Jake Ellenberger Says He’s Not Done With MMA Yet

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Jake Ellenberger said that he’s not finished with his MMA career at this time and isn’t looking to retire. Here are highlights:

On his desire to fight: “In my 12 years of fighting, that was the best preparation leading up to a fight camp that I’ve ever had. You can’t point any fingers to what happened. Everything was right, everything was on the money. It was particularly frustrating for this fight, because moving forward, I don’t know what’s going to happen. But I know I’m not done fighting, and I think we have the right recipe. If I wake up and I didn’t want to fight or didn’t have that chip on my shoulder or that burning desire – it’s time to move on. That’s an easy question to answer. But there’s some people out there who want to make another paycheck.”

On his loss to Ben Saunders: “It was one of those nights where everything was clicking. Everything was on. I felt great. There was no – people like to point fingers. Hindsight’s always 20/20, but there was nothing that was hindering the preparation leading up to this fight. I had six months, five-and-a-half months leading up to the fight. It’s literally one of those things where there’s no room for error. One mistake happens, and it can end the fight. It’s super frustrating, but you have to deal with it.”

On his future plans: “I’m going to sit down and talk to Dana, and we’ll see. I have no idea what’s next. We’re talking August (at UFC Fight Night 135), September maybe. But I can’t give you any certainty.”