Maybe it’ll be a short stay in the minors for Jake Rosholt. Only Dana White and Joe Silva know. In a division short on top level young prospects, Rosholt was booted by the UFC after just three fights. He suffered both losses via submission against Dan Miller and Kendall Grove but it seemed kind of [...]
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Hard-hitting Chris Leben (19-6) and undefeated Aaron Simpson (7-0) have agreed to throw leather in a middleweight bout at UFC 114 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 29, according to Hector Castro of the Ground and Pound, in conjunction with Rear Naked Choke Radio. “The Crippler” is coming off a [...] This weekend, two of wrestling’s all-time great programs, Oklahoma St. and Iowa, will face each other. The last decade was up and down for both programs — as down as you can get while still placing in the top ten nationally — but right now, Iowa is ranked first in the country and Oklahoma St. [...] Props: Five Knuckles Quoteworthy: “I’m going to fight my heart out. I love to stand up and bang with guys. This is a make it or break it for me. I have to lay it all on the line. When it comes Monday night, I’m going to go out there with bad intentions, I’m going to go [...] Brian Stann will welcome blue chip prospect Phil Davis to the big leagues when the pair collide in a 205-pound match up at UFC 109: “Relentless” from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb. 6, 2010. The promotion made the announcement earlier today, indicating that it does not intend to handle the [...] Jake Rosholt (6-2), four-time All American and three-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion out of Oklahoma State University (OSU), was released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) yesterday following his Nov. 21 submission loss to Kendall Grove. Rosholt announced the news via his official Twitter account. He turned pro about two years ago and had gone undefeated [...] Jake Rosholt will have to fight his way back to the UFC. The middleweight fighter today confirmed the Ultimate Fighting Championship has dropped him from its roster of middleweight competitors. The termination comes a week after Rosholt (6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC), a three-time NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and four-time All-American, suffered a first-round submission loss [...] After spoiling fans with a free look at select preliminary bouts from some of its previous pay-per-view offerings, the UFC will not air any of the undercard action from the upcoming Dec. 12 “Penn vs. Sanchez” event because the 2009 Video Game Awards (VGA) already lay claim to the 8pm-10pm time slot on Spike TV. Fans [...] A welterweight bout between Paulo Thiago (11-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Jacob Volkmann (10-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) originally slated for Saturday’s “UFC 106: Griffin vs. Ortiz II” un-aired preliminary card today was promoted to the pay-per-view main card. The fight takes the spot vacated by Karo Parisyan vs. Dustin Hazelett, which was canceled today following Parisyan’s [...] Spike TV today officially announced that two bouts from next week’s UFC 106 preliminary card will air on the cable station as a lead-in to the night’s pay-per-view-televised main card. MMAjunkie.com reported the news on Tuesday, though Spike TV officials could not confirm the Nov. 21 broadcast plans at the time. As part of today’s official announcement, [...] A preliminary-card bout between “The Ultimate Fighter 3″ winner Kendall Grove (10-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC) and fellow middleweight Jake Rosholt (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is signed and official for UFC 106. Additionally, previously rumored bouts between Dustin Hazelett (12-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and Karo Parisyan (18-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC), as well as Jon Fitch (19-3 MMA, [...] |
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