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Former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Renato "Babalu" Sobral (35-8) found himself without a fight with the news that DREAM would be canceling it's light-heavyweight tournament. Fans of "Babalu" need not worry, the fighter has just agreed to meet Robbie Lawler (19-5) in a 195 pound catch-weight bout at Strikeforce: Los Angeles. Strikeforce: Los Angeles will take place on June 16 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Cali. The event coincides with the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Lawler had been scheduled to ... Read More

Randy Khatami is one of Kimbo Slice's chief trainers, and recently he talked to MMAWeekly.com about his thoughts on Slice's re-emergence on the MMA scene. Khatami works at Elite MMA with Bas Rutten, who had a falling out with Slice over his 14 second loss to Seth Petruzelli in October at the EliteXC "Heat" event. Read More

Strikeforce announced Tuesday that Frank Shamrock (23-9-2) will face Nick Diaz (18-7) as part of their main event debut on Showtime. The catch-weight for this event will be contested at 179 pounds. Shamrock, 36 years old, is coming off of a loss to Cung Le in March 2008 during a Strikeforce event where he suffered a broken arm and has not competed since. A rematch for April the 11th had been discussed but Le is dealing with an elbow injury and ... Read More

Pretty interesting interview here with one of the owner's of WolfsLair. Enjoy Read More

ProElite Inc will not go down without a fight, at least in regards to Showtime Networks Inc. plans to host a public auction on November 17. The auction is set to pay back the 6.3 million owed to Showtime(at least some of what is owed) by turning the EliteXC video library and fighter contracts into liquid cash. ProElite, however, is looking to stop this auction. Here's what the Media Daily News had to say about the situation: “With ... Read More

Showtime Networks Inc. will be auctioning off the remaining assets of ProElite, the parent company for MMA promotion EliteXC, in an attempt to retrieve some of the money owed to them. EliteXC has accrued nearly $60 million in debt, and so Showtime is offering it's tape library and fighter contracts, as per the public notice below: Notice is hereby given that the Collateral (as defined below) will be sold by Showtime Networks Inc. (“Showtime”) at a public sale on November ... Read More

It's being reported by 5thRound that Online Broadcasting Systems is looking to purchase the online assets of EliteXC. Online Broadcasting Systems is the parent company for better known Ringsports, and CEO Manny Fernandez commented via this statement: “I hope we can build on some of the great aspects of their internet foundation, especially the technology of their websites and their social networking aspects.” Read More

While it's more than just a little too late, Pro-Elite has been cleared of all wrongdoings regarding the fight between Kimbo Slice and Seth Petruzelli. Here's the quote, via ESPN.com "The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations, which oversees the state's boxing commission, concluded its preliminary investigation of the Oct. 4 heavyweight bout between Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson and Seth Petruzelli on Thursday and found no wrongdoing on the part of promoter ProElite. "The preliminary investigation concluded that there was no legal sufficiency ... Read More