Pro Elite/EliteXC Days Away From Folding; Nov. 8th Show Cancelled
CagePotato.com —
... [Icon Sport founder] TJ Thompson, a Pro Elite executive, said he’d been informed Monday morning by the company that it was closing its doors for good this week and that bankruptcy paperwork had already been filed…
A notice posted Monday evening at graciefighter.com read, “We are confirming that EliteXC has folded. What this means for our fans and supporters is that there will not be a Nick Diaz vs. Eddie Alvarez fight on November 8th.”
In an interview with MMA Weekly, Thompson said that Showtime’s rumored ...
Quote of the Day: T.J. Thompson Talks EliteXC's Failure
Bloody Elbow —
... Shaw jumping up and down and screaming as a representative of the company, I think was disgusting and embarrassing."
"I don’t have a smoking gun, (but) I’ve been around long enough, I’ve talked to enough people that were there, I won’t name names of executives in the company that I know — Seth was paid to stand up. I’m confident of that. If the commission wants to talk to me, I’ll tell them what I know."
-- Icon Sport founder T.J. Thompson.
ProElite R.I.P
MMA HQ - Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis —
... In an interview with MMAWeekly.com, T.J. Thompson gave quite a bit of insider information about the ProElite operations. Thompson was the original founder of the ICON Sport promotion in Hawaii and sold the company to ProElite in August of 2007. ...
ProElite is dead, but StandGate lives!
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap —
ProElite is dead, but StandGate lives! October 21, 2008 – 10:42 am by fightlinker Now that the ship has sunk, a lot of people are talking much more freely than before. I guess after you’ve lost your job you’re no longer afraid of getting fired for what you say. Anyways, here’s TJ Thompson, one of the founding fathers of the company (who also lost his sub-promotion, Icon Sports, in the bankruptcy) sounding not too impressed with the situation. “I was there cageside and watched the whole thing happen,” he said. “I think (CBS) got cold feet watching. The way the Ken Shamrock pullout was handled, all the way from the beginning to the end with Seth Petruzelli. ...
MMA Roundup: Akiyama, Koscheck, Cantwell, Best UFC Fights of All-Time
Ropes, Ring and Cage —
Nothing new to report on what RRC brought you last Monday night on ProElite/EliteXC shutting down operations. Most of what is out there you've probably read, but this was a good take from ICON Sport founder and ProElite consultant T. Jay Thompson who sold ICON to ProElite in August 2007. I'm sure we'll hear more on this situation and know a lot more by the end of the week as their officials and fighters sift through the wreckage. Here are some other quick-hit newsbits: -Five Ounces of Pain speculated that the UFC might be interested in Korean fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama (seen here in red shorts) who is reported to be a ...
The Week in Quotes: October 18th - 24th
Bloody Elbow —
WHITE NOISE
"Jeremy Lappen, the three-time loser you have a law degree get a real fucking job. Your parents must be really bummed out. Go screw up someone's fucking court case." - UFC President Dana White doesn't have a law degree (Yahoo)
"You got a rich daddy. You can live at home with your Mom and Dad (and) live in the basement. You don't even have to get a job you can just hang out at nightclubs and DJ and go back to the basement you little fucker." - White, talking about the little rapper kid Jared Shaw
“The hard part is people ...
