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Elite Xtreme Combat

{{Short description|MMA promoter based in the U.S.}}

{{Infobox company

|name=Elite Xtreme Combat

|logo=Elitexc.jpg

|logo_size=250px

|type=Public

|traded_as={{OTC Pink|PELE}}

|foundation={{start date and age|2006|11|13}}

|defunct={{end date and age|2008|10|20}}

|founder=Showtime Networks, ProElite

|location_city= Los Angeles

|location_country=United States

|fate=Folded

|key_people=William Kelly President & Chief Operating Officer, Chairman, Paul Feller, Glenn Golenberg, Douglas De Luca, Lloyd Bryan Molander

|parent=ProElite

}}

Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, was a United States–based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization owned and operated by ProElite. It was founded as a partnership between Showtime Networks and ProElite and officially announced on December 14, 2006.[http://www.elitexc.com/assets/pdf/EliteXC_PressRelease_14Dec06.pdf Press Release, Pro Elite launches Elite Xtreme combat on showtime]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, EliteXC. [Last retrieved January 7, 2007] It was headquartered in Los Angeles.

The partnership to form EliteXC was announced on November 13, 2006.[http://www.sherdog.com/news/pr.asp?n_id=6124 SHOWTIME to Televise MMA, Sherdog.com. (Last retrieved January 7, 2007)]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929155305/http://www.sherdog.com/news/pr.asp?n_id=6124 |date=2007-09-29 }}. The first major event occurred February 10, 2007, at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi. Fighters Frank Shamrock and Renzo Gracie fought in the main event. Also debuting on this card was Charles Bennett, K. J. Noons, Mike Pyle and Antônio Silva.

In early 2008, EliteXC had reached an agreement with CBS to broadcast EliteXC shows on prime time. The arrangement was that CBS would broadcast EliteXC specials every other month on Saturday nights.{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/2008/02/27/elitexc-expected-to-announce-deal-with-cbs/ |title=EliteXC expected to announce deal with CBS |access-date=2008-02-27 |date=2008-02-27 |publisher=MMA Junkie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302013232/http://mmajunkie.com/2008/02/27/elitexc-expected-to-announce-deal-with-cbs/ |archive-date=2008-03-02 }} CBS aired only three events in 2008, on May 31, July 26, and October 4.

EliteXC events

This is a list of events held and scheduled by Elite Xtreme Combat (EliteXC), a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States. The first event took place in February 2007. The list includes three events that EliteXC co-promoted (Dynamite!! USA, Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni, and Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le) with other MMA organizations. Two events were shown initially on pay-per-view, while the others aired on the Showtime cable network or on CBS.

