Jake Ellenburger - worse downfall than Hendricks?

[wearetheromans]

Yeah ok, he Never reached the same heights as Hendricks. But at one point he was a scary dude, flatlining people and getting close to a title shot.

How do you go from that to going on a 2-9, finishing up getting tkoed by fucking Brian barbarena in the first round?

 

[13Seconds]

Not sure what happened to him. Something happened in the Rory fight that made him lose all confidence in himself.

 

[TheMessiah]

He was a beast, kinda similar to Hendricks with good wrestling and knockout power. But his chin got cracked

 

[xn7]

dude, he lost to a whole streak of legit fighters. take a look. i mean his last few losses weren't but look at all the top fighters beforehand.

 

[pankrat]

It's the evolution brah

mike perry would be one of the most complete fighters in 2010.

 

[HHJ]

No way

at least hendricks won a belt. He had a longer fall from the top cos he actually was at the top for a second or two.


Hail GSP

 

[GoodBadHBK]

One of the best fights of all time with Condit imo

His career went down hill after he couldn't put away Martin Kampmann. He had him hurt bad and Martin came back. Jake was really never the same mentally

 

[Fatality]

At least he didn't get beat by a gay dude in the bum fights league like Hendricks, yet.

 

[crodor3]

he took that step up and did ok for a bit but he lost to really good fighters...

 

[Werdun]

There was a moment when Ellenberger looked like the next champion

 

[Drain Bamage]

When you suddenly start losing all your fights when the company you fight for decides to start taking drug testing seriously and your still in your mid 20's what do you think happened?

 

[EJRMAN513]

Remember thinking he was going to be GSPs biggest challenge even after the Kampmann loss.

 

[BROWNPRIDE]

At least he didn't get beat by a gay dude in the bum fights league like Hendricks, yet.

and you wonder why you have double yellow cards.

 

[BROWNPRIDE]

Jake was fun to watch but kampman fight took his soul.

 

[Reach4theSky]

The biggest downfall here is Jake's beard..

 

[OverhandLoop]

Not as bad a fall, but pretty lousy. Looked thick. Solid. Tight. At one point was a real beast. Monster. Animal. Looked fucking scary. Terrifying. Petrifying.

 

[RockyLockridge]

he was never as high up so his fall couldn't be as pronounced

 

[Thick_Strong_Tight]

I always felt he looked small for the weight class, but he had a good streak going at one point for sure.

 

[wh4tttt]

i remember when jake looked like like a super hero for a min

 

[Thesnake101]

Barao's was worse, even managed to get iced by Cool Hand Sanders.