at UFC 126 – stepped in with
little hesitation.