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EliteXC Destiny
''EliteXC: Destiny'' was the inaugural mixed martial arts event by the mixed martial arts organization EliteXC. The event took place on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi, Southaven, Mississippi. The main card aired on Showtime (TV network), Showtime, with the undercard was streamed live on the Proelite.com website. History The first EliteXC event ("Destiny") was announced unnamed on November 13th, 2006. The fight card was finalized with less than one month to go before the debut event. The televised portion of the fight card included the return of MMA veterans Frank Shamrock and Renzo Gracie in the main event. The show also featured the first female MMA event aired live on television between Gina Carano and Julie Kedzie. The undercard of EliteXC Destiny was streamed free of charge on Proelite.com and ivtasp.com starting at 7 P.M. EST. Heavy site traffic stopped a number of fans from viewing the fight, but many others were able to s ...
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EliteXC
Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, was a United States-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization owned and operated by ProElite. It was founded as a partnership between Showtime Networks and ProElite and officially announced on December 14, 2006. It was headquartered in Los Angeles. The partnership to form EliteXC was announced on November 13, 2006. SHOWTIME to Televise MMA, Sherdog.com. [Last retrieved January 7, 2007/ref> The first major event occurred February 10, 2007 at the DeSoto Civic Center">ast retrieved January 7, 2007"> SHOWTIME to Televise MMA, Sherdog.com. [Last retrieved January 7, 2007/ref> The first major event occurred February 10, 2007 at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi. Fighters Frank Shamrock and Renzo Gracie fought in the main event. Also debuting on this card was Charles Bennett (fighter), Charles Bennett, K. J. Noons, Mike Pyle (fighter), Mike Pyle and Antônio Silva (fighter), Antônio Silva. In early 2008, EliteXC had reache ...
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David Loiseau
David Loiseau (; born December 17, 1979) is a Canadian former mixed martial artist from Montreal, Quebec. He has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, EliteXC, and TKO Major League MMA veteran. He is the former TKO World Middleweight Champion and former two-time TKO Canadian Middleweight Champion. He was also a former TPF Middleweight Champion. He was the first French-speaking Canadian to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Loiseau has also played a gang member in French-Canadian movie ''La rage de l'ange''. Loiseau wrote and acted in a short film calleKeelos featuring hip-hop artist Imposs and Stand-up comedian Eddy King. Biography David Loiseau was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Haitian parents. He had expressed his concern for the people of Haiti and for his grandparents who were still residing in Haiti at the time of the earthquake of 2010. He has urged people to donate and to help the country as much as they can. "I don't want to sleep," he said. "I ...
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Sports In Southaven, Mississippi
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Mixed Martial Arts In Mississippi
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2007 In Mixed Martial Arts
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Elite Xtreme Combat Events
In political and sociological theory, the elite (french: élite, from la, eligere, to select or to sort out) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a group. Defined by the ''Cambridge Dictionary'', the "elite" are "those people or organizations that are considered the best or most powerful compared to others of a similar type." American sociologist C. Wright Mills states that members of the elite accept their fellows' position of importance in society. "As a rule, 'they accept one another, understand one another, marry one another, tend to work, and to think, if not together at least alike'." It is a well-regulated existence where education plays a critical role. Universities in the US Youthful upper-class members attend prominent preparatory schools, which not only open doors to such elite universities as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania, but also to the universit ...
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2007 In Elite Xtreme Combat
The year 2007 is the 1st year in the history of the Elite Xtreme Combat, a mixed martial arts promotion based in The United States. In 2007 Elite Xtreme Combat held 8 events beginning with, ''EliteXC Destiny''. Title fights Events list EliteXC Destiny EliteXC Destiny was an event held on February 10, 2007 at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi. Results Dynamite!! USA Dynamite!! USA was an event held on June 2, 2007 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. Results Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni was an event held on June 22, 2007 at The HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Results ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series was an event held on July 27, 2007 at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California. Results ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series was an event held on August 25, 2007 at Vicks ...
