WEC 37 starts at 8 pm with 4 fights to air so it should be over by the time The Ultimate Fighter comes on at 10 pm on Spike TV. This Torres Vs. Tapia fight should be a great fight. Also Brian Bowles will be fighting Will Ribeiro and Bwoles fights are always pretty good bouts.

ProElite has had their Promotional licenses reinstated by the California Stat Athletic Commission, so Jake Shields is not a free agent just yet. Like all the other EliteXC fighters, he’ll have to wait it out to see what happens in the near future.

If George St.Pierre beats B.J. Penn, he could be facing Anderson Silva next by moving up in a weight class. Of course this is just a rumored thing right now, but Dana White spoke about it at MMAWeekly.com. That would be a fight to see.

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End Of Week MMA Update

The unity of this effort is unprecedented and the message that is being sent is clear. Absent significant pre-established negotiated terms, do not bid on these contracts unless you are prepared to fight the challenge to their legality. It is our intention to honor our commitment to Pro Elite, but if Pro Elite is not able to perform in accordance with the contractual terms, the fighters should be granted unrestricted free agency with the unfettered ability to enter the marketplace.

Many managers submitted letters to Elite XC notifying them of breech of contract. A contract is a contract, and I’ve never seen the stipulations of the contract, but I don’t feel that these fighters should be sold like property.

Read the entire story and full letter at MMAJunkie.com

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MMA Agents Unite In An Attempt To Stop Showtime’s ProElite Auction

So the big news this weeks MMA Happening was Mike Brown taking the title from the WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber at WEC 36. In the short time we saw Mike Brown in the ring he showed some pretty good skill, strength and smarts. Urijah Faber has won some fights with some unorthodox moves that have at times looked sloppy but have worked because of his speed. This time one of those moves backfired on him and he got caught with an enormous right hand with a lot of velocity behind it. Mike Brown was smart enough to finish the job with a sense of urgency before Faber had a chance to recover. Was it a fluke? I don’t think so and we’ll have a chance to find out with the next challenger when Mike Brown defends his title.

Also on WEC 36, Paulo Filho weighed in 7 pounds over for his title fight against Chael Sonnen. He lost 3 pounds and didn’t make weight again so it was declared a 3 round, non-title fight. Paulo Filho wanted to take the fight to the ground but Sonnen wouldn’t let him, so he played it safe but lost the fight in points to Sonnen. Sad that Sonnen didn’t get his shot at the title before WEC dissolving that weight class at the end of the year.

Jens Pulver lost a quick 1 round fight to Leonard Garcia by TKO (strikes). This isn’t the Jens Pulver I remember, but stranger things have happened. Before the fight started, Garcia kept pinching his nipple. I guess that’s what he does to get ready for a fight. Garcia says he wants a title shot against newly crowned champion, Mike Brown.

The same night of the fight, or early the morning after Hermes Franca was arrested for DUI in Jupiter Florida. Franca attended the WEC event in Hollywood, Fla.. Hermes Franca keeps getting himself in trouble, he may find himself out of a contract.

Mike Kaplan of Team Mir lost in the first round of his fight on The Ultimate Fighter against Team Nogueira’s Philipe Novar by TKO (Ref stoppage from strikes). Some pranks were played in the house again and this time it involved bodily fluids.

ProElite announced that they would be auctioning off their entire assets in a public auction on November 17th in Los Angeles. All fighters contracts will also be auctioned with the company.

Chris Leben tested positive for steroids after losing to his fight at UFC 90 to Michael Bisping. The test was conducted on the day of the fight but the results didn’t get back until recently. Leben tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanazalol. He was suspended for 9 months and fined 1/3 of his purse from UFC 90.

That’s it for this week. We’ll see you back here on Monday. Thanks for tuning in.

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This Weeks MMA Highlights

MMAJunkie.com reports that the auction for ProElite will happen in Los Angeles later this month and all "tangible and intangible assets". Unfortunately or maybe not, this includes contracts of the fighters currently signed to EliteXC.

The sale will include contracts with a number of EliteXC fighters, including Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson, Gina Carano, Jake Shields, Robbie Lawler, Frank Shamrock and many others.

I expect Kimbo to take a huuuuge pay cut. Maybe we’ll see him on season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter, but that’s highly unlikely. Dana white has expressed interest in Jake Shields and I wish WEC or UFC could start a women’s title even if it’s at a single weight limit. Again not likely to happen.

From what I’m reading, this looks to be a package deal though so I doubt if it will be bought  up by Zuffa. If they are auctioning off contracts then there may be a chance that a few of these fighters may get bought up by the UFC or WEC.

Source: MMAJunkie.com

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Quick Update On ProElite Auction

In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing dated Nov. 4, executives from Showtime Networks and parent company CBS Corporation announced that the assets of Pro Elite, Inc. would be sold to the highest bidder in a public auction scheduled for Nov. 17.

So there you go. Any chances of ProElite or EliteXC promoting any future fights are now in the hands of some one with a fat wad of cash. This is kind of strange seeing that just recently they told a few fighter’s managers that they would be promoting fights in early 2009. I’m not sure of the legalities here, but I’d be willing to bet that some of the fighters will be exercising their rights to file a breach of contract. It’s quite obvious that something a shady was going on in this promotion. I never liked this promotion for the simple reason that the fighters were cutting promos in a pro-wrestling style that came of scripted and cheesy.

Source: MMAweekly.com

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ProElite Heading For eBay?