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EliteXC Fighter Watch: Alvarez, Daley, Noons, Diaz & More
October 31st, 2008
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.
No Comments | Filed under: Eddie Alvarez, EliteXC, Gina Carano, Jake Shields, KJ Noons, Kimbo Slice, Paul Daley, Robbie Lawler, Seth Petruzelli
Updated: No Knockout Bonus Included In Petruzelli’s Contract As Lappen Claimed
October 27th, 2008
More EliteXC Heat photos at CombatLifestyle.com
In response to Seth Petruzelli’s comments on the “The Monsters in Orlando” show on 104.1 FM in Orlando the Monday following his bout with Kimbo Slice, former EliteXC Head of Fight Operations Jeremy Lappen claimed that Petruzelli was referring to a knockout bonus, not a bribe to keep the fight standing as widely suspected.
10 CommentsFlorida DBPR Clears EliteXC Of StandGate (Update)
October 24th, 2008
Surprise, surprise, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation who oversees the Florida State Boxing commission has cleared EliteXC of any wrongdoing in the StandGate scandal. The news comes from Mike Chiappetta of NBCSports.com.
The Kimbo Slice-Seth Petruzelli “Standgate” fiasco was in many ways the last nail in the coffin of EliteXC, but ironically, one day after the company shut down, they have has been cleared of any wrongdoing in an investigation of the matter by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, according to documents given to NBCSports.com.
1 Comment | Filed under: Armando Garcia, EliteXC, FSBC, Jeremy Lappen, Keith Kizer, Kimbo Slice, Seth Petruzelli, Tank AbbottDetails Of The Florida DBPR Investigation Into EliteXC
October 14th, 2008
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.
Florida DBPR Has Begun ‘Preliminary Investigation’ Into EliteXC Bribery Allegation; Lappen Contradicts Himself (Update II - Lappen Slips Up?)
October 10th, 2008
Due to the “interest” in the EliteXC alleged bribery scandal, the Florida Department Of Business And Professional Regulation has changed their minds and elected to move forward with a “preliminary investigation” after all.
Jennifer Meale, the Communication Director for the DBPR gave ESPN.com’s Franklin McNeil the news.
“While the Department of Business and Professional Regulation doesn’t have any reason to believe there was a problem with the Slice-Petruzelli fight, given the interest in it, the Department has begun a preliminary investigation to thoroughly review the circumstances of the fight.”
Fox News Fight Game: Sliced & Diced
October 9th, 2008
Fox News Fight Game’s Mike Straka has a different take on the EliteXC alleged bribery debacle. Straka believes EliteXC’s claim that Seth was merely referring to a knockout bonus, although he takes issue with Gary Shaw’s comments from the LA Times article where he admitted he’s told fighters in the past to make it a stand-up fight. Straka says this shows that EliteXC is only in it for “pure entertainment and the money,” not the love of the sport. While I feel there’s too many inconsistencies amongst everyone’s stories to just accept EliteXC’s denial of the bribery accusations, I do agree that EliteXC isn’t in it for the right reasons, although it shouldn’t take this latest blunder to come to that conclusion. The obvious mishandling of the company at the executive level since it’s inception should have raised that red flag ages ago. If that’s not enough to convince you, Fightlinker has a whole book’s worth of examples for you here.
No Comments | Filed under: Affliction, CBS, EliteXC, FOX, Ken Shamrock, Kimbo Slice, ProElite, Seth PetruzelliESPN MMA Live: EliteXC ‘Heat’ Recap & Fallout
October 9th, 2008
Dana White & Gary Shaw Weigh In On The EliteXC Alleged Bribery Scandal (MMAConvert.com In The Los Angeles Times)
October 9th, 2008
Zach Arnold put together a great article earlier on the mainstream media’s coverage of the EliteXC alleged bribery scandal. It has snowballed into a public relations nightmare for EliteXC as the mainstream press has picked up on the story. Dana White has finally broke his silence on the subject, and as you probably expected, he didn’t have anything nice to say about EliteXC. White’s former nemesis, Gary Shaw, who is officially still an EliteXC consultant, also put in his two cents, and it certainly doesn’t help EliteXC’s cause.
No Comments | Filed under: Dana White, EliteXC, Gary Shaw, Jared Shaw, Jeremy Lappen, Kimbo Slice, Seth Petruzelli, UFCESPN’s Jim Rome Burns EliteXC
October 8th, 2008
If you really are choreographing fights and manipulating their outcome, then you really are no better than pro wrestling. which isn’t even a sport, but rather a soap opera. Which is fine because we all know know pro wrestling is fake, but we’re assuming what we see in the cage is legit. Investing millions in and having the face of the franchise exposed as fraud is bad, but if EliteXC did anything to manipulate the outcome of that fight, it’s even worse. You can replace Slice, but you can’t get back your cred once you’ve lost it. And what in the world is a mainstream network like CBS doing right in the middle of all this?
