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Tickets On Sale For EliteXC’s October 4th Event in Fort Lauderdale Featuring Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano
Aug 3, 2008 - 2:00 pm ET | 18 Comments

Fans seeking to participate in the highly anticipated South Florida homecoming of incredibly popular and exciting mixed martial arts superstar Kimbo Slice of Perrine, Fla., near Miami, have the opportunity to reserve their seats now.
Tickets for what will be a sensational, memorable event Saturday, Oct. 4, at the BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., [...]

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Strikeforce At The Mansion 2 Officially Announced
Aug 2, 2008 - 11:00 am ET | 14 Comments

Strikeforce mixed martial arts (MMA) will return to entertainment mogul Hugh Hefner’s world-famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA with a star-studded lineup of cage fights on Saturday, September 20th.
In addition to a full night of MMA action, all “Strikeforce At The Mansion II” guests will be entitled to a top-shelf, open bar; buffet-style, gourmet [...]

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FSN To Air Four One-Hour EliteXC Specials
Aug 1, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 12 Comments

FSN and ProElite, the parent company of EliteXC, announce today that FSN will telecast four one-hour special MMA cards Sunday nights at 9:00 PM local throughout mid-September and into early October.
EliteXC, the only MMA organization to be broadcast live in primetime on network television, has developed a stacked lineup of some of MMA’s top stars. [...]

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Kimbo Slice and Hulk Hogan To Star In Children’s Movie
Jul 31, 2008 - 1:00 pm ET | 34 Comments

Stereo Vision Entertainment, Inc., a film production company focused exclusively on developing high quality, low cost, polarized 3D feature films, announced today that the undefeated Mixed Martial Arts phenomenon, Kimbo Slice, will be co-starring with Hulk Hogan in Stereo Vision’s hilarious kids’ comedy “Kung Fu U” in 3D.
“Kung Fu U” in 3D is a Disney-type [...]

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Spike TV To Broadcast UFC 89 On Same-Day Tape Delay
Jul 30, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 24 Comments

Spike TV heads across the Atlantic Ocean for the third time to telecast a UFC fight card with middleweights “The Ultimate Fighter 3” champ Michael Bisping and “The Ultimate Fighter 1” standout Chris Leben headlining on Saturday, October 18 at 9:00pm ET/PT (same-day tape delay) from The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
UFC 89 will [...]

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UFC Announces Remaining Bouts For UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
Jul 29, 2008 - 8:19 pm ET | 23 Comments

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization today announced the remaining fights for the upcoming UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY card, which features the UFC Welterweight Title bout between Champion Georges St-Pierre and number one contender Jon Fitch, Live from Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Just confirmed for the UFC 87 main card and undercard are exciting [...]

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UFC Hits Chicago For UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote
Jul 27, 2008 - 2:00 pm ET | 55 Comments

Sports fans in Chicago unite! The UFC is coming to town and it is bringing the world’s greatest pound for pound fighter, Anderson “The Spider” Silva, for a middleweight title fight against his number one contender, Patrick “The Predator” Cote. The UFC will make its historic first trip to Chicago this fall when it presents [...]

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TapouT Announces Sponsorship of Kimbo Slice
Jul 26, 2008 - 9:00 am ET | 22 Comments

TapouT, the premier mixed martial arts apparel, gear and lifestyle brand, announced today that the company will sponsor MMA superstar Kimbo Slice and create a joint apparel line under the TapouT brand. TapouT will be Kimbo’s exclusive apparel sponsor.
“Kimbo is the real deal,” said Mask, TapouT Founder. “He is the ultimate underdog who kept his [...]

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Kimbo Slice, Gina Carano To Sign Autographs This Saturday, July 26th, At “Unfinished Business”
Jul 23, 2008 - 9:00 am ET | 19 Comments

Mixed martial arts fans attending this Saturday’s terrific EliteXC fight card in Stockton, Calif., will have the opportunity to meet Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano when they participate in a pre-fight autograph signing just prior to the opening bell.
The undefeated EliteXC fighters, perhaps the two most popular and recognizable athletes in mixed martial arts, will [...]

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UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin” Peaks At 3.8 Million Viewers
Jul 22, 2008 - 1:59 pm ET | 13 Comments

The Ultimate Fighting Championship proved yet again to be the ratings champion with the hard-to-reach demographic of young men. Spike TV’s telecast of a live “UFC Fight Night” on Saturday, July 19 (9:00pm-12:00am ET) featuring the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Anderson Silva, out-delivered every other channel (broadcast and cable) with Men 18-34 [...]

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Season Two of TapouT to Premiere July 24 on VERSUS on Demand
Jul 21, 2008 - 12:30 pm ET | 4 Comments

VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition, will debut the second season of the hit reality series TapouT on Thursday, July 24, on VERSUS on Demand and on Wednesday, July 30, at 10 p.m. ET on VERSUS. The second season includes 10 one-hour episodes that follow Mask, Punkass and Skyskrape-the crew behind the premier mixed [...]

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WEC Invades Florida For The First Time
Jul 19, 2008 - 8:00 am ET | 5 Comments

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) announced today that two world titles will be on the line on Wednesday, September 10th when the organization makes its initial foray into the great state of Florida. In the main event, WEC Featherweight Champion “The California Kid” Urijah Faber defends his title against Florida’s own Mike Brown, and in the [...]

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Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer Headlines First Ever UFC Event In Nebraska
Jul 16, 2008 - 9:00 am ET | 37 Comments

Spike TV will be seeing Cornhusker red this fall as the network travels to Nebraska for the first ever UFC event in the state with an action-packed card featuring former “The Ultimate Fighter” champions Nate Diaz and Mac Danzig, and Omaha’s own, Houston Alexander. Spike TV’s live “UFC Fight Night” will emanate from the [...]

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Spike TV Officially Announces UFC 84 “Ill Will” Re-Broadcast On July 26th
Jul 14, 2008 - 5:15 pm ET | 21 Comments

The real elite mixed martial arts fighters in the world will be on display on Spike TV Saturday, July 26 (9:00pm-11:30 ET/PT) as the network presents a special presentation of “UFC 84: Penn vs Sherk.”
“UFC 84: Penn Vs Sherk,” which took place Saturday, May 24, features some of the greatest mixed martial arts talent ever [...]

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EliteXC Open Media Workout Quotes From Robbie Lawler, Scott Smith, and Jake Shields
Jul 11, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 9 Comments

“Ruthless” Robbie Lawler of St. Louis will defend the EliteXC middleweight title against Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith of Sacramento in the main event on the second primetime broadcast of CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS on Saturday, July 26, (9 p.m.-11 p.m. ET/PT).
In a second world title fight, Jake Shields of San Francisco and Nick [...]

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