(This story appears in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) It was five years ago this summer that lightweight Joe Ellenberger got his first offer from the UFC. It was an offer he’d been waiting for since he started his MMA career, and it was also an offer he had to turn down. That’s because, at the time, he wasn’t sure if he’d live long enough to complete it. “It wasn’t the way I’d envisioned things going,” Ellenberger (14-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) says now with a wry chuckle
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UFC Fight Night 44′s Joe Ellenberger fights on despite rare blood disease – MMA Junkie