Martin Kampmann out, Jake Ellenberger in against Ben Saunders at UFC 111
by James Kimball on Feb 9, 2010 8:50 PM EST
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The welterweight showdown between Martin Kampmann and Ben Saunders, which was set for UFC 111 from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on March 27, has now turned into a match up between Jake Ellenberger and Ben Saunders.
Kampmann -- who was looking to build on a submission win over Jacob Volkmann at UFC 108 -- pulled out of the fight because of a serious cut above his eye suffered in training, according to 5thround.com. "Hitman" was hoping it could heal in time to compete in March, but it his ascension back up the 170-pound ladder will now have to wait just a little bit longer.
Stepping in to replace Kampmann against Ben Saunders is Team Quest fighter Jake Ellenberger (22-5).
The Nebraska native put on a show in his UFC debut in a hard-fought loss against former WEC welterweight champ Carlos Condit last September. He followed up that impressive performance, stopping Mike Pyle in the second round via technical knockout at UFC 108.
Awaiting him at UFC 111 will be Ben "Killa B" Saunders (8-1).
The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) alum has had a pretty good run of it since his official debut with the promotion in 2007. He reeled off three consecutive wins inside the Octagon, raising his unbeaten streak to nine before succombing to Mike "Quick" Swick at UFC 99.
In his most recent performance, Saunders used his vicious knees to knockout Marcus Davis in the first round at UFC 106.
UFC 111 will feature two title fights -- Frank Mir and Shane Carwin will throw down for the interim heavyweight title in the co main event and UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre will headline the show, putting his world title on the line when he takes on British striker Dan Hardy.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more news on UFC 111 is it draws closer.
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Knock Out Special
only way this one can end. As much as I love KillaB Ellenberger hits so so hard and I don’t think Ben has experienced a puncher like Jake yet.
Who hits harder than Jake at 170? Thiago Alves sure…who else?
I bet against both Paulo Thiago and Mark Coleman:
- THiago impressed the sh1t out of me.
- Coleman you owe me $20 bucks.
Kos when he lands cleanly
as much as i hate these guys, Serra and Anthony Johnson
GSP too, the shots he landed on Fitch were pretty good, and he dropped Thiago Alves
Lytle? Hardy? Mach Sakurai? Zarmonskis? Nick Diaz?
My breakout fighter for this coming year: Terry Etim
Upset of the Year: John Hathaway over Diego Sanchez
i think this will be a very competitive fight. Jake could use his wrestling to GNP a decision or a late TKO… Ben could just as easy KO him with some knees. Yall know that Ben is the ONLY person to ever stop Marcus Davis by KO.
Tough fight to predict
My breakout fighter for this coming year: Terry Etim
Upset of the Year: John Hathaway over Diego Sanchez
Well Davis was dumb enough to go to Ben's strong suit.
Saunders can work a nasty MT clinch game but everything else is still below UFC standards. I was especially disappointed on his bottom game in the swick fight as well as his standup and inability to work his range. I think Ellenberger works him over on the mat from guard,
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Feb 9, 2010 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, Davis is a moron and that was his gameplan, he would have outboxed the guy and won easy otherwise.
noway GSP hits harder than Ellenberger, the shots he landed were as clean as you can hit somebody if Ellenberger had landed like that it would probably have been goodnight. Nick Diaz isn’t close to hitting as hard either and he doesn’t want or need to cause he has great technique and goes for combinations (which you should do) guys like Ellenberger only throwing power punches are easy to read and you see it coming from miles away not so sure he’ll be able to land the punch he needs to to put Ben away but considering Ben is pretty damn bad at boxing it’s most likely going to happen.
Matteo Serra is the mayn! Forza Italia.
Jake is awesome!
Don’t care much about Ben.
Ellenberger 1st rd KO!
Jake is a friggin monster
Some of those shots he hit Pyle with were just brutal. This ones gonna be good.
Going to church doesnt make you any more Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car.
wait no, i meant condit. I think...
I hate getting fights mixed up in my head
Going to church doesnt make you any more Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car.
I dunno about that
Just cause he got knocked out by Daley doesnt mean he isnt a great fighter. Kampmann is well rounded and a smart fighter. I wouldnt count him out against anyone, hes always game. Killa-b would have a good reach and size advantage, but i think if Kampmann could get him down, he would take it.
Going to church doesnt make you any more Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car.
He’s a good fighter but his striking is (or was) overrated. The Daley loss wasn’t surprising. He does have a good chin, but there’s only so much one can take, and he seems to always get hit hard in every fight.
But you’re right, if Kampmann gets him down he has a much better chance, for as much as his striking is overrated, his ground game is underrated.
Agreed.
Going to church doesnt make you any more Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car.
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