Posted by Dave Walsh on 15th August 2008
Tonight, Showtime and EliteXC present another of their ShoXC events, this time following up on a previous main event of Po’ai Suganuma vs. Jared Hamman, two up and coming lightheavyweights. When they met on April 5th of this year on another ShoXC card, all it took was a right hand from Suganuma, followed by a picture perfect flying knee to put down Hamman. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Lee Casebolt on 5th March 2008
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By Lee Casebolt
Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, I presume you’ve heard about the deal between the CBS television network and MMA wannabe player ProElite, parent company of EliteXC. The announcement has garnered a fair amount of response amongst the MMA congnoscenti, ranging from the moderately positive to the outraged. On the one hand, you have those who see an enlarged market for the sport of mixed martial arts, with all of the opportunities that brings. On the other, you have those who see Kimbo Slice, face of MMA, and are (justifiably) terrified.
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Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 26th January 2008
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Frank Shamrock joins my boys the Fight Professor Stephen Quadros and former Total MMA columnist Mauro Ranallo on commentary.
Showtime Bouts
Kala Kolohe Hose vs. Frederic Belleton
Frederic Belleton wants to weeeeen. I want him to win too. He is a savate player, so he can take solace in the fact that Gerard Gordeau represented his art with honor. Except for the eye gouging. Hose is a Hawaiian brawler. Hard to believe, I know. He has a checkerboard on his chest. Seriously. A huge checkerboard. (Apparently a Hawaiian cultural thing. h/t Hackett)
Hose lands a series of body shots early but is gassed in the first half of the first round. The gas tank of a young Tank Abbott. Ends it with a brutal KO. Belleton was overmatched here. The KO made Frank giggle. “The knockout was so nice we showed it twice.” Ranallo is such a goof. Quadros tries to get Hose to call out Robbie Lawler. He doesn’t want any part of that.
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