June 26th of this year will be a day that Charlie Brenneman will never forget. He was supposed to fight TJ Grant on the UFC on Versus 4 card in Pittsburgh and Grant had to bow out due to injury. Brenneman was without an opponent, but stayed on weight just in case a fighter pulled out. Then, the Nate Marquardt situation happened and Brenneman was back in the ballgame. The day before the card, the UFC offered Brenneman the fight with Rick Story and Brenneman jumped on it.
He went out and put on a great performance as he defeated Rick Story via unanimous decision and his life changed after that. With more people recognizing him, Brenneman(14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) kicked his training into high gear as he faces Anthony Johnson(9-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) tomorrow night at UFC Live On Versus 6.
We’ve been a bit spoiled by the UFC with the last stretch of free fights. This summer, the TV fight cards full of title ramifications, guaranteed slugfests or big name draws. The only big name that went into the Battle of the Bayou was Jake Shields. Of the eight main card fighters he was the only one to headline a paper-view or hold a major league title. By the end of the night however, a new name was solidified as a bona fide contender to a UFC title. His name is Jake Ellenberger.
It was obvious from the get go that Jake Shields' strategy was to take Jake Ellenberger down in their main event fight at Ultimate Fight Night 25 this past Saturday night. Unfortunately his one and only takedown attempt was stuffed, so he tried to throw some punches. Again this did not work out for him, as FightMetric shows he threw 13 strikes, but only 1 landed.
In a battle of Jake vs. Jake, Jake Ellenberger made very very quick work of Jake Shields. Just fifty three seconds into the first round Ellenberger lands a devastating knee to the body and then a knee to the head. He followed up with some ground and pound which forced the referee stoppage.
