Jake Ellenberger To Appeal TUF 24 Loss To Jorge Masvidal
Veteran welterweights Jake Ellenberger and Jorge Masvidal did battle on the main card of last night’s (Dec. 4, 2016) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 24 Finale from Las Vegas, Nevada, and the bout ended with its fair share of controversy.
After Ellenberger’s foot got caught in the fence, Masvidal proceeded to swarm “The Juggernaut” with strikes before scoring what Ellenberger described as a ‘bizarre’ TKO victory:
“It was very bizarre. My foot got caught in the fence and I assumed it would be restarted. At least that’s how I understood it, ” Ellenberger said during his Fox Sports 1 post-fight interview. “I could defend myself because my mind was clear and I assumed he would restart it. But then they told me it’s over, so i have no idea.”
Suffering a partially dislocated toe from the ‘weird’ incident, Ellenberger now intends to appeal the loss:
“They tell me it’s partially dislocated. I turned and my foot stayed thee in the fence. It was weird, it happened fast.”
“But, like I said, I assumed they would restart the fight but they told me it was over,” he added.
“We keep moving forward, that’s all we can do. Appeal and hopefully it gets turned into a no contest,” concluded Ellenberger.
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