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 |  Subject: Jake Shields Set To Face Jake Ellenberger At UFC Fight Night 25 Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:40 pm | |
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- Ever since he lost to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 129, many fight fans have been wondering what’s next for Jake Shields. The loss to GSP was the first in quite some time for the former Strikeforce champion, and it was honestly a bit of a blowout performance by the UFC’s premiere Welterweight kingpin. Recently, it’s been rumored that Shields would be headlining a UFC fight night card. We now have confirmation that Shields will be in the main event of UFC Fight Night 25, facing Jake Ellenberger. Here are all the details.
The one and only Sherdog brings us word of this bout becoming official. The event is currently scheduled for September 17, and is being marketed as the “Battle on the Bayou” by Bud Light, one of the UFC’s biggest sponsors. In addition to Shields/Ellenberger, the following fights are rumored to be taking place: Alan Belcher vs. Jason MacDonald, Court McGee vs. Dongi Yang, Jonathan Brookins vs. Erik Koch, and Ken Stone vs. Donny Walker.
A former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion and Elite XC Welterweight Champion, Jake Shields recently had his over five-year win-streak ended by Georges St. Pierre at UFC 129. The event was one of the largest in UFC history, with a staggering 55,000 fans in attendance. During his undefeated run, Shields fought and beat the likes of Martin Kampmann, Jason Miller, Dan Henderson, Robbie Lawler, Paul Daley, Carlos Condit, and Yushin Okami.
Jake Ellenberger has been fighting for over five years and holds a highly respectable record of 25-5. Ellenberger is currently 4-1 in the UFC, with his only loss coming in a close bout against Carlos Condit, who is right now one of the chief contenders to the UFC Welterweight Championship. Since losing to Condit, Ellenberger has racked up four wins with three (T)KO’s.
I think Ellenberger will be an interesting test for Shields, and Shields will probably be the toughest test of Ellenberger’s career. There are two distinct ways I see this fight going.
The first and very unlikely scenario sees Ellenberger being able to deal with the takedown defense of Shields and keeping this fight standing, for the most part. If that were to happen, Ellenberger can win this fight. He probably won’t knock out Shields, though, simply because Jake Shields has been stopped only once in his entire professional career. Shields has always had decent striking, but going up against someone that’s been (T)KO’ing his opponents a whole lot lately, I just don’t like Jake’s chances.
The second and far-more-likely scenario sees Shields take Ellenberger down at will. Only Georges St. Pierre seemed able to deal with the wrestling of Jake Shields... The rest at http://www.fighters.com/07/11/jake-shields-set-to-face-jake-ellenberger-at-ufc-fight-night-25 | |
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