James “Colossus” Thompson will be returning to his hometown of London, England to compete at Cage Rage 28: VIP. The card, scheduled for Sept. 20th, will feature Thompson going up against Cage Rage veteran Piotr Kusmierz. Thompson, a veteran of PRIDE and EliteXC, is 2-7 in his last nine bouts though he still has a strong fan following in England. Thompson’s... 

Update: Villefort contacted 5 Oz. of Pain and informed us that the fight between he and Rosholt is in fact on for Sept. 10. FiveOuncesOfPain.com broke the exclusive news earlier this morning that Team Takedown members Jake Rosholt, Johny Hendricks, and Shane Roller all have signed multi-fight contracts with World Extreme Cagefighting. In the past few hours,... 

Former NCAA wrestling champions Jake Rosholt, Johny Hendricks, and Shane Roller have all signed multi-fight contracts with Zuffa-owned World Extreme Cagefighting, FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned. Rosholt, Hendricks, and Roller all wrestled for amateur wrestling powerhouse Oklahoma State and are all members of Texas businessman Ted Ehrhardt’s “Team... 

Team Takedown, which is comprised of four top-flight former amateur wrestlers converting to mixed martial arts, will be working with HDNet Fights in conjunction with its next card on February 15 in Dallas, Texas. Finalized for the Feb. 15 card are bouts involving Masters of the Cage light heavyweight champion Jake Rosholt and former Oklahoma State University... 

It was a mixed bag for Team Takedown at the Masters of the Cage event that took place this past Friday at the Coca Cola Center in Oklahoma City with the team’s four members combining for a record of 2-2. Here are the official results for Team Takedown: - MOTC light heavyweight champion Jake Rosholt defeated Christopher Clark at 4:07 of round 2. Rosholt... 

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... 

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,... 

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...