The Albuquerque Journal newspaper has a brief mention of Joey Villasenor, specifically his current state of unemployment caused by the demise of EliteXC:
With the demise of mixed martial arts promotional firm Elite X-C, Albuquerque MMA fighter Joey Villasenor is without a home.
Elite X-C filed for bankruptcy last Monday. Villasenor (26-6), an original Elite X-C contract …

Tara LaRosa dissed Gina back in the day as “just another pretty face”. She’s changed her tune:

Labeled by her promoters as “The Face of Women’s MMA” and pushed to the spotlight after just three professional outings, Gina Carano (7-0) was a lightning rod for discussion throughout her tenure with the now-defunct EliteXC.
And while some …

NOW they tell us….The Florida Department of Professional and Business Regulation has cleared ProElite of allegations they “fixed”the Kimbo Slice/Seth Petruzelli fight. The clueless mainstream media–particularly reality-challenged ESPN hack Michael Wilbon–got their panties in a collective wad over this story which prompted the Florida regulatory agency that oversees the state’s boxing commission to open …

Via MDS @ AOLFanhouse:
Dana White not only throws EliteXC, Jared Shaw, Gary Shaw and Jeremy Lappen under the bus, he backs the bus over them a few times for good measure in his always entertaining video blog.
The gist of his comments?
“Today is a great day in MMA,” White said. “ProElite is dead.”

Dana dances …

First of all, here’s the short version clip from the ESPN website. Actually, we *did* have the video posted but ESPN pulled it from their site for reasons that are unclear. Maybe they figured that they’d re-edit it to “teach Lesnar a lesson”…here’s the graphic of the “pulled” video
UPDATE: Michael David Smith himself …

Pro Elite, parent company of EliteXC, has informed their employees that Friday will be their last day of work as the company–including EliteXC–is closing its doors.
UPDATE: The final nail in the EliteXC coffin ended up being the Kimbo/Petruzelli fallout. Showtime and CBS were in negotiations to purchase the company, but they walked …

Our guy Michael David Smith talks to boxing trainer par excellence Freddy Roach about working with Andrei Arlovski:

Dave Meltzer at The Wrestling Observer said that this may be the “pro wrestling promo of the year” surpassing Chris Jericho. Only thing is its Dana White, “cutting a promo” on Gary Shaw and EliteXC over “Kimbo-gate”. It is pretty amazing…of course with Dana there’s always an f-bomb or two so consider yourself …

One of the most hilarious things over the past week has been the histrionics over the potential “fixing” of the Kimbo/Petruzelli fight. ESPN, who has done backflips over the past year hyping Kimbo at every turn (remember this?), claims that the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (who oversees the boxing commission) is …

Benji Radach defeated “Ninja” Rua in impressive fashion on Elite XC’s CBS card and his hometown newspaper in Longview, WA gives him some love:
Many observers and bloggers, however, agreed that the Radach-Rua duel was the best of the night.
Both fighters set a furious pace in the opening round. Radach hurt the Brazilian with a series …