elite xc Stories - Bloody Elbow
Kimbo Slice boxing career officially underway ...
... As Jared "$kala" Shaw tweets earlier today. "lets the game begin KIMBO is in TRAINING! looking at todays heavyweight boxers ,i truly believe he was in the wrong sport the whole time" Will the third time be the charm for the aging heavyweight? Or is the former Elite XC and UFC attraction...
The WEC Failure: Why Can't the UFC's Sister Promotion Attract Fans?
Zuffa, the parent company of the UFC, is more than three years into the World Extreme Cagefighting experiment on the Versus network. And, three years in, it's hard to label the WEC as anything other than a box office failure. That's a hard statement to make. The WEC is a promotion that is close to...
CEO Chuck Champion Discusses the Future of ProElite
Josh Gross conducted an interesting interview with ProElite's CEO, Chuck Champion, following the announcement of the asset sale to Strikeforce. To wit: SI.com: OK, what is going to happen with ProElite as a company now? Champion: ProElite as a company will focus on those assets that are...
Regardless of the Fate of Elite XC, King of the Cage Survives
One of the worst fall outs from the Elite XC implosion was the negative impact on the mid-sized promotions that had been purchased by the doomed organization. One of the orgs effected was Terry Trebilcock's King of the Cage. KOTC provided an early stage for stars such as Rampage Jackson, Rashad...
Quote of the Day: Dana White, The Omnicompetent
"The reason I could see what was ahead for EliteXC was because nobody in this (freaking) planet knows this business better than I do. I built this (successful) business. Not from the ground up from beyond the basement up...We were so far underground and in the hole when we bought it. I brought...
EliteXC Can't Catch a Break
EliteXC's second CBS show featured a lot of excitement and really delivered the honest to goodness MMA goods despite a lack of big names and strong promotion. But after last weekend's Ultimate Fight Night/Affliction double feature EXC still felt a little flat. There was a definite minor league...
EliteXC "Unfinished Business" LIVE Results and Updates
I am at my seat in Stockton, California, and I'm ready to bring everyone live results of this show. Feel free to join in in the comments, I don't know anyone here and need people to talk to! It's hot as hell in Stockton, as usual, so I'm just happy to be inside right now. Building is mostly...
The Importance of EliteXC on CBS Tonight
Before Elite XC's debut show on CBS I was legitimately nervous. I woke up on May 31 thinking about how extremely important the coming evening was for the sport that I love. Unfortunately I went to bed nervous that night as well, worried about how harmful the Kimbo Slice/James Thompson fight would...
Shayna Baszler vs. Cristiane Cyborg on July 26th CBS EliteXC Show
It's official: The female bout between Shayna Baszler of Sioux Falls, S.D. and Brazil's Cristiane Cyborg has been added to the lineup for the second primetime broadcast of CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS, live from the Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif. on Saturday, July 26 (9:00-11:00 PM,...
Gary Shaw: A Hand on the Scales
At MixedMartialArts.com, I opine about the bitter harvest Elite XC is reaping from Gary Shaw's decision to ignore the weight classes outlined in the unified rules: When boxing promoter Gary Shaw decided to start promoting MMA, one of his first moves was to deviate from the weight classes...
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