Jake Ellenberger Wins by Decision Over Diego Sanchez

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Fight Results and Recap
UFC Betting Review by Dan Sofia

Herman vs. Struve

In the first round Struve looked timid maybe was concerned about Herman’s power or Herman’s black beard and body hair.  Struve did not throw left jabs to keep distance and Herman was able to land more strikes and win the round. 


At the start of the second round Struve seemed more relaxed scoring an early take down and getting right into the mount however, Herman was able to escape through the back door.  Struve really pushed the pace backing Herman up and landed a perfect right uppercut that dropped Herman. 


Struve again got into the mount and was able to land several unanswered strikes resulting in a second round TKO victory.

Sanchez vs. Ellenberger

As soon as the bell rang there was chorus of Jake chants for the hometown Ellenberger.  Ellenberger showed his superior stand up dropping Sanchez with a left hook and closed the round with a right hand that may have broke Sanchez’s nose. 

Round two saw things get worse for Sanchez who was taken down and put on his back.  Sanchez tried to throw up several arm bar attempts but was unable to complete them allowing Ellenberger to posture up and land some very hard elbows blooding Sanchez face. 


In what could be the round of the year the third round started out much like the first two as Ellenberger was having his way until Sanchez connected with a left hand that hurt Ellenberger. 

Sanchez continued the attack with a head kick that cut Ellenberger and gave Sanchez a burst of energy.  With 1:30 to go Sanchez was able to get on top of Ellenberger landing several punches and rear naked choke attempts.  Ellenberger was able to get back to his feet with 10 seconds remaining as the two fighters swung for the fences.  Ellenberger won the unanimous decision 29-28 all on score cards.

Fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses.

Fight of the Night: Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger
Knockout of the Night: Stipe Miocic
Submission of the Night: Ivan Menjivar

The next UFC event will be UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson that will be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sunday, February 26, 2012 JST at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Main card

Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader
Heavyweight bout: Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo
Welterweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields
Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Tim Boetsch
Featherweight bout: Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski
Lightweight bout: Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon

Preliminary card (FX)

Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Vaughan Lee
Middleweight bout: Riki Fukuda vs. Steve Cantwell
Bantamweight bout: Takeya Mizugaki vs. Chris Cariaso

Preliminary card (Facebook)

Featherweight bout: Zhang Tiequan vs. Issei Tamura

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