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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock (Heavyweights) Jake Shields vs. Paul Daley (for EliteXC Welterweight title) Andrei Arlovski vs. Roy “Big Country” Nelson (Heavyweights) Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobold (Women’s 140-Pound Weight Class) Murilo “Ninja” Rua vs. Benji Radach (Middleweights) I expect a lot of the hardcore fans to be jacked up for Arlovski vs. Nelson. […]
CBS airing ads during NFL games for EXC 10/4 Florida show
Sunday, September 21st, 2008It’s basically a 5-second spot with Kimbo Slice’s mug and a graphic in gold letters for “Saturday Night Fights.” The network’s not exactly doing the hard-sell here.
Showtime gives EXC $1 million USD; EXC fails to get $3.5 million USD in financing
Thursday, September 18th, 2008There are two new SEC filings by Pro Elite (form 8k & form SC 13D) that discuss the financial details regarding the company getting a Senior Secured Note with Showtime for $1 million USD. That money was issued on September 11th. On September 10, 2008, ProElite, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Senior Secured Note […]
Quote of the Day – Dave Meltzer
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008From the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer: It is very possible, and possibly even likely, that in the not too distant future, Elite, Affliction and DREAM will be gone, and UFC will be able to pick up any top fighter they want, and to do so without changing their current pay scale.
About the EXC show in South Florida…
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008The Miami Hurricanes play Florida State at Dolphins Stadium that same night.
One month to go until EXC show in South Florida
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008They desperately need to get the card for this show finalized by the end of this week and start pumping out PR for it immediately if they want any chance of being successful here. They have no time to waste at all.
Quote of the Day – Chuck Champion
Monday, September 1st, 2008The hits keep on coming: New CEO Champion, who Shaw helped bring aboard, says that the promoter is still a valuable asset to ProElite. Members of the board and big-block shareholders, he says, thought it would be wise to enlist managers most comfortable in transitioning from startup company mode into the next phase. Shaw didn’t […]
Fight Opinion Radio #89: The state of MMA outside UFC
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Consider this a group therapy session, as we spend this week’s show trying to figure out what the landscape of the MMA business is outside of UFC. Warning: You may get very depressed and fast. We discuss virtually every issue on the table and also talk about which newcomers to the sport have ‘superstar’ potential […]
IFL 10Q report (8/27/08)
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008No real surprises in today’s filing. The main reason I was interested in reading the document was to see if the IFL had indeed sold its assets to Zuffa LLC. I saw no mention of this at all in the filing. Basic financial stats at hand from the filing: Accumulated deficit as of 6/30/08: $35.7 […]
Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock signed for October 4th
Monday, August 25th, 2008It’s now official. 1) Will it attract a lot of interest from casual, mainstream MMA fans in North America? 2) Will it be a competitive fight? It should be noted that Jeremy Lappen, who is running the show at Elite XC, used to represent Shamrock.
Quote of the week – Big John McCarthy
Monday, August 25th, 2008From a new column on Fox Sports: Here’s the question: Kimbo Slice or Brock Lesnar? Which one is going to be the better mixed martial artist? I love how everyone is so quick to jump on or off either fighter’s bandwagon. Why is it that some MMA fans want to bring these guys down? They […]
PR: Pro Elite Postpones September 20 Event in New Mexico
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Company cites need to effectively focus resources and promotion on remaining year-end events LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Citing a desire to efficiently focus its promotional resources and ensure top talent for a series of televised yea-rend events, ProElite, Inc. (OTB:PELE.PK) today officially postponed the September 20 staging of its planned EliteXC mixed martial arts (MMA) event in […]
Those ‘last days of PRIDE’ feelings are back…
Friday, August 22nd, 2008That was my first reaction when reading this article. At least PRIDE went out with a bang on their last few shows (except the very last one with Jeff Monson beating Kazuyuki Fujita).
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