EliteXC middleweight champion Robbie Lawler (18-4) will rematch with top 185-pound challenger Joey Villasenor (26-6) in the main event of EliteXC’s November 8th event, which will air on Showtime.
The long-rumored matchup was announced during Friday’s Showtime broadcast of ShoXC “Reis vs. Cullum”, though a location for the event has not yet been announced.
Lawler, a UFC [...]

Wilson Reis def. Abel Cullum via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 49-46)
EliteXC Bantamweight Championship
Shane Del Rosario def. Carl Seumanutafa via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 1:07
David Douglas def. Malaipet via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:51
Jaime Jara def. Giva Santana via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Erik Apple def. Matt Makowski via submission (rear naked choke) – [...]

Heavyweights Andrei Arlovski and Roy Nelson will square off at EliteXC “Heat” on October 4th at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.
CBS, EliteXC, and Affliction jointly announced the matchup earlier today.
Both Nelson and Arlovski are under contract with Affliction, indicating that the promotions are willing to work together to challenge the UFC’s position as the [...]

KJ Noons has been stripped of the EliteXC lightweight title for refusing to defend the championship against top 160-pound contender Nick Diaz.
“We are stripping KJ of his championship belt for refusing to defend against Diaz,”EliteXC Head of Fight Operations Jeremy Lappen said. “It’s a very unfortunate situation but we cannot have belt-holders who refuse to [...]

Showtime, a subscription television brand owned by CBS, has entered talks to purchase ProElite Inc., the parent company of mixed martial arts promotion EliteXC, according to Sherdog:
Showtime Networks filed public notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday announcing its intention to enter preliminary negotiations for the purchase of Pro Elite Inc.
Showtime, a subsidiary [...]

Heavyweights Dave “Pee Wee” Herman (11-0) and Kerry Schall (21-10) will clash in the main event of EliteXC’s October 10th ShoXC event at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.
The Fight Network reported the headline matchup on Tuesday.
A top heavyweight prospect, Herman has won all eleven of his professional bouts including EliteXC victories over Mario Rinaldi [...]

EliteXC has been getting a lot of flack for not doing a better job of promoting their approaching CBS “Slice vs. Shamrock” epic, but the below advertisement should shut those critics right up….right? (Oh and for those of you thinking this is merely a clever parody crafted by some bored internet fanboy I sincerely [...]

The camp of EliteXC lightweight contender Nick Diaz on Saturday issued a public response through GracieFighter.com, the official website for the Cesar Gracie camp with whom Diaz trains, on the statement EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons issued on Friday about issues with EliteXC and declining a proposed title defense against Diaz.
“Elite XC creates a new [...]

Light heavyweight free agent Tito Ortiz confirmed on the latest edition of HDNet’s “Inside MMA” that he is currently in negotiations with Affliction, EliteXC, and the UFC.
The winner of the September 10th WEC 36 bout between former WEC lightweight champion Rob McCullough and Donald Cerrone has been guaranteed a 155-pound title shot title shot. [MMA [...]

EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons, who last week declined a proposed title defense against top contender Nick Diaz, has issued the following statement commenting on his recent public feud with EliteXC:
Noons vs Diaz or Noons vs EliteXC?
It is not about being scared to fight Diaz, who I previously defeated, it is about the fight I [...]

EliteXC on Wednesday officially announced the main card for the promotion’s October 4th event at the BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
As MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) reported on Monday undefeated heavyweight streetfighter-turned-mixed martial artist Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson will meet UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock in the main event of the CBS-broadcast event.
In the co-main event [...]

EliteXC heavyweight contender Brett Rogers has issued a statement through Five Ounces of Pain on being bypassed by UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock for the opportunity to fight Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Fergusson in the main event of the promotion’s October 4th event on CBS.
In the statement, Rogers, who has had a public feud with [...]

Joey Villasenor, Brett Rogers, Nick Diaz, and Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante have been added to the fight card for EliteXC’s November 8th event.
No location or venue have yet been announced for the event, which will air live on Showtime.
MMA Junkie reported the additions to the lineup on Tuesday.
Villasenor may take on EliteXC middleweight champion Robbie Lawler [...]

Street fighter turned mixed martial artist Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson will take on UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock in the main event of EliteXC’s October 4th event on CBS.
The matchup was confirmed this afternoon.
Slice (3-0) posted his third-straight victory on EliteXC’s CBS debut card in May with a controversial third-round TKO of James Thompson. [...]

Former EliteXC middleweight champion Murilo “Ninja” Rua (16-8-1) will fight UFC and IFL veteran Benji Radach (18-4) at EliteXC’s October 4th event on CBS.
Radach informed Sherdog of the matchup earlier today.
Radach compiled a five-fight win streak in the IFL with wins over Ryan McGivern, Brian Foster, Bristol Marunde, Gerald Harris, and Brent Beauparlant. In his [...]