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UFC on Fuel: Weigh-In Video with Diego Sanchez and Jake Ellenberger Staredown

Former UFC title challenger Diego Sanchez is one of the toughest fighters to finish in the UFC, but welterweight standout Jake Ellenberger—who holds 17 knockout victories and 23 wins overall—plans on stopping him at UFC on Fuel TV 1 Wednesd…

Former UFC title challenger Diego Sanchez is one of the toughest fighters to finish in the UFC, but welterweight standout Jake Ellenberger—who holds 17 knockout victories and 23 wins overall—plans on stopping him at UFC on Fuel TV 1 Wednesday night.

Ellenberger, who is considered by many to be the hardest-hitting welterweight in the UFC, is coming off a TKO victory over former Strikeforce welterweight champion Jake Shields, who he stopped just 53 seconds into the first round. Shields had been coming off a unanimous decision loss to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre prior to that fight.

Sanchez is coming off back-to-back victories over Martin Kampmann and Paulo Thiago. Of his four losses, all but one are by decision, which came after he suffered a deep gash on his forehead in a lightweight title fight versus B.J. Penn. His last two bouts both earned fight of the night bonuses.

In the co-main event, heavyweights Stefan Struve and Dave Herman will fight in what should be a fan-friendly battle that guarantees a finish. Combined, both fighters have only been the distance twice in over 50 professional bouts.

Of Herman’s 21 victories, 15 have come by knockout and five by submission. Struve has 15 submission wins and five knockout victories.

Other main card bouts include Ivan Menjivar vs. John Albert, TJ Dillashaw vs. Walel Watson, Stipe Miocic vs. Philip De Fries and Aaron Simpson vs. Ronny Markes.

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Reminder: Watch the UFC on FUEL: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger Weigh-Ins Live Right Here at 5:00 pm ET


(I guess someone forgot to tell the design team at FUEL that Struve is the taller one.)

Just a friendly reminder that we’ll have the live video stream for the UFC On FUEL: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger weigh-ins for you and your Valentine to watch at 5:00 pm ET tonight. If you’re at home and you’re one of the 17 people who subscribe to FUEL TV, you can watch it on your flat screen.

Will Diego Sanchez spit on Jake Ellenberger’s forehead while he shouts “yes” during the staredown? Will anyone mistake Dave Herman for Macho Man? Will he slam Stefan Struve? Does anyone plan on tuning into the prelims?

These questions and more will be answered after the jump (or in the comment section).


(I guess someone forgot to tell the design team at FUEL that Struve is the taller one.)

Just a friendly reminder that we’ll have the live video stream for the UFC On FUEL: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger weigh-ins for you and your Valentine to watch at 5:00 pm ET tonight. If you’re at home and you’re one of the 17 people who subscribe to FUEL TV, you can watch it on your flat screen.

Will Diego Sanchez spit on Jake Ellenberger‘s forehead while he shouts “yes” during the staredown? Will anyone mistake Dave Herman for Macho Man? Will he slam Stefan Struve? Does anyone plan on tuning into the prelims?

These questions and more will be answered at 5.

UFC on Fuel 1: Live Results and Analysis of the UFC’s First Main Card on Fuel TV

Diego Sanchez may have finished 2011 with a controversial win over Martin Kampmann, but at UFC on Fuel 1, he gets a chance to silence the critics and prove he can win one on his own instead of just “gutting one out” inside the Octagon.In order to do it…

Diego Sanchez may have finished 2011 with a controversial win over Martin Kampmann, but at UFC on Fuel 1, he gets a chance to silence the critics and prove he can win one on his own instead of just “gutting one out” inside the Octagon.

In order to do it, however, he must step into enemy territory and not only defeat Omaha, Nebraska’s own Jake Ellenberger, but do so in such a way as to leave no doubt that he beat Ellenberger as badly as the judges claim that he beat Kampmann.

Underneath this headliner is a heavyweight clash of titans, as Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve faces off against multi-promotional veteran and consummate finisher Dave “Pee Wee” Herman.

Also, Ronny Markes drops down to middleweight to face Aaron “A-Train” Simpson, undefeated heavyweights do battle when Croatian-blooded Ohioan prospect Stipe Miocic faces British submission wizard Philip De Fries, and finally, TUF 14 bantamweight finalist T.J. “The Viper” Dillashaw looks to fully halt Walel “The Gazelle” Watson’s momentum.

