Jake Ellenberger: I'm a better fighter than Diego Sanchez
Posted on January 17, 2012, 09:36 AM by Anton GurevichCurrentlly enjoying a five-fight winning streak inside the Octagon, Jake Ellenberger will look to add another high profile victory to his record, facing Diego Sanchez on February 15th (UFC on Fuel TV). The fight will headline the card, which will also feature the Heavyweight collision between Stefan Struve and Dave Herman. Ellenberger declared he will get his hand raised on February 15th, claiming that he's simply a better fighter than "The Dream" Diego Sanchez.
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I hope Diego wins this fight but I wouldn't bet on him
I hope Jake wins, he should be next in line for the title
David there is no need to hope Jake wins
he will win , Diego got left behind a while back
Jake is just on another level , his wrestling is top level
and that right hand can be call the H-Bomb of the WW division lol
no doubt Jake will take it by TKO/KO
Oh hell NO....I think Ellenberger will KTFO Sanchez. Sanchez is weird ands disrepectful. I hope Jake puts on another BJ as whoopin in Sanchez. He sucks anyway and he will never be champ....
To say Diego sucks is ignorant & not very accurate, he has a soild record and always puts on a good show...
He may not ever be champ but doesnt mean he isnt a solid gatekeeper and he will always be lingering in the top ten..
I do think Jake will win this fight, the only way i can see Diego winning is by putting on a late rally like he has done before and we did see Jake slow down in the later rounds against Carlos Condit..
But my prediction is Jake by TKO in the 2nd
Yea I do see Jake being able to over power him but we will see if Diego can pull something out of the bag
Ellenburger by anything he wants
Stand up : Jake
Wrestling : Kinda close but Jake
Submissions : Diego
Submission Defense : Jake
Cardio : Diego
Power : Jake
Speed : Jake
Even without those pretty safe to safe it's Ellenberger (aka Jake lol)
after watching the diego kampman fight jake will not want this to go to the judges those guys love sanchez almost as much as Leonard Garcia but i think ellenburger will take this comfortably
jake is currently on a 5 fight winning streak. a 6th win should earn him a title shot imo, but baeting sanchez to earn the title shot does not seem to make much sense to me. koschek, ebersole, mcdonald or alves would all be better names to earn a title shot from than sanchez imo.
WW division is so stacked now days that a lost could mean a year or two away to a title shot.
One big KO over Sheilds and everyone gets tunnel vision. We'll see.
This match will be closer than people thnk Sanchez is a good wrestler and his strikings better than Ellenberger.It will be power vs speed.And Ellenbergers striking is nowhere near Penn's so this wont be the same fight.