After a career that spanned more than 13 years, Jake Ellenberger retired Saturday night. The decision was announced shortly after Bryan Barberena (14-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) finished Ellenberger (31-15 MMA, 10-11 UFC) with a first-round TKO on the main card at UFC Fight Night 135. The FS1-broadcast welterweight bout took place at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., not far from Ellenberger’s home city of Omaha. “I’ve got to say there’s no better place for me to set the gloves down and say it’s time to move on than the same place where I started, here at home in Nebraska with my family, my friends,” Ellenberger told analyst Paul Felder in the cage after the loss
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Jake Ellenberger announces retirement after 13-year MMA career, 21 UFC fights – MMA Junkie