By TXMMA Staff | Photo – Mike Calimbas
Quick UFC turnaround for the Big Show; Jared Rosholt scheduled for Jan. 25 at UFC on FOX 10
DALLAS, TX, December 9, 2013 – It looks like Team Takedown’s “Big Show” won’t be on the sidelines long. Based out of the Dallas, area, newly-minted UFC heavyweight Jared Rosholt (9-1) debuted for the Ultimate Fighting Championship just a week ago when he took on former collegiate basketball player Walter Harris at the TUF 18 Finale.
Going the distance in his debut fight for the promotion, Rosholt earned a hard-fought unanimous decision over Harris to bring his record to 9-1 and an undefeated 1-0 in the UFC. A former All-American wrestler while at Oklahoma State University, Jared had been touted as one of the decorated heavyweights to enter the octagon in some time but stood with his athletic opponent for the majority of his first UFC fight before taking things to the ground to seal the deal in that one.
Now he’ll be tested again when he meets largely unknown yet dangerous Ukrainian -Russian Alexey Oleinik (48-9-1) when the UFC returns to Chicago next month for UFC on FOX 10, scheduled for January 25th at the United Center in Chicago.
Although he’s largely unknown stateside and perhaps even on his side of the globe, the experienced Oleinik does have one significant win to his credit in the form of a first-round submission of former PRIDE legend Mirko “CroCop” Filipovic this past November in Moscow. He also holds past wins over UFC vets Jeff Monson and Neil Grove.
Here’s the entire UFC on FOX 10 fight card as of today:
UFC on FOX 10 – Main Card (FOX)
- 155 lbs.: Benson Henderson vs. Josh Thomson
- 265 lbs.: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Stipe Miocic
- 155 lbs.: Donald Cerrone vs. Adriano Martins
- 145 lbs.: Darren Elkins vs. Jeremy Stephens
UFC on FOX 10 – Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1)
- 145 lbs.: Yves Jabouin vs. Eddie Wineland
- 135 lbs.: Chico Camus vs. Yaotzin Meza
- 170 lbs.: Adam Khaliev vs. Pascal Krauss
- 135 lbs.: Ramiro Hernandez vs. Hugo Viana
- 265 lbs.: Walt Harris vs. Nikita Krylov
- 265 lbs.: Alexey Oleinik vs. Jared Rosholt