{"id":235786,"date":"2017-05-02T06:36:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=235786"},"modified":"2017-05-02T06:40:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T13:40:28","slug":"jake-ellenberger-recent-ko-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jake-ellenberger\/jake-ellenberger-recent-ko-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Ellenberger doesn&#8217;t want to end his career with KO loss to Mike Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you watched UFC Fight Night 108, which went down in Nashville, Tennessee in late April, you watched Jake Ellenberger get <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mike-perry\/pros-react-to-mike-perrys-brutal-ko-victory-over-jake-ellenberger\/\">cut down by a blistering Mike Perry elbow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ellenberger&#8217;s knockout loss to Perry was brutal enough that it caused many members of the MMA community to suggest it might be time for him to retire \u2013 especially given the fact that it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jake-ellenberger\/jake-ellenberger-plans-appeal-strange-loss-jorge-masvidal\/\">not his first knockout loss of late<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the most recent episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/05\/despite-brutal-elbow-ko-at-ufc-fight-night-108-jake-ellenberger-not-done-yet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMAJunkie Radio<\/a>, however, Ellenberger\u00a0explained that he&#8217;s not quite ready to hang up the gloves.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cUnfortunately, I\u2019ve been in this place before,\u201d he said. \u201cNobody can decide (but me). I\u2019ve been a critic, myself, talking about guys and when they should be done, but it\u2019s really no one\u2019s decision but your own. The many ways I pictured that fight going, (getting knocked out) was never a thought. That\u2019s what makes this sport as interesting and unique as it is. I know what time it is. I know my door\u2019s coming to a close, but that\u2019s not how I want to be finished. I know what time it is. I\u2019m 32. I\u2019m not 22 anymore. But I still enjoy what I do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor me, health is No. 1,\u201d he said. \u201cMy family, my son \u2013 these things are definitely the most important. But you have to ask yourself why you\u2019re still in it, and do you have a date when you want to be done. People\u2019s careers come to an end before most of them anticipate it in most professional sports. I think i have a good idea when I\u2019m going to be done, and I think that\u2019s a big part of the exit strategy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf I\u2019m struggling or not doing well in the gym, that\u2019s an easy sign to the door. But when I\u2019m beating everybody in the gym \u2013 everything\u2019s going right right now. Everything\u2019s clicking. What happened with Perry happened. But I haven\u2019t missed a step. I\u2019m not slowing down. I\u2019m pretty cerebral. I had a great strategy. It\u2019s one of those things \u2013 things were going very well for me, so it\u2019s easy to say I\u2019m not done.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you think Jake Ellenberger has a few more good fights left in him?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 5\/2\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you watched UFC Fight Night 108, which went down in Nashville, Tennessee in late April, you watched Jake Ellenberger get cut down by a blistering Mike Perry elbow. 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