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Jake Ellenberger is for real! After a 53 second destruction of Jake Shields, Ellenberger enters the short list of contenders, and may have the best chance of anyone in the division to take out Georges St-Pierre. It may be a matter of time before &lsquo…
Jake Ellenberger is for real!
After a 53 second destruction of Jake Shields, Ellenberger enters the short list of contenders, and may have the best chance of anyone in the division to take out Georges St-Pierre.
It may be a matter of time before ‘The Juggernaut” gets his shot at UFC gold, and it’s time for him to go after another top name at 170, and attempt to add another name to his growing resume.
Here are five fights for Ellenberger to take next:
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I’ll be honest: I don’t know the complete back-story to this photograph that was posted on Luke Rockhold’s Facebook page. I’m assuming it is from one of the AKA weddings that took place earlier this year (Both Cain Velasquez and Josh Thomson got married this summer), but I may be wrong. It’s really not that important.
What is important is that, from this picture, I can gather two things. Number one, Jon Fitch is clearly the life of the party. Why fans consider the man boring I’ll never fully understand. And number two, Chuck Liddell is just high on life. It’s nice to see that despite retiring from MMA, Chuck Liddell still has that look in his eyes that made him a legend in the sport. If this man weren’t still getting tested by someone, I’d probably draw slightly different conclusions about the whole “high on _____” thing. But when you’re as rich and successful as Chuck Liddell, life can be one helluva drug.
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I’ll be honest: I don’t know the complete back-story to this photograph that was posted on Luke Rockhold’s Facebook page. I’m assuming it is from one of the AKA weddings that took place earlier this year (Both Cain Velasquez and Josh Thomson got married this summer), but I may be wrong. It’s really not that important.
What is important is that, from this picture, I can gather two things. Number one, Jon Fitch is clearly the life of the party. Why fans consider the man boring I’ll never fully understand. And number two, Chuck Liddell is just high on life. It’s nice to see that despite retiring from MMA, Chuck Liddell still has that look in his eyes that made him a legend in the sport. If this man weren’t still getting tested by someone, I’d probably draw slightly different conclusions about the whole “high on _____” thing. But when you’re as rich and successful as Chuck Liddell, life can be one helluva drug.
Another busy week for the world of MMA has concluded. A current UFC champion announced an injury that may keep him out for the remainder of the year, a former UFC champion will welcome a former Strikeforce champion to the promotion, and another fo…
Another busy week for the world of MMA has concluded.
A current UFC champion announced an injury that may keep him out for the remainder of the year, a former UFC champion will welcome a former Strikeforce champion to the promotion, and another former UFC champ will battle a legend of the sport.
UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva recently revealed that he suffered a shoulder injury prior to his UFC 134 title defense against Yushin Okami. Silva defended his belt, but it looks like he may be forced out of action as a result.
Vitor Belfort announced his return to action against former Strikeforce middleweight title holder Cung Le at UFC 139 in November.
Former light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz will lock horns with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC 140 in December.
After BJ Penn’s second straight loss to Frankie Edgar at UFC 118, retirement was on the mind of “The Prodigy” during his flight home to Hawaii.”I was flying home [after UFC 118], and I was kind of like, ‘Maybe I don’t want to do this anymore; I don’t k…
After BJ Penn‘s second straight loss to Frankie Edgar at UFC 118, retirement was on the mind of “The Prodigy” during his flight home to Hawaii.
“I was flying home [after UFC 118], and I was kind of like, ‘Maybe I don’t want to do this anymore; I don’t know what’s wrong. If I’m going to go out there and perform like that, maybe this isn’t something worth doing,'” Penn told MMAJunkie.
Re-framing his mindset, Penn remained motivated to compete in the UFC and moved up in weight class to battle long-time nemesis Matt Hughes in the welterweight division.
Knocking out the hall-of-fame Hughes in just 21 seconds of Round 1, Penn resurrected his career within the 170-pound division and sent a lightning bolt of determination through his own veins.
Once again driven to be the best in the world at 170 pounds, Penn was disappointed when he fought Jon Fitch to a majority draw at UFC 127.
