We’re used to getting our doses of mixed martial arts in monthly blocks, so 6 events in 4 weeks is surely news worthy. And the best part, 5 of these MMA events are going to be televised for free (that is, if you get Showtime, Spike TV, and Versus channels).  You may want to bookmark this for your reference (url).  Here is how the month stacks up:

 Sept 5th:  WEC on Versus featuring main event Rob McCullough (14-3) vs. Richard Crunkilton (17-1).  Click here for complete fight card.  Click here to find the Versus channel in your area.

 Sept 9th:  UFC 75 Champion vs Champion on Spike TV feauturing Light Heavyweight Title fight with Quinton Jackson taking on “Dangerous” Dan Henderson.  Other Noticable figthts include Michael Bisping (fighting in from of his London home crowd) vs. Matt Hamill and Mirko Cro Cop vs. Cheick Kongo.  Check out the complete fight card here.

 Sept 15th:  EliteXC Uprising on Showtime featuring Middleweight Championship fight with Robbie Lawler battling Murilo “Ninja” Rua.  Nick Diaz and Gina Carano will also be on the card.  Check out the schedule for the rest of September… (more…)

Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett predicted a first round knock out at last night’s EliteXC event.  He was right, but it was he who was on the recieving end.  Victor “Joe Boxer” Valenzuela stopped Krazy Horse in the first round of last night’s main event.  You can check out Joe Boxer’s take on the fight here at proelite.com.

 Here are the official fight results from the EliteXC show: 

Victor Valenzuela def. Charles Bennett via Submission (Strikes) at 3:23 of rd. 1

Seth Kleinbeck def. Jaime Jara via TKO (Strikes) at 4:59 of rd. 2

Jon Murphy def. David Huckaba via KO (Punch) at 0:19 of rd. 2

Hector Urbina def. Ray Lazama via Unanimous Decision

Umar Love def. Brendan Tierney via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:08 of rd. 1

Karl Noons and Jamie Jara were winners in tonight’s main events, both finishing their fights via KO.  Here are the complete results from tonight’s ShoXC event:

Karl James Noons def. James Edson Berto- KO (Knee) rd 3
Jaime Jara def. Jeremiah Metcalf- KO (Punch) rd 1
Anthony Ruiz def. Jason Geris- TKO (Ref Stoppage) rd 1
Muhsin Corbbrey def. Lee Gibson- Decision
Aaron Rosa def. Jefferson Silva- (Dr. Stoppage) rd 1  
Scott Jorgenson def. Chris David- Decision
Shayna Baszler def. Jan Finney- Submission (Armbar) rd 1
Josh Neal def. Eric Beondo- TKO (Knee) rd 1 
Tony Rubalcava def. Drew Montgomery- TKO (Strikes) rd 1  
Brian Cobb def. John Reedy- Submission (Rear Naked Choke) rd 1

The guy who did this to Rashad Evans will be fighting a Welterweight tomorrow!

This may be a first for the sport of MMA.  Tomorrow at the ShoXC event, the current Gladiator Challenge Middleweight Champion is going to cut weight and will be taking on the current Gladiator Challenge Welterweight Champion.

Jeremiah Metcalf (current Welterweight Champ) was originally scheduled to fight fellow welterweight Aaron Wetherspoon until Wethtespoon suffered a last minute injury.  Jamie Jara (Middleweight Champ) will be stepping up to take Aaron’s place. 

This should make for a very interesting fight.  Metcalf might have been better off with his original opponent as his replacement (Jamie Jara) has won 11 out of his last 12 fights.  The one loss was a decision against Rashad Evans. 

Highlights of Jamie Jara

This Friday, July 27th on Shotime, EliteXC in association with King of the Cage will have 10 fight event with the main event featuring Lightweights Edson Berto vs. KJ Noons.  Berto is an exciting fighting who is on the rise how has won in his last nine fights has eight wins and one draw.  Even more impressive is that each of those wins has come via submission or TKO.  In his last fight (EliteXC Strikeforce) he dispatched highly regarded Victor Valenzuela, aka “Joe Boxer” with a heal hook 47 seconds into the first round.

Also on the card is a rematch between Welterweights Aaron Wetherspoon (King of the Cage title holder) and Jeremiah Metcalf (Gladiator Challenge title holder).  Wetherspoon won a majority decision when the two fought in a year ago. 

Here is the rest of the complete fight card, we’ll keep you posted with the results as they come in: (more…)

Thanks to EliteXC and Showtime, young talented fighters are now going to have their opportunities to showcase their abilities in front of a national crowd.  The two companies have partnered to develop “ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series”, a mixed martial arts series devoted to highlighting up and coming talent. 

“This network and our partners at EliteXC have made a long-term committment to developing the sport of professional mixed martial arts,” said Ken Hershman, senior vice president and general manager, Showtime Sports & Event Programming. “ShoXC is one of the most important components to that development. Now, young fighters will have an elite proving ground to showcase their talents on national television. In addition, the fans now can track MMA’s future stars as they develop their fighting style and skills.”

This is great for the sport, no doubt.  Currently in the world of MMA there is finite space for national attention.  There are only so many fighters (no matter how good they my be) you can cram into a UFC card.  This gives that great young fighter who hasn ‘t landed a UFC deal the chance to show millions his skills.  The less monopoly this sport has for nationwide distribution, the better the quality of fighters that will emerge.