Jake Ellenberger: I want the number one contender fight next
Posted on March 17, 2013, 08:59 AM by Rory KernaghanJake Ellenberger squared off against former Strikeforce champion Nate Marquardt at UFC 158 last night, and delivered a brutal knockout. 'The Juggernaut' put Marquardt's lights out in the very first round with a vicious combo followed by some ground and pound. In a night of fights to really decide the future of the welterweight division, Ellenberger was a standout with his knockout of the night victory. This was a big step for Ellenberger facing a former UFC title contender and ex Strikeforce welterweight boss. As for Marquardt, two straight losses will be a real dent to his confidence, and I hope he can bounce back from this most recent loss.
Check out Ellenberger's post fight interview below and stay tuned to Lowkick for more post-UFC 158 coverage!
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Ellenberger is a beast and lots of fun to watch. Hes becoming a favourite in the division for me. If he wins against whoever he fights next he's definitely the next guy after Hendricks to fight for the belt.
Perhaps Ellenberger vs Saffiedine for the No.1 spot wouldn't go amiss.
@ Gel
I'd think Ellenberger / Maia would make more sense. The winner of that, would get the winner of GSP / Hendricks. Saffiedine should probably be given to MacDonald, given Rory is healthy enough to fight and given that his match with Condit isn't apt to happen, now, as a result of CC's back-to-back losses, Rory would be available for the match.
That's true but Saffiedine has the Strikeforce belt which needs to be unified with its UFC counterpart but other than that I agree with you.
@ Gel
Other than holding the SF belt and beating Nate Marquardt to get it, I don't think Saffiedine has earned a shot and a title unification from a smaller, now defunct promotion, doesn't mean a great deal, to me.
If this were the case, then Luke Rockhold should be fighting Anderson Silva for his / the belt and not Vitor Belfort.
For my money, Saffiedine has to garner some wins @ 170 before there can be any talk of his getting a title shot.
Needs to be unified? Not really....I see why the NFC and the AFC unify into creating a superbowl champion. But strikeforce and ufc unification talk has been pretty ridicule for a while now....!!!!
Marquardt should change his nick-name from Nate "the great", to Nate "the late, great" Marquardt. He's done.
Keeping John Fitch, would have been a better idea than signing Nate Marquardt.
Only Nates previous fight was better than all of fitch's fights combined
Nate destroyed Woodly, dropped a decision and got KOd. That is a two fight losing streak after destroying a top 10-15 guy. Not only that but before he got caught he was looking like the better fighter. I will wait a few more fights before I am ready to say Marquardt is done.
Woodley got killed..Was he not undefeated next "big thing" LNP champ....
Nate the late?? I dont get it....Nice try but nope
I disagree. Erick Silva fight was awesome.
ya because Silva is a fun fighter. Im pretty sure it would have been even better had he had another fighter to fight.
The crowd going nuts for the fight of the night in the background is cool
Ellenberger vs. Lawler. Jake goes to sleep.
I think that one comes down to who touches the other guys chin first.
Doubt it....