Jared Rodholt makes his pro debut

Thought it was interesting since he is in our prospects section from a year ago.
http://www.ninjasplace.com/t2827-285lb-jared-rosholt#203422
http://mmajunkie.com/news/22496/jared-rosholt-ufc-vet-jake-rosholts-brother-makes-pro-mma-debut-on-feb-26.mma
The younger sibling of ex-UFC middleweight Jake Rosholt makes his professional debut next Saturday, Feb. 26, against fellow headliner Dee Burchfield at "Cage Fight Champions presents: Art of War Cage Fights."

The event takes place at Hutchins Memorial Auditorium in Ponca City, Okla., a short drive from the brothers' alma mater, Oklahoma State University.

A runner-up in the 2010 NCAA Championships, Jared Rosholt was signed this past July by Team Takedown boss Ted Ehrhardt, who helped his older brother make the transition from standout amateur wrestler to professional fighter.

"He's a pretty good-sized heavyweight," Ehrhardt told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "He's around 265 (pounds) when he's walking. He'll end up probably around 280, 285 pounds, and he's real fast. He runs like a 4.7 (40-yeard-dash). I don't know, but I've heard he's bench-pressing around 700 pounds. He's big, he's strong, and he's fast."

I think this kid might be someone to watch out for.

Good call OU if he's got his brothers toughness and it seems he's athletic he could do some work.

MMAEYES wrote:

Good call OU if he's got his brothers toughness and it seems he's athletic he could do some work.

Yeah he isn't ripped but he isn't flabby either.

Hey if you had to be ripped to be any good I'd just give up training right now lol

MMAEYES wrote:

Hey if you had to be ripped to be any good I'd just give up training right now lol

I'm just saying, alot of wrestlers who weigh in the 260lb range are a little flabby like Daniel Cormier and Cole Konrad. He appears to be a little leaner then those guys.

Jimbo, your thoughts on Jared?

I think Jared is a good prospect, but have to see him fight. The big question with heavyweights is whether they are lumbering or explosive/agile. Watching him wrestle, its hard to gauge which one he is, but he did shoot a lot of leg attacks which most heavyweights dont in college wrestling. This is the reason why I think someone like Tommy Rowlands would make a better mma fighter then say Steve Mocco, even though Mocco has wins over him in wrestling. You can be slow and plodding in heavyweight wrestling, but heavyweight mma is dominated by agile heavyweights like Cain, Overeem, etc. After his first fight, we will be able to see how he moves from a distance and whether his style of wrestling will translate. Someone like Cain wrestled like a light weight, which is why it translates so well.

I agree, he appears to be fairly explosive for a HW but only time will tell how his skills translate into MMA. His brother has done decent in the transition so hopefully he can turn into something.

He's a great prospect. No way he benches 700 though.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/22642/weekend-winners-include-sexton-mcveigh-lopez-franca-campbell-and-others.mma
•Jared Rosholt, the brother of UFC vet Jake Rosholt and an NCAA Division I national wrestling runner-up at Oklahoma State University, made a successful pro MMA debut. Rosholt (1-0) used punches to submit fellow heavyweight Dee Burchfield (0-0) at Friday's Art of War event in Oklahoma.

never talked or trained with him saw him and he is a beast, heard he is almost impossible to deal with positioning wise

Cu Bua wrote:

never talked or trained with him saw him and he is a beast, heard he is almost impossible to deal with positioning wise

How old is he?

Fight Video


Impressive kid, but very raw. Quick enough shot for a big guy. Needs to work on setting it up and maybe top control. I don't think he'd get away with that vs a higher level fighter.

I agree with that OU after what I just saw. He might be in UFC or SF in a year though if he is working with good people.

Rosholt is currently working with Cobra Kai Jiu-Jitsu head Marc Laimon on his grappling and at noted trainer Ken Hahn's Striking Unlimited gym for his standup.

He is a team takedown guy and they put money in their guys.

As for age he is one yr out of college so about 23 I would say.

Hendricks said he runs a 4.67 40

He'd be a great fight for Konrad