EliteXC News

mmajunkie.com is reporting that EliteXC is shutting its doors...let's hope that a solution can be found, there are a lot of decent fighters under contract with EliteXC. Now they'll need to find a new home.

Just in case you've been hiding out in a cave for the past couple of weeks, EliteXC's October 4th card will feature in the main event...wait for it.

Kimbo Slice vs Ken Shamrock

I'm going to resist the urge to comment on this just yet.

EliteXC has scheduled 3 title fights as part of it's July 26 Saturday Night Fights on CBS fight card.

EliteXC Title Fights

• Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva vs TBA (heavyweight title, shown on showtime)
  
• Robbie Lawler vs Scott Smith (middleweight title)
  
• Jake Shields vs Nick Thompson (welterweight title)
  

Also on the card is Nick Diaz vs Thomas Denny...a bout that seems like a setup to make Diaz look good and ready him for a rematch with EliteXC lightweight champ KJ Noons.

Of course, the big question is whether or not it will be Kimbo Slice facing Silva for the heavyweight title.

NOTE: The heavyweight matchup will be shown on Showtime in a 1 hour preview event.

EliteXC lightweight Nick Diaz (17-7) will meet former King of the Cage champion Thomas Denny (26-16) at the next EliteXC-CBS "Saturday Night Fights" event, which takes place July 26 at Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif.

And, in typical EliteXC Results fashion, here is a Nick Diaz video. BTW, the guy he is fighting is Takanori Gomi, the man considered by many to be the #1 lightweight in the world.

Jake Shields will fight Nick Thompson (36-9-1) for the first-ever EliteXC welterweight title.

The title fight takes place during the second EliteXC-CBS "Saturday Night Fights" event, currently scheduled for July 26 -- possibly in Stockton, Calif.

Here is a submission wrestling video of Jake Shields vs Jon Fitch. As you probably know, Fitch will challenge Georges St Pierre for the UFC welterweight title in August.