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Elite Xtreme Combat
Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, was a United States-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization owned and operated by ProElite. It was founded as a partnership between Showtime Networks and ProElite and officially announced on December 14, 2006. It was headquartered in Los Angeles. The partnership to form EliteXC was announced on November 13, 2006. SHOWTIME to Televise MMA, Sherdog.com. [Last retrieved January 7, 2007/ref> The first major event occurred February 10, 2007 at the DeSoto Civic Center">ast retrieved January 7, 2007"> SHOWTIME to Televise MMA, Sherdog.com. [Last retrieved January 7, 2007/ref> The first major event occurred February 10, 2007 at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi. Fighters Frank Shamrock and Renzo Gracie fought in the main event. Also debuting on this card was Charles Bennett (fighter), Charles Bennett, K. J. Noons, Mike Pyle (fighter), Mike Pyle and Antônio Silva (fighter), Antônio Silva. In early 2008, EliteXC had reached ...
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Mike Pyle (fighter)
Michael Wayne Pyle (born September 18, 1975) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight (MMA), welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC. A professional competitor since 1999, Pyle is a former List of WEC champions#Welterweight Championship, WEC Welterweight Champion, and has also competed in Strikeforce (mixed martial arts), Strikeforce, Elite XC, Affliction Entertainment, Affliction, M-1 Global, and for the Los Angeles Anacondas of the International Fight League, IFL. Background Pyle was born and raised in Dresden, Tennessee until the age of 17 when he moved to Birmingham, Alabama. It was there that he began studying Taekwondo. One of his training partners told him, "Man you gotta check out this cage fighter stuff they got going on. There's this guy who lays on the ground and breaks peoples arms ..." The cage fighting they were talking about was the UFC. The man they were talking about was Royce Gracie, the mas ...
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Javier Vazquez (fighter)
Luis Javier Vazquez (born April 27, 1976) is a retired Cuban-American mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo .... A professional from 1998 until 2011, he competed for the UFC, World Extreme Cagefighting, WEC, Shooto, ShoXC, EliteXC, and King of the Cage. He is the former List of KOTC champions#Lightweight Championship, King of the Cage Lightweight Champion. Early life Born in Santiago de Cuba, Santiago, Cuba, on April 27, 1976, Javier Vazquez came to the United States at the age of four. He grew up in El Monte, California, and started wrestling as a sophomore at Arroyo High School (El Monte, California), Arroyo High School at the age of 15. In 1994, he placed 3rd at the California Interscholastic Federation, CIF wrestling tournament and continued his st ...
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Riki Fukuda
, is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2004, he has formerly competed for the UFC, EliteXC, DEEP, DREAM, K-1 (MMA), Shooto, and Pancrase. Mixed martial arts career Background Fukuda was a member of the Yamanashi Gakuin University's wrestling team. At the All Japan University Championships, he placed third in 2002 and second in 2003 in his weight class. Fukuda then joined Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling and made his professional wrestling debut in March 2003. Early career In his professional mixed martial arts debut at SuperBrawl, Fukuda surprised many by taking Joe Doerksen to decision. Over the years, he has worked for the Japanese promotions Shooto, Pancrase and K-1. In February 2007, he made his debut in the EliteXC promotion at EliteXC Destiny. He then lost a close decision to Joey Villasenor on the September 15, 2007 EliteXC: Uprising card. Fukuda fought at DREAM.8 as a late replace ...
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Charles Bennett (fighter)
Charles Daniel Bennett (born November 23, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the featherweight division. He is also a bare-knuckle boxer who is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). Characterized by his unpredictable and explosive fighting style and persona, Bennett has been a professional competitor since 1999, with time spent in PRIDE Fighting Championships, Rizin FF, EliteXC, King of the Cage, World Extreme Fighting, and ShoXC. Although he has never won a championship in MMA, Bennett has gained a considerable cult following among fans. Background Bennett was born in Gainesville, Florida, and is the second-oldest boy of 11 siblings. Bennett lived in Gainesville for the first eight years of his life before moving to Ocala, Florida to live with his father after his mother was arrested on a drug charge. Bennett had a troubled upbringing as he came from a broken home, often getting into fights, and both of his parents abused cr ...
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