Bloody Elbow (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
The zombie that is ProElite continues to haunt the fighters under contract with the promotion. From MMA Weekly: The remaining representatives from near-defunct fight promotion ProElite are doing what they can to stop EliteXC welterweight champion Jake Shields from leaving the fold. Shields' manager and father, Jack Shields, on Monday told MMAWeekly.com that an unnamed lawyer...
Bloody Elbow (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
It has now been thirty days since Monte Cox and other agents filed breach of contract notices with EliteXC. Jake Shields came out today and said he is a free agent: "My 30 days is up today," Shields said on Thursday. "Today I consider myself a free agent. EliteXC still has no reply, but as far as the contract goes, I'm a free agent today." He may be right, but the problem is that...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
With EliteXC shutting its doors less than 2 days ago the former employees are now left searching for work in an economy where no one is hiring. Luckily, some of ProElite’s former employees are highly visible, marketable, and desirable future employers. Now-former title-holders like Jake Shields, KJ Noons and Robbie Lawler are legitimate fighters who will [...]
The Mason Conservative (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Just as I'm getting into your past shows and digging your real fighters, you go and collapse . They really had the talent to compete with the UFC and had a much better avenue in CBS network television and Showtime for major mainstream exposure. And they had a roster full of pretty good talent up and down: Jake Sheilds, Wilson Reis, Robbie Lawler, KJ Noons, Nick Diaz, Bigfoot Silva, Ninja Rua,...
