Comments on: SHOWTIME begins formal talks to acquire EliteXC

By: Jason G

Jason G — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:12:13 +0000

I feel sorry for whoever spends money to buy this company. I don’t think anyone can argue that whoever buys this (besides the UFC) can make a profit

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By: rob

rob — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:51:52 +0000

Isn’t it a sad state of affairs in the MMA world when two of the best Heavyweights in the world (barnett/fedor) “need” mainstream exposure from “fans” – - Am I too naive to think that even the casual fan knows who these two guys are?

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By: jdavis

jdavis — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:25:05 +0000

I doubt there will be a merger with any company, why would anyone want to take on ProElite’s $55million in debt? That goes double for Affliction, a company with it’s own money issues already. Showtime will most likely let ProElite fail and buy/take control of it’s assets(which may be the whole reason for this $1million secured loan). They are protecting their investment but that doesn’t mean the company is safe, Showtime/CBS might not want to run EliteXC they might just want to save anything of value out of it, particularly the video catalog.

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By: J

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:39:40 +0000

That’s my point. Fedor and Barnett need mainstream exposure. If you put them on a card with Kimbo vs. Fighter X, both fans will get what they want and the next time you have built enough momentum to pull off a serious PPV.

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By: Darrel Smith Jr

Darrel Smith Jr — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:40:16 +0000

A Fedor/Barnett fight on CBS, while great for almost anyone reading this board, is probably not going to do a huge number on CBS. Both of those guys are huge draws for hardcores, but the casual fan CBS wants to draw has no idea who Fedor or Barnett is. Arlovski might have a little more pull with a casual fan from being in the UFC, but still, none of those guys are known by casual fans that CBS would hope to draw. CBS knows they have the hardcores when they do a show, but they want the casual viewer to watch.

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By: j

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:54:37 +0000

An EliteXC/Affliction merge is a possible ggod match.

EltieXC has the up and coming young fighters and tv contracts while Affliction has legit fighters with a limited roster.

This could be great exposure for both. How awesome would it be to see Fedor v. Arlovski/Barnett on CBS.

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By: Davey D

Davey D — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:54:19 +0000

October 4th is a big day for EXC. They need all the viewer’s they can get. Merging with Affliction could be their answer it seems because there are A LOT of fighter’s between all those org’s.

Making it all one in the same creates competition for the UFC and a heck of a lot of event’s for the fans to see on many level’s of broadcasting. We’ll wait to see what happens next.

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By: Batman

Batman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:50:20 +0000

I think elite xc, and affliction should merge and get a tv deal with cbs/showtime. That way everyone is happy. Hbo is being difficult with golden boy anyway from what I hear.

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By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:43:23 +0000

So EliteXC will either be owned by Showtime/CBS or merge with Affliction!!! Wow! Huge news coming up!

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By: XX

XX — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:33:20 +0000

stupid

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