Jake Ellenberger got one last outing in his home state. And when it didn’t go his way, he knew it was time.
Ellenberger, the veteran UFC welterweight, announced his retirement Saturday night after his loss to Bryan Barberena at UFC Lincoln. Following the first-round TKO loss, Ellenberger took his gloves off and laid them down in the center of the Octagon. “The Juggernaut” is an Omaha, Neb., native.
“There’s no better place for me to set the gloves down and say it’s time to move on than the place where it all started,” Ellenberger told interviewer Paul Felder.