Non-committal regarding his future within the division during the post-fight press conference after his bout with Fitch, Penn is now slated to challenge the enigmatic Nick Diaz at UFC 137.
Motivation for “The Prodigy” has been an Achilles heel for the two-division champion in the past. When Penn is driven, focused, and on top of his game, “The Prodigy” is lethal inside the Octagon.
However, when Penn is beleaguered, distracted, or without purpose, “The Prodigy” arrives at fight time out of shape, without passion, and as a shell of his former championship self.
Fast forward to October 29 when Penn faces Diaz for the UFC welterweight eliminator.
Understanding the spoils provided to the victor, “The Prodigy” will challenge Diaz with the heart and soul of his former championship self.
Throughout the years, one constant has remained with respect to BJ Penn’s personality. And that constant is that he wants to be the best; his ego perpetuates that intention, permeating into his psyche.
With a victory over Diaz, Penn will be in line to challenge the victor of Carlos Condit and Georges St-Pierre in their championship bout on the same evening as Penn’s fight with Diaz.
Assuming that GSP retains the belt, Penn will be awarded the opportunity to compete for the title in their trilogy match-up.
Driven by ego and a desire to be the best, a victory over Diaz will serve as the catalyst for Penn to make one more run at the championship and once again claim welterweight gold.
Is the match-up with Diaz Penn’s last fight under the UFC banner? Absolutely not.
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Jon Fitch personifies a lot of things.He’s a tireless worker, a staple of one of the best gyms in the world and is considered universally to be the No. 2 fighter in his class.He’s also a powerhouse wrestler who’s procured his last five wins all by way …
Jon Fitch personifies a lot of things.
He’s a tireless worker, a staple of one of the best gyms in the world and is considered universally to be the No. 2 fighter in his class.
He’s also a powerhouse wrestler who’s procured his last five wins all by way of decision. His inability to finish fights has been something that fans have often criticized and for that reason, Fitch has become the biggest logjam in the UFC roster.
So among the other Jon Fitch’s of the world, which other fighters do the UFC brass despise?
(“You’re shitting me, I get to leapfrog the line to a fight with Fitch?”)
Jon Fitch wanted a title shot. Instead, the 23-3-1 (1 NC) UFC welterweight fighter will get another “lose-lose situation” bout against Johny Hendricks (11-1). The news of the bout, which is said to be verbally agreed to by both sides for UFC 141 on Friday December 30 in Las Vegas, was first reported by ESPN.
Should Fitch lose the bout, there’s a pretty good chance his long-awaited second title shot would likely be put on hold much longer than the two years he’s already waited thus far. If he beats Hendricks, who is 2-1 in his last three outings, he likely won’t move up in the rankings, but at least he’ll be keeping busy, I guess.
(“You’re shitting me, I get to leapfrog the line to a fight with Fitch?”)
Jon Fitch wanted a title shot. Instead, the 23-3-1 (1 NC) UFC welterweight fighter will get another “lose-lose situation” bout against Johny Hendricks (11-1). The news of the bout, which is said to be verbally agreed to by both sides for UFC 141 on Friday December 30 in Las Vegas, was first reported by ESPN.
Should Fitch lose the bout, there’s a pretty good chance his long-awaited second title shot would likely be put on hold much longer than the two years he’s already waited thus far. If he beats Hendricks, who is 2-1 in his last three outings, he likely won’t move up in the rankings, but at least he’ll be keeping busy, I guess.
UFC president Dana White has stated that the winner of the Carlos Condit-Georges St-Pierre match-up at UFC 137 will likely square off with the winner of the Nick Diaz-BJ Penn bout on that same card. Translation: Fitch will have to get in line and the line is getting longer by the day.
Also in the queue are guys like Jake Ellenberger, who takes on Jake Shields Saturday night in the main event of the aptly named UFC Live: Shields vs Ellenberger event at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. It might make more sense to have Fitch square off with another fighter in the mix like Diego Sanchez, Martin Kampmann, Brian Ebersole or Rory MacDonald, but then again, considering he’s widely ranked number two in the division, and has been for some time, it doesn’t make sense that guys ranked lower than him are getting title shots either, so it is what it is.
The main event for the card will be a title eliminator between former UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar and former Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem.