Shark Fights 17: Horwich vs. Rosholt 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts to be held by Shark Fights on July 15, 2011 at the Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas. The event will be broadcast live on HDNet.
Announced bouts
Main Card
Middleweight bout: United States Matt Horwich vs. United States Jake Rosholt
Heavyweight bout: United States Karl Knothe vs. United States Ricco Rodriguez
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Emanuel Newton vs. Sweden Ilir Latifi
Bantamweight bout: United States Douglas Frey vs. United States Erik Perez
Light Heavyweight bout: Brazil Daniel Almeida vs. United States Doug Williams
Preliminary Card
Middleweight bout: United States Jeremy Kimball vs. United States Clay Hantz
Featherweight bout: United States Quaint Kempf vs. United States Victor Hernandez
Middleweight bout: United States Alan Jouban vs. United States Charles Byrd
Lightweight bout: United States Jay Flores vs. United States Matt Hobar
Welterweight bout: United States Brad Cox vs. United States Russell Brewer
Background
In the main event there will be a rematch between UFC veterans Jake Rosholt (11–4) and Matt Horwich (26–18–1). In the first fight Horwich defeated Rosholt by technical knockout in the third round at Xtreme Fight Night – Rosholt vs. Horwich in November 2010