Report: Rothwell confirms fight with Rizzo at Affliction
August 13, 2008
Ben Rothwell has confirmed rumored reports that he will be fighting Pedro Rizzo during Affliction’s “Day of Reckoning” pay-per-view event on Oct. 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Rothwell revealed the fight to CagePotato.com earlier today. FiveOuncesOfPain.com spoke with Rothwell’s manager, Monte Cox, last week and Cox...
Read More...EliteXC: Return of the King Thoughts & Commentary
June 15, 2008
K.J. Noons could be the real deal. I’m not 100% sold on Noons being the real deal just yet but he is certainly making a case for himself with some high-profile victories. This win over Edwards was really jaw dropping and Noons showed the ability to take a hard shot, recover with power, and go for the kill when he smelled blood. There are things that we...
Read More...EliteXC: Return of the King fight card
June 10, 2008
What: Elite XC: Return of the King When: June 14th @ 10pm ET Where: Blaisdell Arena; Honolulu, Hawaii Here’s the latest on the EXC: Return of the King event: Main Card KJ Noons vs. Yves Edwards (EXC Lightweight Title) Nick Diaz vs. Muhsin Corbbrey Murilo “Ninja” Rua vs. Tony Bonello Dave “Pee Wee” Herman vs. Ron “H2O” Waterman Rafael Feijao...
Read More...EliteXC: “Return of the King” Promo (video)
June 10, 2008
This summer is really heating up as far as MMA action goes. We’ve had almost a month now where every weekend there has been at least one event. This weekend is no different as there’s three MMA events (EliteXC: Return of the King, Adrenaline MMA, and DREAM 4). EliteXC: Return of the King is featuring some pretty bangin’ fights like Nick Diaz...
Read More...Report: Fickett out due to injury; 5 other bouts announced for EliteXC’s June 14th show
May 2, 2008
MMA Weekly is reporting that Drew Fickett has had to pull out of his June 14 welterweight title fight with Jake Shields due to a knee injury. The news comes from EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw who was a recent guest on MMA Weekly radio. From MMA Weekly: “Obviously the back injury happened (to Shields) and the easiest thing to do was move him to Hawaii...
Read More...Report: Yves Edwards vs. K.J. Noons postponed until June 14
March 25, 2008
The Fight Network is reporting today that an EliteXC lightweight title fight between Yves Edwards and K.J. Noons has been postponed to June 14th: Yves Edwards will have to wait a little longer for his shot at K.J. Noons and the EliteXC lightweight championship. On a three-fighting winning streak, the rejuvenated Edwards will challenge Noons for the 160-pound...
Read More...Yves Edwards to face K.J. Noons for EliteXC lightweight title on April 26th
February 20, 2008
According to the website of American Top Team, new EliteXC fighter and former number one lightweight in the world, Yves Edwards, will face EliteXC’s current 160 lbs. champion, K.J. Noons for the EliteXC lightweight title on April 26th in Hawaii. Edwards is coming off of a brutal knockout victory over Edson Berto at EliteXC: Street Certified and seems to...
Read More...Edwards vs. Berto set for Feb. 16 EliteXC
January 10, 2008
A match at 160 lbs. between Edson Berto and Yves Edwards has been signed for EliteXC’s next card on February 16 in Miami at the BankUnited Arena. Edwards had been rumored to be fighting Kyle Bradley on EliteXC’s upcoming ShoXC card on January 25 in Atlantic City, but a potential bout against Bradley never came to fruition and Bradley is now believed...
Read More...BodogFIGHT to air on The Score in Canada; Edwards vs. Masvidal to headline tomorrow’s show
August 27, 2007
BodogFIGHT has announced that it will start airing on The Score in Canada on September 4. Bodog will be airing every Thursday on The Score on every Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET. There will also be a repeat Thursday. Tomorrow night at 11 p.m. ET on ION television in the States will be another installment of BodogFIGHT: New Jersey. The main event for the show will be a...
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