Report: Jake Ellenberger meets Mike Perry at UFC Fight Night 108 in Nashville

The lineup for the UFC’s return to “Music City” next month continues to grow.

According to a report from the Los Angeles Daily News, the card now will include a welterweight fight between Jake Ellenberger (31-12 MMA, 10-8 UFC) and Mike Perry (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC). UFC officials have not yet announced the booking.

UFC Fight Night 108, which includes a featherweight headliner between Artem Lobov and Cub Swanson, takes place April 22 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The card airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

Ellenberger has had a rough road over the past three and a half years. He has dropped six of his past eight fights after a run that saw him win eight of nine. His solid run over more than three years included bonus-winning victories over Jake Shields, Diego Sanchez and Nate Marquardt.

But then he dropped three straight to Rory MacDonald, Robbie Lawler and Kelvin Gastelum. He bounced back with a bonus-winning submission of Josh Koscheck at UFC 184, but lost fights to Stephen Thompson and Tarec Saffiedine after that. He rebounded with a “Performance of the Night” first-round knockout of Matt Brown at UFC 201 this past July, but in December suffered a first-round TKO to Jorge Masvidal that included a strange circumstance when his foot got caught in the cage.

Mike Perry

Perry suffered the first loss of his pro career in December when he was outpointed by Alan Jouban at UFC on FOX 22. Prior to that, he was a perfect 9-0 to start his career with nine knockouts. Included in that mix was a first-round TKO of Hyun Gyu Lim in his promotional debut at UFC 202 and a third-round KO of Danny Roberts at UFC 204.

The latest UFC Fight Night 108 lineup includes:

• Cub Swanson vs. Artem Lobov
• Al Iaquinta vs. Diego Sanchez
• Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Ovince Saint Preux
• Sam Alvey vs. Thales Leites
• Brandon Moreno vs. Dustin Ortiz
• Jessica Penne vs. Danielle Taylor
• Hector Sandoval vs. Matt Schnell
• Scott Holtzman vs. Michael McBride
• Cindy Dandois vs. Alexis Davis
• John Dodson vs. Eddie Wineland
• Jake Ellenberger vs. Mike Perry

For more on UFC Fight Night 108, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.