EliteXC this weekend ... Gracie vs Sakuraba

[BoneCrusher]

fufu has a thread here on the fight ... thanks fufu.

This is going to be and outstanding event ... here is the rest of the story.

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K-1 HERO'S / ELITE XC:
JUNE 2, 2007
PPV & SHOWTIME
venue: L.A. Coliseum in Los Angeles, California

Fights that will not air on Showtime or PPV; Start time is 8:00 PM Eastern Time:


HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 3R

Brad Pickett VS Hideo Tokoro

HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 3R

Javier Vasquez VS Katsuhiko Nagata

Fights that will air on Showtime from 9:00 PM Eastern Time to 10:00 PM Eastern Time (free for Showtime subscribers):


HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 3R

Jake Shields VS Ido Pariente

HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 3R

Antonio Silva VS Jonathan Wiezorek

HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 3R
J.Z. Calvan VS Nam Phan

Fights that will air on pay-per-view from 10:00 PM Eastern Time to 1:00 AM Eastern Time:


HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 5R
Brock Lesnar VS Min Soo Kim (Pictures)


HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 5R

Kazushi Sakuraba vsRoyce Gracie

HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 3R

Melvin Manhoef VS Dong Sik Yoon

HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 3R

Mighty Mo VS Ruben "Warpath" Villareal

HERO'S RULES / 5Min. 3R

Jonnie Morton VS Bernard Ackah

Unfortunately The Beastman Eastman and the Gina Carano (damn she is hot) fights are both off the card. IDKWTFIU with Eastman ... but Carano was reported to have some kind of stomach virus.

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United States pay-per-view suggested retail price for PPV portion of this event: $34.95
Once again this post is a total hack job cut and pasted from various sites. If you find anything you'd like to take issue with please click here to report the problem.
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[Richie1888]

ha ha they list brocks WWE titles in his profile

what hero rules BTW ?

 

[MCx2]

ha ha they list brocks WWE titles in his profile

what hero rules BTW ?

K1 is primarily a kickboxing organization, but I believe Hero's rules = MMA rules.

I want to see Jake Shields in there vs. some top opposition.

Make it happen Dana!

 

[BoneCrusher]

K1 is primarily a kickboxing organization, but I believe Hero's rules = MMA rules.

I want to see Jake Shields in there vs. some top opposition.

Make it happen Dana!

You're exactly right ReproBro. K-1 was doing well untill UFC made it's comeback than K-1 tanked ... sooooo they opted to go with Pride's MMA rules as a separate class from their kick-boxing division. K-1 has had some outstanding fighters like Cro-Cop and Mark Hunt on it's roster ... not to mention everyone's fav Boob Sapp. Personally, if it weren't for this being a Showtime event I would advertise it because K-1 has done some shady shit in the past. However ... this being a Showtime deal it will be clean I'm sure.

I know I post this too much ... but it's just damn funny. Boob Sapp lowlights ...

YouTube Video

 

[MCx2]

Hah!!

Lesnar's MMA Debut

Johnnie Morton's MMA Debut


From what I've read Gracie vs. Sakuraba was an absolute snooze fest....

Still looking for it.

 

[NordicNacho]

link to the free pree show

http://www.dailymotion.com/flash/fl...ailymotion.com/video/x25kuf_x01&statEnabled=1

 

[Doublebase]

The event took forever. They would walk town these steps that took about 3 mins. Then they would ride in a golf cart made to look like chariot to the ring that took about 3 more mins. I was falling asleep by the time Brock came on. He pretty much pumbled the dude. I saw some skill out him though. He looked good. Gracie vs Sakuraba was a good fight. I thought it was a fun fight to watch. The crowd kept booing them. L.A idiots don't know good jiu jitsu when its right in front of them.

 

[fUnc17]

i watched the first 3 fights, all great fights... good knockouts. But as far the show and the presentation, it was a complete hack job.

 

[MCx2]

i watched the first 3 fights, all great fights... good knockouts. But as far the show and the presentation, it was a complete hack job.

Yeah I heard the production was piss poor.

More of the fights:

Hideo Tokoro vs. Brad Pickett

Melvin Manhoef vs. Yoon Dong Sik

Mighty Mo vs. Warpath

Jake Shields vs. Ido Pariente

Royce Gracie vs. Sakuraba

 

[BoneCrusher]

Holding the event in a stadium was a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad idea.

The Gracie fight was only 1/2 of a fight. Suke didn't do shit while Gracie tried to stay busy. Very disappointing.

The other fights were all good. Lesner was just a beast at 262 pounds and made short work of the short guy.

Overall it was a good event ... not great but good. I expected better from Showtime. We'll see how their next one with Shamrock and Baroni goes later this month.