EliteXC Under Investigation

It seems as if angered MMA fans are getting what they want, an investigation into the Kimbo Slice/ Seth Petruzelli fight. Since Petruzelli dispatched Kimbo Slice last Saturday night in Sunrise Florida a lot of information has come out that has seemed to damn EliteXC. petruzelli stated that he was told to keep the fight standing and that he would be compensated if he did so. EliteXC and Petruzelli have since nixed those comments and tried to explain themselves, but unfortunately for them these comments were not swept under the rug as EliteXC hoped they would be. Even further damning were the comments made by former front man of EliteXC Gary Shaw. "I wouldn't hesitant to go to a fighter and say, 'We're looking for a stand-up fight.' You're not asking him to throw a fight. You're talking about a fan-friendly fight, not about protecting Kimbo."

Now its being reported by ESPN.com that the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulationhave begun a preliminary investigation into the so called 'StandGate'.

http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=3634858

Jeremy Lappen remains adiment that no wrong doing or fight influencing took place. "We didn't try to influence the fight, and Seth said we didn't try to influence the fight. So there isn't a story," Lappen said. "If we are being hurt image-wise then it is extremely unfortunate because nothing happened." Even though Lappen is sticking to the story that nothing wrong took place it is pretty hard to believe since you have Gary Shaw saying that he's tried to influence fights in the past to make things 'fan friendly'.