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Former Oklahoma State wrestler and National Champion Jake Rosholt has seen his career in Mixed Martial Arts take off in the past few years. On Saturday night, Rosholt (7-1MMA) has yet another opportunity to make a name for himself when he faces Kendall Grove (10-6 MMA) at UFC 106 on Saturday night. Rosholt last fought in late August at UFC 102 when he submitted Chris Leben in Portland, Oregon, and he will look to do the same this weekend in front of a national audience. The UFC began televising preliminary card fights in September on Spike TV and the Rosholt vs Grove fight was selected as one of the Spike TV televised fights which begin on Saturday night at 9 pm ET.

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Jake Rosholt, former Oklahoma State wrestler and NCAA National Champion, made his UFC debut on Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 17. Unfortunately it did not go as planned. Rosholt came into the fight 5-0 while making a name for himself in the WEC, but Dan Miller got the best of Rosholt with a 1st round submission victory via Guillotine Choke. Even worse for Rosholt is the fact that in his first UFC fight ended after just 1:03.

What is next for Rosholt is anyone’s guess. Research did not find anything on the length of Rosholt’s contract with UFC after the WEC’s Middleweight division was dissolved.

Jake Rosholt made a name for himself in college at Oklahoma State University as a 4-time All-American and a 3-time National Wrestling Champion. Today, he is making a name for himself in World Extreme Cagefighting, the WEC, as a professional Mixed Martial Artist. Rosholt recently defeated Nissen Osterneck in WEC 36 as he improved his MMA record to a perfect 5-0. Fighting at 185 pounds, Rosholt took several shots from Osterneck while fighting upright but dominated the ground game, as expected. Using his wrestling skills in that fight, Rosholt won via TKO (punches) in the 2nd Round and now awaits his next opponent.