EliteXC Partners with ICON and ROTR

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EliteXC has officially announced their partnership with ICON Sport and the Rumble on the Rock promotions based out of Hawaii.

EliteXC President Gary Shaw, along with ICON’s T. Jay Thompson and ROTR’s J.D. Penn announced the partnership today at the Blasidell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. The first joint show will be this September 15 at the Blaisdell Arena and will be titled EliteXC - Uprising. The main event will feature a Middleweight title fight between EliteXC champion Murilo “Ninja” Rua and ICON champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler. The event is also expected to be broadcast on Showtime.

The current full fight card for the EliteXC - Uprising event is as follows:

Murilo Rua vs Robbie Lawler (for the EliteXC Middleweight Title)
Nick Diaz vs Mike Aina
Joey Villasenor vs Riki Fukuda
Renato Verissimo vs Jake Shields
Gina Carano vs Tonya Evinger
Mark Oshiro vs Nui Wheeler
Mark Kurano vs Jose Diaz
Jaw Suk Kim vs Brandon Wolff
Kala Halohe Hose vs Jeff Cox
Justin Bucholz vs Kolo Koka
Tyson Nam vs Albert Manner

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(via MMA HQ - Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis)

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