Elite Xtreme Combat , also known as EliteXC , was a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. It was founded as a partnership between Showtime Networks Inc. and ProElite, Inc. and officially announced on December 14, 2006. [1] It was headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The partnership to form EliteXC was announced on November 13, 2006. [2] 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. 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. [3] CBS aired only three events in 2008, on May 31, July 26, and October 4. ProElite announced on October 20, 2008 that they would cease operations.

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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 have debuted on the Showtime cable network or CBS.


|- |style="background: #e3e3e3"|No. |style="background: #e3e3e3"|Event |style="background: #e3e3e3"|Date |style="background: #e3e3e3"|Venue |style="background: #e3e3e3"|Location |- | style="text-align:center" |20 |ShoXC 9 |October 10, 2008 |Horseshoe Casino | Hammond, Indiana |- | style="text-align:center" |19 |EliteXC: Heat |October 4, 2008 |BankAtlantic Center | Sunrise, Florida |- | style="text-align:center" |18 |ShoXC 8 |September 26, 2008 |Chumash Casino | Santa Ynez, California |- | style="text-align:center" |17 |ShoXC 7 |August 15, 2008 |Table Mountain Casino | Friant, California |- | style="text-align:center" |16 |EliteXC: Unfinished Business |July 26, 2008 |Stockton Arena | Stockton, California |- | style="text-align:center" |15 |EliteXC: Return of the King |June 14, 2008 |Neal S. Blaisdell Arena | Oahu, Hawaii |- | style="text-align:center" |14 |EliteXC: Primetime |May 31, 2008 |Prudential Center | Newark, New Jersey |- | style="text-align:center" |13 |ShoXC 6 |April 5, 2008 |Table Mountain Casino | Friant, California |- | style="text-align:center" |12 |Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le |March 29, 2008 |HP Pavilion | San Jose, California |- | style="text-align:center" |11 |ShoXC 5 |March 21, 2008 |Chumash Casino | Santa Ynez, California |- | style="text-align:center" |10 |EliteXC: Street Certified |February 16, 2008 |BankUnited Center | Miami, Florida |- | style="text-align:center" |9 |ShoXC 4 |January 25, 2008 |Trump Taj Mahal | Atlantic City, New Jersey |- | style="text-align:center" |8 |EliteXC: Renegade |November 10, 2007 |American Bank Center | Corpus Christi, Texas |- | style="text-align:center" |7 |ShoXC 3 |October 26, 2007 |Chumash Casino | Santa Ynez, California |- | style="text-align:center" |6 |EliteXC: Uprising |September 15, 2007 |Neal S. Blaisdell Arena | Oahu, Hawaii |- | style="text-align:center" |5 |ShoXC 2 |August 25, 2007 |Vicksburg Convention Center | Vicksburg, Mississippi |- | style="text-align:center" |4 |ShoXC 1 |July 27, 2007 |Chumash Casino | Santa Ynez, California |- | style="text-align:center" |3 |Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni |June 22, 2007 |HP Pavilion | San Jose, California |- | style="text-align:center" |2 |Dynamite | USA |June 2, 2007 |Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Los Angeles, California |- | style="text-align:center" |1 |EliteXC Destiny |February 10, 2007 |DeSoto Civic Center | Southaven, Mississippi

ShoXC

On July 11, 2007, it was announced that Proelite.com and Showtime would produce a new series titled ShoXC. ^[4] The monthly shows will highlight 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. Gary Shaw stated that there will be 4 ShoXC events in 2007 and 8 in 2008.

For more information on these events, see the article ShoXC.

Partnership with Cage Rage

On September 7, 2007, ProElite, Inc. announced that they had officially accquired British MMA organization Cage Rage Championships. EliteXC and Cage Rage Championships planned numerous joint ventures together, beginning with Cage Rage 23. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

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. ^[7] 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.

Troubles and Failure

On October 4, 2008, prominent EliteXC fighter, Kimbo Slice, lost via early knockout to late replacement fighter Seth Petruzelli. 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 ^[8] 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.

EliteXC champions

Bantamweight championship

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Wilson Reis (def. Abel Cullum)	September 26, 2008 (ShoXC#September 26.2C 2008 card	Santa Ynez, California

Lightweight championship

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
KJ Noons (def. Nick Diaz)	November 10, 2007 (EliteXC: Renegade)	Corpus Christi, TX	def. Yves Edwards on June 14, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Noons was stripped of the title on September 19, 2008 by EliteXC

Welterweight championship

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Jake Shields (def. Nick Thompson)	July 26, 2008 (EliteXC: Unfinished Business)	Stockton, CA	def. Paul Daley on October 4, 2008 in Sunrise, Florida

Middleweight championship

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Murilo Rua (def. Joey Villasenor)	June 22, 2007 (Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni	San Jose, CA
Robbie Lawler	September 15, 2007 (EliteXC: Uprising)	Honolulu, HI	NC vs. Scott Smith (fighter) def. Scott Smith (fighter)

Heavyweight championship

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Antonio Silva (def. Justin Eilers)	July 26, 2008 (EliteXC: Unfinished Business)	Stockton, CA

Women's division

• Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos
• Debi Purcell
• Gina Carano
• Kaitlin Young
• Marloes Coenen
• Sarah Kaufman
• Shayna Baszler
• Takayo Hashi
• Tonya Evinger

See also

• Mixed Martial Arts
• List of EliteXC events
• List of EliteXC Champions

Footnotes