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05-11-2008, 01:53 AM
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MMA Good Guy
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DREAM partners with Pro Elite
PRO ELITE & DREAM ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP - MMA WEEKLY
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PRO ELITE & DREAM ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP
Saturday, May 10, 2008 - by Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com
At a pre-fight press conference held on Saturday in Japan for Sunday’s DREAM.3, officials from both Dream and ProElite, Inc. announced a working relationship between the two promotions that will include sharing of fighters and referees, as well as co-promoted shows in the future.
“In the last year ProElite and EliteXC and other brands have made a lot of progress, and some of our progress is due in part to our relationship with FEG and now with Dream,” said ProElite executive William Kelly. “We are sharing fighters. We are sharing referees. We intend to do co-promotions with Dream both in Japan and in the U.S.”
Kelly also mentioned possibly taking co-promoted shows between Dream and EliteXC to places like England and Korea in the future. He commented on the strong relationship between ProElite and television giants CBS and Showtime, and indicated that they will work to present EliteXC and Dream co-promoted shows on the networks.
ProElite also announced the intention of opening offices in Japan, with the hopes of putting on an EliteXC show there at some point in the future.
On the current Dream card set to take place on Sunday, two EliteXC fighters are already competing, as Nick Diaz faces Katsuya Inoue and Eddie Alvarez squares off in the second round of the lightweight Grand Prix against Joachim Hansen.
ProElite executive and former ICON Sport owner T. Jay Thompson also mentioned names like Kimbo Slice, Jake Shields, Robbie Lawler, and Jason Miller as other U.S. stars that the promotion would like to introduce to Japanese fans in the future.
DREAM.3 takes place on May 11 and will broadcast live in the United States on HDNet.
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05-11-2008, 01:45 PM
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05-11-2008, 06:04 PM
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So, is does Proelite own the EliteXC?
If it does, this is very good news.
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05-11-2008, 11:44 PM
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I love these two companies. this is what MMA should be!
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05-11-2008, 11:49 PM
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MMA Good Guy
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Originally Posted by futurecloser34
So, is does Proelite own the EliteXC?
If it does, this is very good news.
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Yes, ProElite owns EliteXC. They also own King of the Cage, Icon Sport and Cage Rage.
I know it's the weekend, but I can't believe that more people aren't excited by this. This move could strengthen both orgs and show the UFC the benefits of working with another org.
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05-12-2008, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by dsver1
Yes, ProElite owns EliteXC. They also own King of the Cage, Icon Sport and Cage Rage.
I know it's the weekend, but I can't believe that more people aren't excited by this. This move could strengthen both orgs and show the UFC the benefits of working with another org.
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Remember though that alot of people that come here are anti-anything that isn't UFC.
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05-12-2008, 08:16 AM
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Exciting news, lots of possible match ups Id love to see.
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05-12-2008, 01:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dsver1
Yes, ProElite owns EliteXC. They also own King of the Cage, Icon Sport and Cage Rage.
I know it's the weekend, but I can't believe that more people aren't excited by this. This move could strengthen both orgs and show the UFC the benefits of working with another org.
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Hell yeah....this is very exciting and great for MMA!
War cross-promotion 
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05-13-2008, 12:00 AM
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Fu¢k Dana White
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HEROs was already in the 'ProElite' coalition, so this news isn't a shocker to me, but now the role is better clarified
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LET THE WOMEN FIGHT! 
Ah, now I get why people hate Dana White...
