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Kimbo Slice was a guest today on The Dan Le Batard Show on 790 The Ticket in his first interview since his loss to Seth Petruzelli on CBS. Obviously, quite a bit has happened since then, so it’s interesting to see what Kimbo’s up to and what his take is on the whole situation. Bloody Elbow reader Discman 2 did a great recap of the interview if you don’t have time to listen. I will throw this quote out there though.

Where are they going? A week removed from EliteXC’s fall, not one EliteXC fighter is free and clear yet to sign a new deal elsewhere. That doesn’t mean the wheels aren’t turning though. Here’s the latest on a few of the fighters EliteXC left behind.

Eddie Alvarez

Of all the fighters signed to EliteXC contracts, Eddie Alvarez seems to have the most options while his Elite contract is stuck in bankruptcy proceedings. According to his manager, Monte Cox, Eddie has two fights remaining on his DREAM contract, and deals with Andrenaline and Extreme Challenge.

It’s a win-win situation for the UFC. They want Kimbo’s star power (what’s left of it at least) but can’t justify signing him to a regular contract. So they put him on TUF and draw big ratings. If he loses, they can put any interest left in him to bed. If he does well, or even wins, a huge stretch, I know, they can sign him cheap relative to his drawing power and justify putting him on a pay-per-view.

With EliteXC all but officially dead, much of the talk around the MMA community has centered on where EliteXC’s fighters will go. Unfortunately, for the fighters and their fans, many of them likely won’t simply be able to enter free agency.

Mike Chiappetta of NBCSports.com explains.

But now, a good number of those fighters are left in legal limbo. Many had complex contracts that will be seen as assets in any bankruptcy proceedings, meaning they may be on the shelf indefinitely while the company’s assets are divided.

While it’s not known who will be at the mercy of the US legal system at the present time, a few fighters are already speaking up about the situations they’ve all of a sudden found themselves in.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s investigation into the EliteXC alleged bribery scandal has commenced. What that investigation actually entails is now detailed in a report from MMA Weekly.

As Florida DBPR press secretary Alexis Antonacci tells MMA Weekly, the investigation will start with interviewing the EliteXC promoters. From that point, they may or may not move on to interviewing the fighters depending on what the initial interviews turn up.