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Team Takedown and Cobra Kai members Jake Rosholt, Johnny Hendricks and Shane Roller will all enter the 15th Grapplers Quest in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 9.

The three fighters come from accomplished collegiate wrestling backgrounds and study grappling under Marc Laimon. For Grapplers Quest, they will grapple at a weight division above their respective mixed martial arts weight class.

UFC middleweight Rosholt will hit the mats in the light heavyweight division. His next MMA fight will be against Chris Leben at UFC 102 on August 29. Rosholt lost in his UFC debut in February when he was forced to succumb to Dan Miller's guillotine choke at the 63-second mark.

Hendricks, who will make his UFC debut against The Ultimate Fighter 7 winner Amir Sadollah in a welterweight bout at UFC 101 on August 8, will grapple in the middleweight division.

Rosholt and Hendricks were transferred to the UFC after the WEC phased out its welterweight and middleweight divisions. Roller, a lightweight, stayed on with the WEC.

Roller will compete at Grapplers Quest as a welterweight. The 29-year-old fighter lost earlier this month via TKO to Ben Henderson at WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki.

UFC President Dana White (picture) recently reiterated that Chuck Liddell is done as a fighter following Liddell's first round knockout loss to Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 97: Redemption this past Saturday. In an interview with InsideFighting.com, White noted that while Liddell may be done as a fighter in the UFC, he will still have a role in the organization.

"Chuck Liddell is stupid rich," White said. "Chuck Liddell is done. He's got nothing left to prove. He's the most famous guy on earth. I love him like a fucking brother and I don't want to see him get hurt. There is no reason for it. He's fucking forty years old man. These guys that are fighting now are young, explosive, fast fucking kids who are well rounded mixed martial artists. There's no fucking reason for Chuck Liddell to be out there at forty years old still fighting. I don't want to make a fucking nickel off that ever. Believe me, it will be a fucking war if he tries not to retire, believe me. I love him. He helped me build this business. We started when he was making five hundred and five hundred. And we had the dream of him becoming a big star and winning the title and making all kinds of money."

"We did it all man," White continued. "We fucking did it all. We did it. We did it. It's fucking over. He's forty years old, it is over. It was amazing that he was able to fight until he was forty. That's what a bad motherfucker he was. He has nothing to prove to anybody, period. It's over. We did everything that we set out to do. It has been an amazing run, it's been fun. We did it together, we stayed loyal to each other the whole time and we did everything that we hoped to do and now its over. He can do it financially. And plus, I'm going to bring him into the organization in some other way and he's still going to make money. He's been loyal to me and I've been loyal to him and that's not going to change now Justify Fullthat he's retiring. He'll always be a part of the organization. He'll take on another role, he'll still make money and he'll be with me until the day we die."

The playable demo for "UFC 2009 Undisputed" is now available for download for free through the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Network.

Chuck Liddell and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua are the playable characters in the demo, which features a limited version of the tutorial mode.

"Fans around the world have been clamoring for a great UFC video game for quite some time," said UFC President Dana White. "We are pleased to offer a free sample of UFC 2009 Undisputed featuring two great athletes and competitors, Chuck Liddell and 'Shogun' Rua, prior to launch."

The same demo was available earlier this week, but was only for gamers with special pre-order codes.

"UFC 2009 Undisputed" is scheduled to hit stores May 19 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

UFC 97: Redemption comes to us live from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Below are the official results for the event:
  • Anderson "The Spider" Silva def. Thales Leite by unanimous decision
  • Mauricio "Shogun" Rua def. Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell by TKO (strikes) at 4:28 of Round 1
  • Krzysztof "The Polish Experiment" Soszynski def. "All American" Brian Stann by submission (arm lock) at 3:53 of Round 1
  • Cheick Kongo def. Antoni Hardonk by TKO (strikes) at 2:29 of Round 2
  • Luis "Banha" Cane def. Steve Cantwell by unanimous decision
  • Eliot Marshall def. Vinicius Magalhaes by unanimous decision
  • Denis Kang def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam by unanimous decision
  • Nate "Rock" Quarry def. Jason "The Athlete" MacDonald by TKO (strikes) at 2:27 of Round 1
  • Ed Herman def. David Loiseau by unanimous decision
  • Mark Bocek def. David Bielkheden by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:57 of Round 1
  • TJ Grant def. Ryo Chonan by unanimous decision
  • Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout def. Matt Wiman by unanimous decision

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