For many fighters that have experienced a rough patch in their career, the nagging fear of getting released can become a formidable opponent in its own right, but for UFC welterweight crowd-pleaser Jake Ellenberger, nothing is further from his mind. During a recent interview with Bloody Elbow’s Three Amigos Podcast, the “Juggernaut” discussed how the pressure of losing job security has no place in his thought process.
“To be quite honest, I don’t pay any attention to it. There’s the regular pressure of just having the fight itself—you could be fighting down the street in an underground fight club—because a fight is a fight, and there’s a unique set of circumstances that come with that.