NCAA Champ Hendricks Making MMA Debut for Team Takedown
Say what you will about the newly formed Team Takedown, if nothing else they’re ambitious. The fighter management company is signing NCAA wrestling champions to MMA contracts before they’ve ever had a fight, hoping to groom them into champions down the line. One of their prospects – two-time NCAA champion Johny Hendricks, from Oklahoma State – is about to get his first test this Friday. ... [Read More...]
Shane Roller and Johny Hendricks to make MMA debuts on Sept. 28
Former Oklahoma State amateur wrestling standouts and current Team Takedown members Johny Hendricks and Shane Roller are scheduled to make their MMA debuts on Sept. 28 at the Bricktown Event Center in Oklahoma City. Roller, who trains out of Guy Mezger’s Lions Den affiliate in Dallas, is scheduled to face Jake Pruitt in a 155 lbs. bout. Meanwhile, Hendricks, who trains with Team Takedown teammates... [Read More...]
Team Takedown’s Johny Hendricks likely to debut in September
FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned that former four-time NCAA All-American amateur wrestler Johny Hendricks will likely make his MMA debut in late-September on a MMA card to be held in Oklahoma. Hendricks was an NCAA Division I champion at 165 pounds in 2005 and 2006 while competing for Oklahoma State. He is a member of Team Takedown, which is a fight team started with the intent of helping standout... [Read More...]
Blog within a Blog: Steroid testing, Tiger Schulman’s and MMA, dream match at 160 lbs., and much more
I know I caught your attention with the Tiger Schulman’s Karate teaser. I’ll get to TSK soon. But first, I want to talk about drugs. Many pundits have written columns on the major sites discussing steroids and offering their ideas about how the issue should be addressed by the major promotions. Thus far, there seems to be a big push for the promotions to do internal testing. While I respect... [Read More...]
Team Takedown members to debut next Saturday
A day or so ago I posted a blurb about Team Takedown and how they were training with Xtreme Couture. Team Takedown is a group of standout amateur wrestlers making the conversion to MMA. Two members of the team will be making their pro MMA debuts next Saturday, July 21 in Oklahoma City at Masters of the Cage XV. Both Jake Rosholt and Eric Bradley will be fighting on the card with Rosholt fighting at... [Read More...]
