Full Contact Talk: MMA discussion

Josh Gross of Sports Illustrated reports that after barely two years of existence ProElite, Inc., notified employees and fighters Monday it was closing down shop effective immediately. EliteXC was the face of the company that also included other promotions such as King of the Cage and Rumble on the Rock. But record financial losses seem to have proved impossible for the promotion to weather even with the silver lining of high television ratings through its national television deal with CBS and a cable deal with Showtime Sports. EliteXC is still currently under investigation in the state of Florida for possible fight-rigging and corruption. One can only guess that this investigation played some sort of role in the downfall.

Earlier this week Full Contact Talk reported on the sleazy EliteXC promo video also known as “Hits and Chicks” that was created by the marketing department at Showtime Sports to promote the upcoming fight between Ken Shamrock and Kimbo Slice on October 4. This unfortunate video, focusing mainly on the anatomy of women, Kimbo Slice and James Thompson’s busted ear, is lost somewhere beneath the Jerry Springer Show on a bad day. It quite simply enraged a large percentage of the mixed-martial-arts community. Especially female fans and female martial artists. Earlier today, either Youtube.com or Showtime Sports removed the video from its playlist. At this moment, FCT cannot clearly cite which company made the decision to remove the video. However, the controversial video is still circulating the web through other video hosting sites. For example, the promotional catastrophe from Showtime Sports is still available on Break.com.

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