<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>“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.</div> Source: mmaweekly
If they can get World Victory Road on board with Gomi and Barnett.. whew, they'll almost be back to Pride's apex as an organization. IMO, EliteXC doesn't have a lot of top talent though, with a sharing with Dream, they've become a lot more interesting..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ May 11 2008, 06:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If they can get World Victory Road on board with Gomi and Barnett.. whew, they'll almost be back to Pride's apex as an organization. IMO, EliteXC doesn't have a lot of top talent though, with a sharing with Dream, they've become a lot more interesting..</div> They may not have a lot of top talent, but they have CBS. Between elite, DREAM and strikeforce they can but on some cards that rival the UFC. If affliction bombs, like many of us assume they will, then there is some more available talent.
