EliteXC down for the count
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
Faster than you can say Kimbo Slice, EliteXC is gone. SI.com has the details here.
Thanks Kimbo: EliteXC going out of business
tonyblogs.net - Sports news, humor, videos and prognostications. —
... EliteXC, a partnership between ProElite, Inc. and Showtime, will close shop effective immediately, mostly due to the poor ratings the company drew on CBS. ...
ProElite, EliteXC out of business
Brawl Sports —
... The organization that made Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano household names is no more. According to a report by Josh Gross of SI.com ProElite, the parent company that owns EliteXC, King of the Cage, Cage Rage, ICON, and Spirit MC is going out of business. ...
Breaking News: ProElite, EliteXC Done After 22 Months
Ropes, Ring and Cage —
... After 22 months in business, ProElite - the conglomerate of EliteXC, King of the Cage, Cage Rage, ICON, and Spirit MC - told its employees and fighters Monday that it was closing the doors immediately. This was first reported by Sports Illustrated's Josh Gross and is now being confirmed by other major MMA blogs and sites. ...
EliteXC Cancels November 8 Fight Card, Will Shut Down Soon, Leaving Kimbo Slice To Fight On The Streets Again
FanIQ Blog —
... I'm not a huge fan of women fighting. Period. Not to say that I don't acknowledge that there are amazing female athletes out there in every sport. I just think right now we had a hard enough time getting over the stigma of the men." EliteXC was previously the largest organization featuring women's MMA.
Hopefully Carano will find somewhere else to fight. If not, she'll be missed. But she might be the ONLY part of EliteXC that anyone will miss.
ProElite, EliteXC Out Of Business [SI.com]
EliteXC Goes Out of Business, Kimbo Slice Is Out of Work
FanHouse —
... Josh Gross of Sports Illustrated reports that the organization has told his fighters that their upcoming fights are canceled. The fighters who were training for the show scheduled for November 8 are out of luck. ...
Speed Read: Is This Good Enough, Boston Fans?
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... EliteXC is finished, as SI.COM reports that they have closed their doors after “hemorrhaging” money. As poets throughout the ages have mused, wither Kimbo Slice? At least Gina Carano is one step closer to her inevitable Playboy spread. ...
What's next for Gina Carano?
Epic Carnival —
... With Sports Illustrated reporting that ProElite and EliteXC are closing their doors, millions of MMA fans around the world are left to wonder what's next? No, not for Kimbo Slice. Not even for whomever decided to shell out money for EliteXC, but for one Gina Carano - the "face" of women's MMA. ...
EliteXC closes its doors and Kimbo Slice loses his job.
yoonewverse —
... CNNSI's Jon Gross has reported that the company has informed workers and fighters that they are closing down the operation. They lost tens of millions of dollars during their 22 months of operation. ...
ProElite / EliteXC Promotion Is Out Of Business… What does this mean for CBS Saturday Night Fights?
MMA Fight Girls Wallpaper —
... has gone out of business. For those of you who don’t know the business relationship between EliteXC and ProElite, ProElite was a media company founded by the partnership of Showtime Networks and EliteXC. After being founded, CBS joined the partnership being granted the rights to broadcast 4 EliteXC events as Saturday Night Fights. In September Showtime Network which owned 20% in the company, wished to gain a larger and controlling portion of the company. According to Sports Illustrated, “When those negotiations failed, ...
Interlude: Wait... what?!
Guyism » celebs —
EliteXC goes bankrupt
Hard for the Yard —
... : Over/under on how long before EliteXC goes bankrupt: 90 days. Well that didn't take long. Nine days. Today it's being reported that EliteXC is out of business . Good riddance. That ...
The Fact That Kimbo Slice Lost is Purely Coincidental [MMA]
Deadspin —
... Even though Elite XC said that Kimbo Slice's controversial loss to pink-haired Seth Petruzelli wasn't the death knell for its slipshod fight promotions company, it appears that proclamation was 100% false. Today, ProElite Inc., the owners of the EliteXC has officially closed up its sweat shop forever. Josh Gross of Sports Illustrated reports that the company consistently lost money even when its biggest star, the street-fighting freak show, Kimbo Slice, was at the peak of his popularity. Now, like the free-falling Kimbo, the company is kaput. ...
