Rosholts chance of winning is respectable. I'm shocked that your reading comprehension is so poor.

Originally Posted by JensenS

Its obviously a fight that has been given to Rosholt with the brass looking for him to win it.

He's a top prospect fighting for the first time in the UFC, and Sakara is a gate keeper. Mr. Dana White, and Mr. Joe Silva are smart men, they aren't going to give Rosholt a fight they don't think he can win.

I'm shocked that a businessman such as yourself can't see this.

Gotta be careful of the best laid plans ... though. There have been other fights that looked to be setup to give a guy a win and move forward and they didn't work out. This is a tough fight for Jake. Sakara is a gatekeeper, but that doesn't mean he doesn't close the gate sometimes.

Lets just hope JensenS is correct and this ends up being an easy fight for Rosholt. JensenS does have somewhat of a decent amount of wrestling knowledge, perhaps he knows some MMA too.

Alessio "Legionarius" Sakara

Name Alessio Sakara Nick Name Legionarius Record 13 - 7 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw) ( 1 NC ) Wins 8 (T)KOs ( 61.54 %) 2 Submissions ( 15.38 %) 3 Decisions ( 23.08 %) Losses 3 (T)KOs ( 42.86 %) 2 Submissions ( 28.57 %) 2 Decisions ( 28.57 %) Association American Top Team Height 6'1" (186cm) Weight 185lbs (84kg) Style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu / Vale Tudo Birth Date 1981-09-02 City Rome Country Italy Jake Rosholt Options: Email Stats | Printer Friendly Name Jake Rosholt Record 5 - 0 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw) Wins 4 (T)KOs ( 80 %) 1 Submissions ( 20 %) Weight 185lbs (84kg) Birth Date 1982-02-09 City Stillwater Country USA Sherdog Store List Jake Rosholt Products Result Opponent Method Event Title Date Round Time Win Nissen Osterneck TKO (Punches) WEC 36 - Faber vs. Brown 11/5/2008 2 3:48 Win Chad Jay TKO EFL - Extreme Fighting League 3/15/2008 3 2:37 Win Jeremiah Caves TKO HRP - Fight Night 11/16/2007 1 1:42 Win Christopher Clark TKO MOTC 16 - Masters of the Cage 16 9/28/2007 3 4:20 Win Dusty Miller Submission (Guillotine Choke) MOTC 15 - Masters of the Cage 15 7/21/2007 1 3:40 Should be an interesting fight. Sakara looks much bigger than 185 in this photo. Jake really has to have a good game plan going into this fight. Hopefully, Jake has really focused on his boxing skills.

Lets also remember thism an was beaten unconscious by Chris Leben, Houston Alexander, and Drew McFedries (brawlers all). So while striking is his "strong" suit, it's a relative term. That's like saying "you don't want to go to the ground with Elvis Sinosic."

I think Rosholt is going to lose. For some reason he doesn't dominate with takedowns like other wrestlers seem to in MMA (Hamill, Edgar, Hughes) and Sakara is pretty good on the ground too, I think he'll avoid damage.