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EliteXC “Heat” took place this evening at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Seth Petruzelli had the opportunity of a lifetime fall into his lap when he was tapped to replace an injured Ken Shamrock in the main event against Kimbo Slice.

Jake Shields defended his EliteXC Welterweight Championship for the first time against the always dangerous UK Cage Rage Champ Paul Daley.

As the result of a co-promotion with Afflliction, heavyweights Andrei Arlovski and Roy Nelson met in the cage for a possible chance to fight Fedor Emelianenko.

Gina Carano looked to keep her undefeated streak going against Kelly Kobald.

Murilo ‘Ninja’ Rua and Benji Radach battled it out to get one step closer to a middleweight title shot.

Results and wrap-up after the jump.

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Awhile back, I spoke about how the Miami-Florida State game could adversely affect ticket sales for EliteXC. Ariel Helwani passed along a small update on that front.

Did Cris Cyborg’s utter destruction of Shayna Baszler at EliteXC “Unifinished Business” leave you wanting to see her take on EliteXC’s golden girl Gina Carano on October 4? Yeah, well, us too, but it doesn’t look it’s going to happen. According to NBCSports.com’s Mike Chiappetta, it appears EliteXC is choosing to put Kelly Kobald-Gavin in the cage with Carano at CBS Saturday Night Fights III.