Rocky Week on AMC (and other thoughts)
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Update late Wednesday: All credit goes to Bloody Elbow on this one as I was busy at work. Jake Rosholt, former OSU wrestling stud, is working his way up. Another local name to keep an eye on.
Nissen Osterneck vs. Jake Rosholt
Round 1: Osterneck charges forward with a flurry, a 5- or 6-shot combo, some of which connect to the face of Rosholt but don’t appear to do much damage. Rosholt immediately clinches and goes for the takedown… and gets it. The wrestler momentarily takes Osterneck’s back, but Osterneck rolls out of it and then they’re back to the feet. Osterneck with more heavy shots, more combinations, connecting hard now. Now knees from the clinch, but Rosholt ties up and uses a hip toss which I’m sure Nate will have a gif of soon. Rosholt pummeling from the top. Osterneck turtling up with Rosholt in side mount, and just as Troy Waugh warns not to knee to the head on the ground, Rosholt… knees Osterneck in the head, on the ground. It may have been accidental, Waugh restarts them on the ground with no penalty as Osterneck appears no worse for wear. Rosholt in side control, Osterneck turns and gives up his back where Jake gets hooks in and begins raining down hard shots with :30 remaining. Osterneck manages to flip and survive the frame. Close round as Osterneck did damage on the feet, but Rosholt dominated on the floor. BloodyElbow.com scores the round 10-9 Rosholt.
Round 2: Rosholt takes it back to the floor immediately but Osterneck looks to lock up a triangle! Rosholt escapes and moves to side control - both guys looking winded already. Some sharp elbows and hammerfists from side control, but Rosholt is clearly gassing and Osterneck stands right up now. Now Osterneck brutalizing the winded Jake Rosholt (hands at his side) with winging strikes, knees and kicks. Looking for a KO left head kick, Osterneck slips and is mounted by Rosholt. Osterneck either injured himself, has totally shot his wad, or both - he’s conscious but merely laying and barely covering up as Rosholt pummels his head from back mount. Troy Waugh is screaming “Improve your position!” for 15-20 seconds before he’s forced to end it. Wild, wild fight.
Jake Rosholt def. Nissen Osterneck via TKO (Strikes) at 3:48 of Round 2
Original post…
Monday night football was on. Election coverage glittered the airwaves last night. And what am I watching? Yep, movies I’ve seen at least 20 times.
It’s Rocky week on AMC (American Movie Classics). I’ve seen I through IV at least 20 times apiece. Rocky V, yeah, only seen that one about five times. And the newest one, Rocky Balboa, that’s already in the double digits as well.
There’s just something about Rocky that keeps me coming back. When I was younger, it was all about the fights. I can’t tell you how many times I would just fast forward to the fights with Clubber Lang (Mr. T in Rocky III) or Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV).
The dramatic music, the ridiculous slugfests, it was great. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve strayed away from the fights and more about the stories. The first two movies are legit classics. III and IV, well, they’re entertaining if nothing else. And V, I still like the ending montage of Measure of a Man by Elton John.
I don’t know what that says about me that 30 years later, I still would rather watch Rocky than 90 percent of anything else that’s out there.
Rocky Balboa was incredibly underrated as a movie. I loved it. I’ve reached a point with that character that I no longer care if he ever fights again. I would just watch a movie about Rocky doing ordinary everyday things. See, told ya I have problems.
In other news…
Elite XC said it had not closed its doors, rather reduced its staff. However, after this little nugget, I don’t know what else Elite XC can do to avoid the inevitable.
Showtime, which owns a 20 percent stake in the company, has authorized the sale of ProElite’s assets. Showtime and CBS made the announcement Tuesday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing outlined Showtime’s intention to sell ProElite’s “tangible and intangible assets” to the highest bidder at a public auction on Nov. 17. The sale will include contracts with a number of EliteXC fighters, including Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, Gina Carano, Jake Shields, Robbie Lawler, Frank Shamrock and many others.
Tonight is World Extreme Cagefighting 36 with one of my faves, Urijah Faber taking on Mike Brown. WEC is definitely something I would show to people to try to increase interest in the sport.
Former Missouri and US Olympian wrestler Ben Askren is in the news as he is getting prepared to enter MMA. I was in awe of him back in his days as a Tiger. He had crazy flexibility. He was really something to watch. That kind of flexibility will be a huge asset, and I don’t see him having any trouble catching on to Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Back in boxing, Hasim Rahman is going to fight Wladimir Klitschko in December. I’ve long been a dumb believer in The Rock. I will be again for this fight. If Rahman can get one good shot in, I do believe he can win. And of course, all the talk this week is about Roy Jones Jr. and Joe Calzaghe. One more episode to get people pumped up about it.
Busy week at the Blog. Tomorrow: reaction/quotes from the MMA conference call with Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar. Friday: review of the final episode of HBO’s 24/7 with RJJ and Calzaghe. And then sometime during the weekend, a fight review as we turn our heads toward Couture and Lesnar next Saturday. Finally.
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