Huntington Beach, CA November 10, 2008 – We as sports agents battle against each other every day for the best opportunities for our clients. Ultimately we realize the struggle is always about the client’s best interest. That is why we as the elite agents in MMA today have band together to address what we perceive to be a grave injustice.
Agents Band Together To Fight ProElite Auction
November 10th, 2008
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ProElite Rising From The Dead?
November 3rd, 2008
Or just buying time?
In response to several notices of breach of contract that managers Monte Cox and Cesar Gracie filed, ProElite has informed them that EliteXC still plans on promoting events.
From MMAWeekly.com:
“Elite XC and ProElite are currently downsizing its staff in an effort to improve its business moving forward,” the notice states. “As this process is implemented, Elite XC cancelled the event previously scheduled for Nov. 8 in attempt to re-schedule another event in early 2009.”
Andrei Arlovski Signed By Adrenaline MMA?
May 22nd, 2008
If this meet-and-greet announcement for Monte Cox’s Adrenaline MMA debut event is any indication, Andrei Arlovski may have actually signed with Adrenaline.
Fans who purchase a ringside seat for the Adrenaline MMA event on June 14 at the Sears Centre Arena, will be able to attend a Meet-and-Greet session prior to the show.
Tim Sylvia, Ben Rothwell and Andre Arlovski will join the Adrenaline MMA ring girls at the Meet-and-Greet session. Affliction, one of the event sponsors, has agreed to give a T-shirt to each person with a ringside ticket attending the session.
One rumor floating around was that Arlovski would sign with Adrenaline and Cox would loan him out to Affliction for their July 19 ‘Banned’ pay-per-view event to fight IFL heavyweight star and Adrenaline signee, Ben Rothwell.
Perhaps that is what is happening here. Monte Cox is too smart to promote Arlovski at a meet-and-greet unless he has him signed or someone lends Arlovski out to them. And the UFC is definitely not going to be the ones that allow Arlovski to attend another promotion’s meet-and-greet session.
Is news imminent?
Adrenaline MMA Announces First Event; Jeff Monson & Mike Russow To Headline
May 8th, 2008
Adrenaline MMA, formerly the American side of M-1 Global, has officially announced its inaugural event, set to take place in Chicago, Ill., at the Sears Centre Arena on June 14. The organization, led by Monte Cox, has signed two high-profile heavyweights to date—Tim Sylvia and Ben Rothwell—however, they won’t be competing for Adrenaline until its second show in September due to their participation in Affliction: Banned. Because of that, Cox has lined up Jeff Monson and Mike Russow to battle it out in the night’s main event.
Rich Franklin Should Move To Light Heavyweight
May 1st, 2008
Speculation has been running rampant today about Rich Franklin moving up a weight class from middleweight (185lbs) to light heavyweight (205lbs) after his manager, Monte Cox, discussed the possibility with MMAWeekly.
“Rich has to make a decision. We’ve certainly considered going to 205 and seeing how he does up there.”
“He’s fought almost everybody in the 185-pound division. There are some guys that he could fight, but if he beats them it knocks them out of title contention. And nobody is looking to see Rich and Anderson Silva 3 right now, including me.
