Por medio de UFC Mania encontre esta entrevista a Vitor Belfort donde habla de su planes. Entre otras cosas señala que ha recibido una propuesta de EliteXC para enfrentarse a Robbie Lawler por el titulo Middleweight, Asi como su deseo de enfrentar a Quinton Jackson en UFC.

I want to start everything from the beggining and win the most big belts that I can. I´ll give the maximum attention to my career and fight against the best athletes. I have this big wish of fighting against Quinton Jackson, I think it would be a great combat. EliteXC that´s buying all the events, made a proposal for me to go to a lower category to face Robbie Lawler and fight for the big belt

Entrevista – Tatame

Vitor va a tener problemas, ya sea para regresar a UFC o pelear en EliteXC por desobedecer una suspension de nueve meses impuesta por la NSAC y pelear en Cage Rage antes de tiempo.

Che Mills def Ross Mason Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2:07 1st Round

Roman Webber def Ed Smith Decision (Unanimous)

Neil Grove def Domonic Ostich TKO (Strikes) 0:34 1st Round

Matt Ewin def Alex Reid Decision (Unanimous)

Xavier Foupa-Pokam def Pierre Guillet KO 1:02 1st Round

Tengiz Tedoradze def Mustapha al Turk Decision (Unanimous)

Jean Silva def Chris Brennan TKO (Strikes) 2:26 2nd Round

Paul Daley def Mark Weir TKO (Strikes) 2:14 2nd Round

Vitor Belfort def James Zikic Decision (Unanimous)

Gary Turner def Julius Francis Submission (Strikes) 2:17 2nd Round

Este evento se transmite el dia de hoy en vivo por ProElite.

Cage Rage 23
22.09.2007
Wembley Arena
London, England.

Gary Turner vs Julius Francis

James Zikic vs Vitor Belfort

Paul Daley vs Mark Weir

Tengiz Tedoradze vs Mustapha Alturk

Matt Ewin vs Alex Reid

Chris Brennan vs Jean Silva

Xavier Pokam vs Pierre Guillet

Domonic Ostich vs Neil Grove

Ed Smith vs Roman Webber

Ross Mason vs Ch’e Mills

Jason Barrett vs Lee Doski

Estas adquisiciones tienen el objetivo de unificar las organizaciones y compartir peleadores. Cabe señalar que todos estos eventos no perderan su identidad y seguiran manejados por sus promotores originales. No hay planes de disolver ninguna de estas compañias como lo hiciera Zuffa con PRIDE.

ProElite se ha posicionado rapido en las MMA al contar con su propio Reality ShoXC, transmitir en vivo eventos completos a traves de su portal en internet (Cage Rage, EliteXC, Abu Dhabi), Asi como PPV’s que despues estan disponibles de forma gratuita, se ha caracterizado por apoyar a organizaciones pequeñas dandoles cobertura y transmision en vivo (No Limits). Asi como la comunidad donde los fans tienen comunicacion directa con peleadores, promotores, ring girls y demas gente involucrada en las MMA.

Resultados

IGF
08.09.2007
Nagoya Rainbow Hall
Japan.

1. Daisuke Nakamura defeated Kazuki Okubo in 9 minutes, 42 seconds with an arm-lock.

2. Yuki Ishikawa defeated Atsushi Sawada in 7 minutes, 20 seconds with a choke sleeper hold.

3. Alexander Otsuka defeated Tom Howard in 6 minutes, 7 seconds with a Japanese Leg Roll Clutch Hold.

4. Erik Paulson defeated WAKASHOYO in 2 minutes, 48 seconds with an STF.

5. Taka Kunou defeated Kazuhiro Hamanaka in 3 minutes, 14 seconds with a choke sleeper hold.

6. Michiyoshi Ohara pinned Kevin Randleman in 3 minutes, 40 seconds.

7. Mark Coleman defeated “Hollywood” Tadao Yasuda in 3 minutes, 10 seconds with the can opener.

8. Kiyoshi Tamura defeated Montanha Silva in 7 minutes, 49 seconds with a front sleeper hold.

9. Naoya Ogawa defeated The Predator in 10 minutes, 4 seconds with a sleeper hold.

10. Josh Barnett defeated Don Frye in 14 minutes, 38 seconds with the Gotch Special (headscissors w/ arm-lock).

Aqui una lista de algunos peleadores que ya encontraron casa en otras empresas, despues de la compra de PRIDE:

