Dana White has to be feeling like the vulture who has his choice of feeding spots; the UFC president, with the demise of EliteXC, will have his choice of fighters from the now-defunct promotion. While it’s true that the UFC hasn’t stated any interest in any of EliteXC’s assets (contracts with Showtime and CBS, fighter [...]
Later on Wednesday, Tito Ortiz is expected to take his turn at the lectern at the Affliction press conference; my best guess is that Ortiz will finally (yes, finally!!) announce that he has signed with the promotion. I realize that right now it was a foregone conclusion that Ortiz would sign with either EliteXC or [...]
With the demise of EliteXC, Jake Shields is as of now a MMA free agent; it has been 30 days since Shields has a filed breach of contract against his former employer and according to MMAJunkie.com and verified by Shields, the former promotion is in breach of contract and that he is now a free [...]
If Monte Cox has his way, one of his clients, Robbie Lawler, should be a MMA free agent very soon, according to Loretta Hunt of Sherdog; specifically, Cox stated that with the demise of Pro Elite (parent company of EliteXC), the wheels were set in motion to place the middleweight in another promotion as soon [...]
This edition of MMA Live jumps into the demise of ProElite (EliteXC in particular), Michael Bisping and Brandon Vera are discussed as is UFC 90, plus much more.
The investigation into alleged “fight-fixing” by EliteXC, after 13 days, has been finalized; the Florida State Boxing Commission has come to the conclusion that no wrongdoing occurred, according to Alexis Antonacci, press secretary for the Florida Department of Business and Regulation - who released the findings on Thursday, as reported by MMAWeekly.com.
The investigation began in earnest [...]
Although ProElite (parent company for EliteXC) is officially out of business, that doesn’t necessarily preclude the Showtime cable network from not showing MMA events in the future; according to Showtime officials, they have this to say about the situation:
“In view of Showtime’s leadership role in sports programming, including boxing and mixed martial arts, we intend [...]
With the shutdown of ProElite (including EliteXC), there’s plenty of talented fighters that can be had. One of those fighters in question is Jake Shields; Shields has a dilemma to face: who does he fight for next? One possibility that lingers is the chance for Shields to fight for the UFC.
Shields told MMANews.com that he [...]
A hearing was held on Wednesday in the case of Antonio Silva testing positive for a banned substance following his last bout in July; in that fight, Silva defeated Justin Eilers for the EliteXC heavyweight belt. The substance in question was Boldenone, a drug that was originally intended for veterinary usage. After the hearing took [...]
Day 2 of Dana White’s video blog. Day 2 finds Dana back in the States; he talks about ProElite folding, disses EliteXC’s Jeremy Lappen and Jared Shaw (the rapper kid) and much more.
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