Better late than never. Has been clear for a while that he was done.It was time 4 fights ago
it's been time for like 4 years
Even at the pinnacle of his success Diego Sanchez had him in big trouble .That was bad. What a far cry from the beast he once was. Tards can blame USADA, but his fall began before that.
that was after Jake gassed from what I remembered.Even at the pinnacle of his success Diego Sanchez had him in big trouble .
That's because they passed all their life producing milk standing still on barns, now they are improdutive and some dude bought they and set them free.he is done. Retire
Edit. Also those cows are happy as fuck
I considered not watching him fight because every time I watch him fight he gets destroyed. I thought to myself "screw it, I'm gonna watch this" and first round destruction ensues. He needs to retire, something changed with him.
Barberena isn't known for power at all, he's known for his chin and great cardio. Jake is just to the point where Chuck Liddel was at when he quit, his chin is gone.Is it that far gone or does Barberena have more power than I’m thinking? Man I like Ellenberger, but I think it’s time to hang em up.... not my life, but I feel like for his brain, it’d be the best decision
Cuz voodoo aight?And why is that not a reason to watch him fight?
Pretty muchBarberena isn't known for power at all, he's known for his chin and great cardio. Jake is just to the point where Chuck Liddel was at when he quit, his chin is gone.
Not sure what caused his epic fall from grace , years back I thought he might be the guy to give GSP a run for his money.
hes the definition of a glass cannon but on the night of his hetirement i wanna make a positive post about his power (by far his best attribute)
- One shot KOd Pele so badly seconds into the fight that he started vomiting
- Dropped and nearly KOd Condit if not for a clutch knee to the body that stifled followup, hurt him multiple times and more than anyone ever with Carlos arguably having the GOAT chin @ WW, arguably the only guy to 10-8 Carlos
- KOd Shields unconscious and had him wrestling with the ref (same Shields a couple fights ago who took 2 H Bombs to the dome and was dropped, yet came back to 10-8 Hendo and dominate the rest of the fight)
- KOd Marquardt dead
- dropped and nearly KOd Kampmann on the 1st exchange
- dropped Wonderboy and made him go stiff for a moment
- hurt Tarec multiple times badly where his movement completely froze
- hurt Kelvin in the 1st minute
- KOd Piearson and Pyle
- had a choke so deep on Kos he was spurting froth
- 1st guy to finish Brown with sturikes, dropped him twice in 1:40 of fight time and is the only guy whos dropped him with a punch to the chin (others have been to his glass body). And the punch was literally on the 1st exchange like Kampmann fight
He got figured out. I've said this for years now and people vehemently argue with me about it to this day.
He was an average wrestler with decent power. What was his ceiling supposed to be? He has no versatility, got outboxed easily by Rory, and can't out grapple anyone in the top 10-15.
I don't buy that he was 'shot' by the age of 28 as 95% of this board seems to claim.
He was never the same after he got flatlined by Platinum - completely winless ever since.