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UFC Fight Night 25 Results

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UFC Fight Night 25 Results: Jake Ellenberger KO’s Jake Shields in the First Round

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Damon Martin

 

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It’s a fight that Jake Ellenberger has been asking about for almost a year.

On Saturday night in New Orleans he got his wish and it paid off as Ellenberger finished former UFC title contender Jake Shields with strikes in the first round of their main event fight at UFC Fight Night 25.

Ever since Shields signed with the UFC, Ellenberger has been calling for a fight with him. Why? Simply because he thought he could beat him.

“I just never really believed it. Jake Shields is the best middleweight in the world, the best welterweight in the world, like I never believed it,” Ellenberger told MMAWeekly Radio prior to the fight. “He has beat some very tough opponents, but it’s nothing personal against him, he’s probably a great guy. I’m sure we could be friends afterwards, but I was just never sold on him.”

Ellenberger showed no fear facing the former Strikeforce middleweight champion, especially after he shrugged off a takedown attempt and was able to overpower Shields in the clinch in the opening moments of the fight.

Once Shields did engage and get close enough for Ellenberger to get a hold of him, it was the end of the fight.

Ellenberger got the back of Shields’ head and threw two knees. The first went to the body, but the second connected flush to Shields’ face, sending him crashing to the canvas.

Pouncing on Shields, Ellenberger blasted away with a barrage of machine gun like punches that knocked his opponent senseless, and the referee had seen enough and swooped in for the save.

Being aggressive was Ellenberger’s whole strategy and it paid off on Saturday night.

UFC’s Jake Ellenberger dismantles Jake Shields within seconds

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Timing and a bad match-up prove to be a bad recipe for Jake Shields

Photo by Josh Hedges Zuffa LLC via Getty Images.

By Nate Wilcox - MMA Editor

The UFC scores one of its best-selling live events in Ultimate Fight Night history with UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans.

Sep 17, 2011 - New Orleans gave the UFC a warm welcome back tonight as 7,112 attended for a $685,000 live gate according to reports from the post fight press conference. New Orleans’ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center hosted the event which saw its main card air on Spike TV

The main event showcased Jake Ellenberger dismantled and knocked out Jake Shields in 50 seconds. The co main event  saw The Ultimate Fighter winner Court McGee outlast Dongi Yang by unanimous decision after a wild three round war and cardio display.

The gate and attendance were some of the best numbers in the series’ history.

UFC Fight Night 25 weigh-in results

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The weigh ins for UFC Fight Night 25 took place the home of Hurricane Katrina and the city that never gave up, New Orleans on Friday with main eventers Jake Shields and Jake Ellenberger making weight, thus making their fight official in the MMA world.

Jake Shields takes the fight this Saturday surprisingly after his dad died just a few weeks ago.  Surprising because his father Jack, was also his manager and mentor as well.  Jake Shields  former Strikeforce champion and last victim of GSP, said he stayed in the bout because his dad was his biggest fan and would have wanted to see him shine in the Octagon.

Ellenberger wishes to make a statement tonight as he will attempt to make his way up to top  10 rankings by beating Jake Shields.

The Co-main event fighters entail a much anticipated bout between Court McGee and Dongi Yang, and former TUF  ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ winner Jonathan Brookins  faces featherweight Erik Koch.

Here are the entire weigh in results below:

MAIN CARD SPIKE TV:

MAIN EVENT:
Jake Shields (171) vs. Jake Ellenberger (170)

Court McGee (184.5) vs. Dongi Yang (186)
Erik Koch (146) vs. Jonathan Brookins (145.5)
Alan Belcher (186) vs. Jason MacDonald (185)

PRELIMINARY CARD FACEBOOK:

Cody McKenzie (155.5) vs. Vagner Rocha (155.5)
Evan Dunham (156) vs. Shamar Bailey (156)
Matt Riddle (171) vs. Lance Benoist (170.5)
Ken Stone (136) vs. Donny Walker (135.5)
Clay Harvison (170) vs. Seth Baczynski (171)
TJ Waldburger (171) vs. Mike Stumpf (171)
Mike Lullo (146) vs. Robert Peralta (145.5)
Justin Edwards (171) vs. Jorge Ortiz (171)

UFC Fight Night 25, will Jake Shields rise again

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The UFC returns to Louisiana in September for UFC Fight Night 25, and a key welterweight matchup between Jake Shields (26-5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Jake Ellenberger (25-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) headlines the card.

Shields is hoping to earn a second crack at the UFC welterweight title, while Ellenberger is hoping to prove his legitimacy as a contender with a signature win.

In our latest MMAjunkie.com/”Inside MMA” poll, and the results were revealed on Friday’s new episode of HDNet’s weekly MMA news show, and it was fairly one-sided.

The most popular response, with 35 percent of the vote, was Shields via submission.

While it’s been a while since Shields has earned a stoppage win, it’s certainly not out of the question. Shields owns 10 career victories via submission, including wins over Robbie Lawler, Paul Daley, Nick Thompson, Mike Pyle, Ido Pariente and Ray Steinbeiss during an incredible 15-fight win streak that was recently snapped by St-Pierre.

Close behind was Shields via decision, which secured 29 percent of the vote. Another three percent voted for Shields via knockout or TKO, meaning a total of 67 percent of votes favor the former Strikeforce champ.

Those supporting Ellenberger favored a knockout or TKO win, with 21 percent of the total response predicting the result. Another 10 percent voted Ellenberger via decision, and just two percent predicted him to win via submission.

The results could be seen as a little surprising considering Ellenberger is returning from a stunning first-round knockout of Sean Pierson and currently carries a four-fight win streak in the octagon. In fact, Ellenberger is 8-1 in his past nine overall fights.

When shown the results of the poll, Ellenberger remained unflappable.

“It fuels the fire,” Ellenberger said of receiving so little of the vote. “It’s just people’s opinions, but at the end of the day, it really doesn’t mater.”