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***OFFICIAL*** Jake Ellenberger vs. Rory MacDonald Thread

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#1 ·
Welterweight bout: 170 pounds

 
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#107 ·
Manny Rodriguez @manny_mma
“@TommyToeHold: Ben Askren is bored. #UFConFOX8”@danawhite @Benaskren

Ben Askren @Benaskren

“@manny_mma: “@TommyToeHold: Ben Askren is bored. #UFConFOX8”@danawhite @Benaskren” it's true it's true
9:20 PM - 27 Jul 2013
:laugh:

Ben Askren would murder Ellenberger just out of principle.
 
#114 ·
"Georges St-Pierre and Rory are two completely different fighters and two completely different styles," Ellenberger said. "You look at GSP, he's extremely skilled, he's been on top for many years and he's obviously proven time and time again that he's the champ. For people to say that Rory's this or Rory's that, Rory's the next GSP, Rory is GSP 2.0, give me a break. On what planet?
Ellenberger believes that to this point in his UFC career, MacDonald has skated by on a healthy dose of fear and respect from his past opponents. Add to that a couple of lightweights posing as welterweights, and Ellenberger is certain that MacDonald's status is more than just a little more bloated than what he's actually earned to this point.
"They give this kid too much respect," Ellenberger commented. "We've had a lot of common opponents. He's fought good friends of mine. Mike Guymon, Mike Pyle. He beat a couple of 55'ers. I mean, come on. B.J. Penn walks around at 167 pounds. His days of calling out who he's fighting is over. You think you're a top echelon fighter, well guess what? You're not going to call who you fight. You're not going to call the shots. You fight who they tell you to fight and prove that you're the best in the world."
"There's nothing he's going to do that I haven't seen. I'm doing so many things in training that I absolutely hate, but I'm going to do whatever it takes to win. It's that psychological edge. I acknowledge what this kid does well. He's got a lot of potential. He has some good kicks, he's got a good jab, he's got a good body shot, but that's not going to change the way I fight him," Ellenberger said. "He's got a hell of a lot more to worry about than I do."
I'm sorry but Rory just pulled Jake's bitch card.

Rory isn't GSP...he just GSP'd Jake for 15 minutes.

Jake thinks other guys were scared of Rory...nobody stood still and looked more scared in a Macdonald fight like Ellenberger.

The UFC and other guys call him out...the fights become stinkers that's on the UFC and the guys calling Rory out.

Apparently in training they forgot to train Jake to move forward, go for takedowns, score in any way shape or form or prepare for getting punched in the face for 13 straight minutes.

If ever their was a guy who earned a 4 fight losing streak...it's Ellenberger. I hope the 170 wolves at the top of the division eat him alive.
 
#115 ·
What a joke of a post.

You act like him breaking Koscheck's orbital was the result of some godly jabbing power. Those sorts of things are completely fluky and likely wouldnt happen again if they replayed the same scenario 10 times. Same thing with detached retinas and broken noses as well as cuts. Anytime a human being strikes another in the face these things have a chance to happen...it's not indicative of someone's talent level.

Secondly he pulled similar ineffective tactics against Shields who is probably the worst striker in the division and mustered only a single knockdown.
 
#116 ·
I didn't mind this fight at all. Would I watch it again? Probably not, but I wasn't bored while watching it live. I can respect out pointing the opponent to victory; in fact, I'd probably prefer watching that over some brawler who throws a bunch of looping punches with all of his force behind every one of them.
 
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#118 ·
Apart from the beautiful jabs Rory threw he didnt really use them as a setup to throw a strike or combination. He showed his jab is better then GSP's.

Other then that, what a boring fight!
 
#124 ·
Apart from the beautiful jabs Rory threw he didnt really use them as a setup to throw a strike or combination. He showed his jab is better then GSP's.

Other then that, what a boring fight!
Not true at all. GSP's is way better.

Its hard to call yourself a professional fighter when both you and your corner have no answer to a guy who jabs and cuts angles for 15 minutes.
Sadly that's the vast majority of MMA fighters and Rory didn't even cut angles, he just backed straight up and raised his hands to deflect Jake's punches. it's really hard to watch, especially when you are a fan of one of the fighters.


I loved every second of that. Technicality > brawling
It wasn't even technical though. he wouldn't throw anything after the jab nor would he make Jake pay for getting wild.
 
#119 ·
I like Rory because he's good, he has years to develop and he makes Jackasses look like Jackasses. "Fans" are angry when he's unprofessional and pwnes BJ but then he becomes an emotional robot and crushes Jake Quitenberger it's his fault to. He runs through Mike Pyle and then he never beat anyone good.... Rory's learned his lesson from the fans, and now he's fighting you the people.

Rory's the dark comic of the UFC, pissing fighters and "fans" off who never respected him to begin with.

Also this idea that he has to go on a long win streak before he fights for the title...gee ya think. He's 24 years old and his mentor's the champion he can go on a 10 fight streak he'll still be 27/28 years old and entering his prime and he doesn't have to fight his mentor, leave his camp or really take on anyone that tough because he's prepared himself over the last four years.

Rory Macdonald is the taker of souls and exposure of frauds. He's going to dehype any and every one of Dana's a-hole boxing puppets that he protects and pushes to the top and then he's going to take that belt.

I am a Rory Macdonald FAN I am unashamed.
 
#120 ·
I would like to announce it now.

WW - Rory vs Erick Silva will be battling each in a classic match up hopefully multiple times throughout their career for the belt down the line.

Erick had a great battle vs Fitch much like Rory vs Condit.

As long as GSP retires that'll be the match of the future.

One is mentored by GSP and the other by the GOAT.
 
#125 ·
Pretty much. Everyone can trash Rory's performance as much as they want. Ellenberger never forced him to move to the next step. If you had an entire gameplan like when he starts slipping go to the body or whatever, what exactly are you supposed to do when the guy never starts defending or slipping.

I'm sure they planned something for when Jake started defending the jab but he just stood there and ate it. Why bother trying something else and getting caught if that's the case?

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#131 ·
This thread is really funny. MMA fans are so fickle. Just 2 years ago everyone complained that all Rory did was take fighters down and beat them up.

Now he fights a really good wrestler with KO power and totally out classed him on the feet and stuffed every take-down but the last one when he got clipped with the overhand right in the third.

Rory just made Jake look like he belonged in Bellator and people are actually complaining:dunno:.
 
#133 ·
Not to put on the tinfoil hat, but when the UFC says you get a title shot if you win impressively and if you can't beat the champ and you don't want to lose all that comes with facing him are you really shocked Rory sandbagged it last night?

I guess you would fight for the fans :confused02: but then again the fans turned on you long ago for destroying BJ Penn, maybe being on steroids and being an awkward little ****.
 
#136 ·
Yeah I want to see him drop to 1-4 give him Diaz next and after Diaz takes his lunch money and makes him cry let Jon Hathaway, DYK, or Mike Pierce just run over him. I've always found Ellenberger to be a putz but he's now my number one hated fighter in the UFC today.
 
#142 ·
Did Rory and GSP agree not to fight each other if it came down to it?
Sort of. Rory has been making some very open ended statements followed by a single closed one when surrounded by his coaching staff. I think if Rory was offered a title shot he would take it. Not because I think negatively of Rory, just that as a fighter that belt has got to be everything. To turn it down and possibly never get another shot at it for whatever reason fear would have to be massive.
 
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