So, you wanted it all right here at Bleacher Report MMA for this, the best UFC on Fuel: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger live (blog) coverage found anywhere in the world?

Well, MMA world, you wanted it…so you got it!

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UFC on FUEL TV: Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger, What’s at Stake?

Tomorrow night, budding welterweight contenders Diego Sanchez and Jake Ellenberger will take center stage, as the duo are set to headline the organization’s first full-fledged event on FUEL TV.Both men have been on impressive runs as of late, most…

Tomorrow night, budding welterweight contenders Diego Sanchez and Jake Ellenberger will take center stage, as the duo are set to headline the organization’s first full-fledged event on FUEL TV.

Both men have been on impressive runs as of late, most notably Ellenberger, who recently earned the biggest win of his career when he knocked out former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields in less than one minute.

Hoping to build on the momentum of their recent successes, both Sanchez and Ellenberger are anteing up a lot at stake in an effort to make their way to the top of the division. 

 

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UFC on Fuel TV 1: Predictions for the Sanchez vs. Ellenberger and Struve vs. Herman

The UFC will travel to Omaha, Nebraska for the second time in the history of the promotion when they present UFC on Fuel 1 from the Omaha Civic Auditorium on Wednesday, February 15. The two headlining bouts will be Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger …

The UFC will travel to Omaha, Nebraska for the second time in the history of the promotion when they present UFC on Fuel 1 from the Omaha Civic Auditorium on Wednesday, February 15. The two headlining bouts will be Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger and Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman.  Below you will find predictions for those fights.

Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger: First things first, I will be totally shocked if we see anything but an all out stand up battle in this one, but then again I expected the same from Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit and we all know how that turned out.  The key for Ellenberger will be the pace of Sanchez.  If Ellenberger allows Sanchez to set and control the pace he may find himself on the losing end in this one. What could be Sanchez’s downfall in this bout is his willingness to stand and brawl.  He’s always shown that he can take a punch, but at some point that ability turns into a liability and this may very well be the fight where Sanchez suffers his first “true” KO or TKO loss.  Ellenberger has 17 KO wins in his career, I’m going to go out on a limb on this one and predict he makes it 18 on Wednesday. Ellenberger by second round TKO.

Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman: Dave Herman made his UFC debut at UFC 131 ending John-Olav Einemo’s night via a second round TKO, earning “Fight of the Night” Honors in the process.  Struve also took home a Fight Night bonus in his last bout stopping Pat Barry via triangle choke. Struve has been a slow starter in many of his bouts and Herman must take advantage of that. Watch for Herman to force Struve into a brawl early on exploiting that weakness and ending the fight early. Herman by first round TKO.

UFC on Fuel TV 1: Predictions for the Sanchez vs. Ellenberger and Struve vs. Herman Fights

The UFC will travel to Omaha, Nebraska for the second time in the history of the promotion when they present UFC on Fuel 1 from the Omaha Civic Auditorium on Wednesday, February 15. The two headlining bouts will be Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger …

The UFC will travel to Omaha, Nebraska for the second time in the history of the promotion when they present UFC on Fuel 1 from the Omaha Civic Auditorium on Wednesday, February 15. The two headlining bouts will be Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger and Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman.  Below you will find predictions for those fights.

Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger: First things first, I will be totally shocked if we see anything but an all out stand up battle in this one, but then again I expected the same from Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit and we all know how that turned out.  The key for Ellenberger will be the pace of Sanchez.  If Ellenberger allows Sanchez to set and control the pace he may find himself on the losing end in this one. What could be Sanchez’s downfall in this bout is his willingness to stand and brawl.  He’s always shown that he can take a punch, but at some point that ability turns into a liability and this may very well be the fight where Sanchez suffers his first “true” KO or TKO loss.  Ellenberger has 17 KO wins in his career, I’m going to go out on a limb on this one and predict he makes it 18 on Wednesday. Ellenberger by second round TKO.

Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman: Dave Herman made his UFC debut at UFC 131 ending John-Olav Einemo’s night via a second round TKO, earning “Fight of the Night” Honors in the process.  Struve also took home a Fight Night bonus in his last bout stopping Pat Barry via triangle choke. Struve has been a slow starter in many of his bouts and Herman must take advantage of that. Watch for Herman to force Struve into a brawl early on exploiting that weakness and ending the fight early. Herman by first round TKO.