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scope="col" | #

! scope="col" | Event Title

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Arena

! scope="col" | Location

align=center| 20

| ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series

| {{dts|2008|October|10}}

| Horseshoe Casino

| Hammond, Indiana

align=center| 19

| EliteXC: Heat

| {{dts|2008|October|4}}

| BankAtlantic Center

| Sunrise, Florida

align=center| 18

| ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series

| {{dts|2008|September|26}}

| Chumash Casino Resort

| Santa Ynez, California

align=center| 17

| ShoXC: Hamman vs. Suganuma 2

| {{dts|2008|August|15}}

| Table Mountain Rancheria

| Friant, California

align=center| 16

| EliteXC: Unfinished Business

| {{dts|2008|July|26}}

| Stockton Arena

| Stockton, California

align=center| 15

| EliteXC: Return of the King

| {{dts|2008|June|14}}

| Neal S. Blaisdell Arena

| Oahu, Hawaii

align=center| 14

| EliteXC: Primetime

| {{dts|2008|May|31}}

| Prudential Center

| Newark, New Jersey

align=center| 13

| ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series

| {{dts|2008|April|05}}

| Table Mountain Rancheria

| Friant, California

align=center| 12

| Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le

| {{dts|2008|March|29}}

| HP Pavilion

| San Jose, California

align=center| 11

| ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series

| {{dts|2008|March|21}}

| Chumash Casino Resort

| Santa Ynez, California

align=center| 10

| EliteXC: Street Certified

| {{dts|2008|February|16}}

| BankUnited Center

| Miami

align=center| 9

| ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series

| {{dts|2008|January|25}}

| Trump Taj Mahal

| Atlantic City, New Jersey

align=center| 8

| EliteXC: Renegade

| {{dts|2007|November|10}}

| American Bank Center

| Corpus Christi, Texas

align=center| 7

| ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series

| {{dts|2007|October|26}}

| Chumash Casino Resort

| Santa Ynez, California

align=center| 6

| EliteXC: Uprising

| {{dts|2007|September|15}}

| Neal S. Blaisdell Arena

| Oahu, Hawaii

align=center| 5

| ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series

| {{dts|2007|August|25}}

| Vicksburg Convention Center

| Vicksburg, Mississippi

align=center| 4

| ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series

| {{dts|2007|July|27}}

| Chumash Casino Resort

| Santa Ynez, California

align=center| 3

| Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni

| {{dts|2007|June|22}}

| HP Pavilion

| San Jose, California

align=center| 2

| Dynamite!! USA

| {{dts|2007|June|2}}

| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| Los Angeles

align=center| 1

| EliteXC: Destiny

| {{dts|2007|February|10}}

| DeSoto Civic Center

| Southaven, Mississippi

ShoXC

{{main|ShoXC}}

On July 11, 2007, it was announced that Proelite.com and Showtime would produce a new series titled ShoXC.[http://www.thefightnetwork.com/news_detail.php?nid=4272 The Fight Network :: All fights all the time :: Get it on!] The monthly shows featured up-and-coming MMA talent, similar to Showtime's ShoBox boxing events. The first took place on July 27, 2007. The first event was co-promoted with King of the Cage and was also known as KOTC: Undisputed.

Partnership with Cage Rage

On September 7, 2007, ProElite, Inc. announced that they had officially acquired British MMA organization Cage Rage Championships. EliteXC and Cage Rage Championships planned numerous joint ventures together, beginning with Cage Rage 23.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=4647&zoneid=13 |title=MMA Weekly – Your #1 Source for Daily MMA News, Interviews, Multimedia, and More: – Pro Elite acquires Cage Rage Championships |access-date=2007-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223254/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=4647&zoneid=13 |archive-date=2007-09-26 |url-status=dead }}

Partnership with DREAM

On May 10, 2008, EliteXC announced a working partnership with Japanese promotion Dream. The two groups intended to share fighters (Eddie Alvarez, Jason Miller and Nick Diaz have already participated in Dream events) and eventually co-promote shows.{{cite web|url=http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=6248&zoneid=13|title=Pro Elite & Dream announce partnership|year=2008|access-date=2008-06-11|publisher=MMAWeekly|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527113043/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=6248&zoneid=13|archive-date=2008-05-27}}

Co-promoting with Affliction

On September 24, 2008, EliteXC announced a working partnership with rival US promotion Affliction. Affliction offered Andrei Arlovski vs. Roy Nelson for the EliteXC: Heat card on CBS.{{cite web |url=http://mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=7194&zoneid=2 |title=Andrei Arlovski vs Roy Nelson at Elite XC on CBS |year=2008 |access-date=2008-10-06 |publisher=MMAWeekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007151756/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=7194&zoneid=2 |archive-date=2008-10-07 }} In addition, Affliction heavily promoted their line through commercials on the show. It was hoped that the two companies would survive a rocky financial situation long enough to co-promote fights again in the future.

Controversy and closing of EliteXC

On October 4, 2008, at EliteXC: Heat, EliteXC's biggest ratings draw Kimbo Slice was knocked out by Seth Petruzelli in just 14 seconds. Petruzelli served as a last-minute replacement for MMA pioneer Ken Shamrock, who got injured on the day of the fight and was unable to compete. The unexpected outcome of this fight drew a great deal of attention, and subsequent comments by Petruzelli that he was offered a monetary bonus to employ certain techniques during the fight (comments he later recanted and obfuscated), raised the question of undue influence by EliteXC representatives in fights. Significant debt incurred by parent company Pro Elite with no investors or buyers showing interest[https://www.espn.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=3655102 Reports: EliteXC tells employees, fighters it's out of business] caused the subsequent cancellation of the November 8, 2008, event. Combined with the Florida State Athletic Commission launching an investigation into the Slice/Petruzelli fight, Pro Elite announced on October 20, 2008, that they would cease operations.