UFC
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira “Minotauro”
Fabricio Werdum

BodogFight
Fedor Emelianenko
Aleksander Emelianenko

IGF Inoki Genome Federation (Pro Wrestling)
Kevin Randleman
Mark Coleman
Don Frye
Josh Barnett

HERO’S
Sergei Kharitonov
Alistair Overeem

Cage Rage
Eric “Butterbean” Esch
James Thompson

En el caso de Fedor Emelianenko se sabe que tiene varias ofertas y que estuvo en Estados Unidos tratando de llegar a un arreglo con UFC, pero regreso a Rusia sin contrato firmado. Por ahi se me escapan algunos peleadores de esta division de los cuales su situacion es todavia incierta.

Tom Watson def Ed Smith Decision (Unanimous)

Michael Johnson def Damien Riccio TKO (Broken Nose) 5:00 2nd Round

Ross Pointon def Dean Bray Submission (Guillotine Choke) 2:10 2nd Round

Marius Zaromskis def Ross Mason KO (Flying Knee) 2:03 3rd Round

Robbie Olivier def Ronnie Mann Decision (Unanimous)

James McSweeney def Mark Buchanan TKO (Punches) 1:30 1st Round

Paul Cahoon def Mark Epstein Decision (Unanimous)

Gary Turner def Edson Draggo TKO (Corner Stoppage) 5:00 2nd Round

Mario Sperry def Lee Hasdell Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1:39 1st Round

Neil Grove def James Thompson KO (Punch) 0:10 1st Round

Dave Legeno def Herb Dean TKO (Eye Injury) 5:00 1st Round

Tengiz Tedoradze def Eric “Butterbean” Esch TKO (Punches) 4:26 1st Round

ProElite anuncio que va a transmitir por internet gratis y en vivo el proximo Cage Rage 22 – Hard as Hell.

Me llama la atencion que va a pelear Herb Dean, ni idea tenia que peleaba. Investigando un poco resulta que tiene un record de 2-2-0 y ha llegado a pelear en KOTC y Spirit MC en Korea.

Cage Rage 22: Hard as Hell
14.07.2007
Wembley Arena
London, United Kingdom.

Eric “Butterbean” Esch vs Tengiz Tedoradze

Mario Sperry vs Lee Hasdell

Wesley “Cabbage” Correira vs James Thompson

Edson Drago vs Gary Turner

Herb Dean vs Dave Legeno

Mark Buchannan vs James McSweeny

Paul Chahoon vs Mark Epstein

Ronnie Mann vs Robbie Olivier

Marios Zaromskis vs Ross Mason

Ross Pointin vs Dean Bray

Joe Mac vs jeremy “Bad Boy” Bailey

Michael Johnson vs Damian Riccio

Tom “Kong” Watson vs ED Smith

Xavier Foupa-Pokam def Tom Watson Submission (Triangle/Kimura) 2:14 2nd Round

Alex Owen def Brad Pickett Decision (Split)

Cyrille Diabate def Ryan Robinson Submission (Armbar) 1:15 1st Round

Abdul Mohamed def Ross Pointon KO (Punch) 3:20 1st Round

Paul Daley def Paul Jenkins Submission (Strikes) 0:41 2nd Round

Mark Epstein def Roman Webber KO (Punch) 2:01 2nd Round

Mark Weir def Daijiro Matsui Decision (Unanimous)

Murilo “Ninja” Rua def Alex Reid TKO (Cut) 0:28 1st Round

James Zikic def Evangelista Santos Decision (Split)

Vitor Belfort def Ivan Serati TKO (Punches) 2:01 1st Round

Gary Turner def David “Tank” Abbott TKO (Punches) 2:31 1st Round