sherdog.com - 10/29/2008
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Turi Altavilla had already lived once through the death of an MMA promotion from the inside. He never expected to experience it again. Regardless, Altavilla entered the offices of Pro Elite Inc. in Los Angeles on Oct. 20 knowing that it would be his last day there. Employees had been told that ...
mmajunkie.com - 10/30/2008
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mmajunkie.com —
Longtime PRIDE fighter and MMA notable Renzo Gracie,
one of the most famous members of MMA's legendary...
Gracie family, is planning to return from a two-year layoff to fight again in 2009. The 41-year-old fighter discussed his plans to return to ...
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"Inside MMA" video: Renzo Gracie plans MMA return in 2009
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The Depressing Personal Side of the EliteXC Collapse
CagePotato.com —
... that did them in, but he certainly doesn’t absolve $kala from responsibility either. Apparently after Jared’s father, Gary Shaw, left the company under the condition that his son would stay on, things took a turn for the stupid: ...
Quote of the Day: PRIDE vs. ProElite's Death
Bloody Elbow —
... ways to present the fights, different philosophies and styles. That one hurt...I’m not saying this one, Pro Elite, didn’t, but it’s a different kind of hurt. Pride died over the course of 12 months –- it was a slow death. With Pro Elite, the feeling was completely different. We blew it. We had a lot of money. We had a rare opportunity to make some noise, and we blew it. I don’t know how anyone could say anything differently.”
-- Turi Altavilla, former Vice President of ProElite and former Vice President of ...
Everyone hated Jared
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap —
... October 30, 2008 – 11:13 am by fightlinker Sherdog has an interview up with former EliteXC and Pride employee Turi Altavilla. As with most of the candid interviews coming out of the company, this one turns into a big hate-fest against Jared Shaw and the dub shit he would do: Altavilla corroborates that to get rid of Gary Shaw, Pro Elite had top keep his son, Jared, onboard. Seemingly untouchable under the protection of his father in the past, many in the company believed Jared Shaw would be the next to go once the dust cleared. “I think a lot of us were guilty of keeping our ...
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