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    Roller, Rosholt, Hendricks sign with WEC

    Shane Roller, Jake Rosholt, Johny Hendricks were all collegiate wrestling standouts for the Oklahoma State Cowboys who have made smooth transitions to mixed martial arts (MMA). Now all three are joining World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), the sister promotion to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

    Roller, Rosholt, and Hendricks, and who are managed by Team Takedown, signed five-fight contracts with the WEC.

    Roller will make his WEC debut on August 3 in a lightweight bout against Todd Moore at The Joint in Las Vegas. The 29-year-old Roller, who was a three-time All-American at Oklahoma State, sports a 3-1 record and is coming off an impressive TKO victory over Yoshihiro Kitaoka on an Xtreme Fighting League (XFL) card on March 15. Moore, who fights out of Houston, Texas, boasts an impressive 9-1 record, but is coming off the lone loss of his career, to John Alessio, at WEC 31 on December 12.

    Rosholt, who was three-time NCAA champion and four-time All-American for Oklahoma State, is set to make his WEC debut on September 10 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The WEC card will also feature the organization's biggest star, Urijah Faber, who will be defending his 145-pound title against Mike Thomas Brown.

    Jake Rosholt
    Rosholt has compiled an unblemished 4-0 MMA record and is steadily climbing the MMA ranks and is catching the attention of many in the process, including UFC president Dana White, who said, "He's the real deal." Rosholt, who fights at 185 pounds and trains at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, was asked by the UFC to join the reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter, but turned down the opportunity because he would have been forced to move up to 205 pounds. He has already been profiled in Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine. Rosholt is set to make his WEC debut on September 11 at WEC 36 against Brazilian veteran Danilo Villefort, who owns an 8-2 record.

    Both Rosholt and Villefort have looked very impressive in recent fights. Rosholt has hardly been tested in going undefeated in four fights. Villefort has won his last four fights, with his latest victory coming by way of submission (kneebar) over Mike Massenzio at an IFL event in May 16.

    Hendricks, like Rosholt, will make his WEC debut on the September 10 card. The two-time NCAA champion, who owns a perfect 3-0 MMA record, will take on Alex Serdyukov in a 170-pound bout.

    Johny Hendricks and Shane Roller
    Another former Oklahoma State standout, Mark Munoz, is already fighting in the WEC. Munoz, who won an NCAA title at 197 pounds in 2001, made his WEC debut on June 1 in Sacramento, California and won by TKO over Chuck Grigsby in a light heavyweight bout.

    Rosholt and Hendricks will be featured on the reality TV show TapouT, which will be broadcast on Versus on August 20.
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