UFC 79 on December 29th
October 17th, 2007
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – For a sixth straight season, millions of UFC® fans around the world watched competitors on The Ultimate Fighter® do battle in an attempt to become one of the newest stars in the UFC organization. But fans are also watching another battle rage, this one between the two coaches, UFC welterweight [...]
FightZone TV To Air Bonecrunch Fighting’s Entire 2008 Series
October 17th, 2007
A growing Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) team fighting league, Bonecrunch Fighting and FightZone TV are pleased to announce an agreement to broadcast Bonecrunch’s 2008 season on the SunSports Network to over 6 million Florida homes and nationally to over 2 million subscribers of Direct TV and the Dish Network.
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ProElite.com Weekly Update
October 17th, 2007
EliteXC is full of huge news and we also have the next big ShoXC coming up on October 26th. Oh and “they call him Frank for a reason.”
EliteXC has recently made two big headlines: Nick Diaz and Kimbo Slice! Nick Diaz is a former UFC fighter and one of the most talented MMA athletes [...]
B2 Networks to Broadcast Pre-Olympic Exhibition Between China and US
October 16th, 2007
MARQUETTE, MI - B2 Networks announced today that for the first time in company history it will broadcast an Olympic-style competition featuring athletes from the United States and the People’s Republic of China. A pre-Olympic exhibition between the United States Olympic Education Center (USOEC) and Chinese competitors in the sports of boxing, women’s freestyle wrestling [...]
StrikeForce: “FOUR MEN ENTER, ONE MAN SURVIVES”
October 15th, 2007
Mixed martial arts stars Falaniko “Niko” Vitale (24-7) and Joe “Diesel” Riggs (27-9) have been the first two combatants selected to throw down in a four-man, single-elimination middleweight (185 lb. limit) tournament that will headline Strikeforce’s highly-anticipated return to San Jose, California’s HP Pavilion on Friday, November 16th. The winner of the first-ever sanctioned mixed [...]
New Era Fighting declares war on MMA terror campaign
October 15th, 2007
New Era Fighting (NEF) has declared war on a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) terror campaign, filing a $500,000,000 lawsuit against the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), individuals Armando Garcia (CSAC Executive Director) and Frank Munoz (CSAC Staff Services Analyst), as well as the State’s Department of Consumer Affairs.
Kimbo Slice Signs With EliteXC
October 12th, 2007
The notorious King of Street Fighting and one of the meanest, roughest, toughest, baddest brawlers in the history of YouTube, Kimbo Slice, has signed a multi-year contract with Los Angeles-based ProElite, Inc.’s Live Fight Division, EliteXC.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
“Kimbo is a street fighting and Internet legend who has in excess [...]
Nick Diaz Signs Long-Term Contract Extension With EliteXC
October 12th, 2007
Los Angeles-based ProElite, Inc., which celebrated its first birthday recently, received a belated present from Nick Diaz when the exciting, popular fan favorite and Mixed Martial Arts superstar signed an exclusive, long-term contract extension with the company’s Live Event’s Division, EliteXC.
Terms and length of the deal were not disclosed.
ProElite, Award-Winning Mark Burnett To Produce Celebrity MMA Reality Series
October 11th, 2007
Which professional athletes are really the toughest in the world? Stay tuned.
ProElite, Inc. [PELE.PK], an entertainment and media company dedicated to producing world-class mixed martial arts (MMA) events, today announced it has partnered with top television producer Mark Burnett to develop exclusive, multi-program MMA content for network TV.
ProElite News
October 10th, 2007
This week we have a ProElite.com forum chat with Sam Caplan on Thursday, October 11th, whom we recently signed a deal with. A few new fun features have been added to ProElite.com, including “Badges” on user profile pages. We also have the next big ShoXC coming up on October 26th.
Cage Combat Fighting Championships crowned two new champions Saturday
October 10th, 2007
Cage Combat Fighting Championships crowned two new champions Saturday night at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. In the night’s co-main event, Oakdale MMA fighter Rolando Velasco took the fight to local fan favorite Darren “BC” Uyenoyama for three solid rounds to earn the vacant Bantamweight Championship. It was Velasco’s superior wrestling that allowed him to keep [...]
Huerta vs Guida Headlines TUF Finale on December 8th
October 10th, 2007
Rising UFC® superstar Roger “El Matador” Huerta (20-1-1) headlines his first nationally-televised fight card as he takes on hard-hitting Clay “The Carpenter” Guida in a battle of top lightweight contenders on Spike TV, Saturday, December 8 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The fight takes place LIVE from the Pearl at the Palms Resort and Casino in Las [...]
Cage Fighting Championships Kicks Off CFC #1
October 6th, 2007
Move over UFC, there’s a new league entering the fastest growing sport in the world, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), and it’s called Cage Fighting Championships (CFC). Rage in a Cage Promotions has assembled some of the finest up and coming talent in MMA to kick off its first ever CFC fights at the new [...]
Ultimate Fighting Championship Returns To New Jersey
October 5th, 2007
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization returns to New Jersey for the first time in over two years. In the main event at Newark’s Prudential Center, two of the most decorated graduates from The Ultimate Fighter” will meet, as season two winner “Sugar” Rashad Evans (15-0-1) battles season three winner Michael “The Count” Bisping [...]
Rage In The Cage 101
October 4th, 2007
If you want to watch it on TV turn to Spike or Pay-Per-View. But if you want it live Desert Diamond Casino is the only option for Southern Arizona extreme cage fighting fans. First debuting in the area in November 2005, Rage in the Cage is returning for a ninth show at the Diamond Center [...]
UFC 77: Hostile Territory
October 3rd, 2007
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC®) organization today announced the remaining lineup of fights for the upcoming UFC 77: HOSTILE TERRITORY featuring UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva vs. Rich “Ace” Franklin in a highly anticipated rematch. Also on the card are exciting match-ups between Stephan Bonnar vs. Eric Schafer; Alan Belcher vs. Kalib [...]
MMAagents.com Signs Babalu, Cyrille Diabate, James Thompson, Carlo Prater, Carmelo Marerro and Todd Moore
October 2nd, 2007
MMAagents is proud to announce the addition of six elite athletes to our current roster of fighters. With the addition of Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Cyrille “Snake” Diabate, James “Colossus” Thompson, Carlo Prater, Carmelo “The Fury” Marerro and Todd Moore, the MMAagents roster grows to 47 fighters, including 37 current or former Zuffa and Pride [...]
Writer Sam Caplan Joins ProElite.Com
October 2nd, 2007
Versatile, award-winning freelance sports writer Sam Caplan of Philadelphia has been hired to serve as lead writer/editor at ProElite.com, Kelly Perdew, President of the premier Mixed Martial Arts social networking and entertainment site, ProElite.com, announced today.
New Era Fighting files $500-million claim against California State Athletic Commission
October 1st, 2007
SANTA ANA, California (October 1, 2007) – New Era Fighting (NEF) has filed a state regulated claims form to the State of California, initiating a $500,000,000 lawsuit against the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), individuals Armando Garcia (CSAC Executive Director) and Frank Munoz (CSAC Staff Services Analyst), as well as the State’s Department of Consumer [...]