Weight classes

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!Weight class name

!Upper limit

align="center"

|align="left"|Bantamweight

|{{convert|140|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}

align="center"

|align="left"|Featherweight

|{{convert|150|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}

align="center"

|align="left"|Lightweight

|{{convert|160|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}

align="center"

|align="left"|Welterweight

|{{convert|170|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}

align="center"

|align="left"|Middleweight

|{{convert|190|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}

align="center"

|align="left"|Light Heavyweight

|{{convert|210|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}

align="center"

|align="left"|Heavyweight

|No weight limit

EliteXC champions

=Heavyweight Championship=

:Weight limit: Unlimited

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
width:1%;"|No.

!width:20%;"|Name

!width:20%;"|Event

!width:15%;"|Date

!width:50%;"|Defenses

1

|align=left |{{flagicon|BRA}} Antônio Silva
{{small|def. Justin Eilers}}

|align=center |EliteXC: Unfinished Business
{{small|Stockton, California, US}}

|align=center |July 26, 2008

| style="text-align:left;"|

=Middleweight Championship =

:Weight limit: {{convert|190|lb|kg st|1|abbr=on}}

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
width:1%;"|No.

!width:20%;"|Name

!width:20%;"|Event

!width:15%;"|Date

!width:50%;"|Defenses

1

|align=left |{{flagicon|BRA}} Murilo Rua
{{small|def. Joey Villasenor}}

|align=center |Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni
{{small|San Jose, California, US}}

|align=center |June 22, 2007

|

2

|align=left |{{flagicon|USA}} Robbie Lawler

|align=center |EliteXC: Uprising
{{small|Honolulu, Hawaii, US}}

|align=center |September 15, 2007

|align=left |

{{small|NC vs. Scott Smith at EliteXC: Primetime on May 31, 2008 in Newark, New Jersey, US}}

{{small|1. def. Scott Smith at EliteXC: Unfinished Business on Jul 26, 2008 in Stockton, California, US}}

=Welterweight Championship=

:Weight limit: {{convert|170|lb|kg st|1|abbr=on}}

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
width:1%;"|No.

!width:20%;"|Name

!width:20%;"|Event

!width:15%;"|Date

!width:50%;"|Defenses

1

|align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Jake Shields
{{small|def. Nick Thompson}}

|align=center |EliteXC: Unfinished Business
{{small|Stockton, California, US}}

|align=center |July 26, 2008

| style="text-align:left;"|

{{small|1. def. Paul Daley at EliteXC: Heat on Oct 4, 2008 in Sunrise, Florida, US}}

=Lightweight Championship=

:Weight limit: {{convert|160|lb|kg st|1|abbr=on}}

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
width:1%;"|No.

!width:20%;"|Name

!width:20%;"|Event

!width:15%;"|Date

!width:50%;"|Defenses

1

|align=left |{{flagicon|USA}} K. J. Noons
{{small|def. Nick Diaz}}

|align=center |EliteXC: Renegade
{{small|Corpus Christi, Texas, US}}

|align=center |November 10, 2007

| style="text-align:left;"|

{{small|1. def. Yves Edwards at EliteXC: Return of the King on Jun 14, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii, US}}

style="text-align:center;" colspan=5|Noons was stripped of the title on September 19, 2008 by EliteXC

=Bantamweight Championship=

:Weight limit: {{convert|140|lb|kg st|1|abbr=on}}

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
width:1%;"|No.

!width:20%;"|Name

!width:20%;"|Event

!width:15%;"|Date

!width:50%;"|Defenses

1

|align=left |{{flagicon|BRA}} Wilson Reis
{{small|def. Abel Cullum}}

|align=center |ShoXC 8
{{small|Santa Ynez, California, US}}

|align=center |September 26, 2008

| style="text-align:left;"|

Women's division

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See also

Footnotes

{{reflist|2}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/*/elitexc.com Former Official EliteXC Site as captured by archive.org]
  • [http://www.sho.com Official Showtime Networks, Inc. Site]

{{MMA organizations}}

{{Showtime Network programming}}

Category:Sports organizations established in 2006

Category:Defunct mixed martial arts promotions

Category:Organizations disestablished in 2008

Category:Mixed martial arts events lists