Inside Fights will have coverage of Pro Elite’s EliteXC debut on Showtime tonight, featuring Frank Shamrock vs. Renzo Gracie and the first-ever televised women’s fight. The show begins on ProElite.com at 7pm ET, with Showtime kicking things off at 10, but if you’re feeling restless, feel free to comment below as the show happens. In the meantime, here are some other MMA news & notes:
– UFC.com has announced some fights for UFC 68 and UFC 69.
UFC 68: The Uprising 03/03/2007 Columbus, OH
Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture (Heavyweight Title Bout)
Matt Hughes vs. Chris Lytle
Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald
Jason Lambert vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral
Drew McFedries vs. Martin Kampmann
Matt Hamill vs. Rex Holman
Jon Fitch vs. Luigi Fioravanti
Gleison Tibau vs. Jason Dent
Jason Gilliam vs. Jamie Varner
UFC 69: Shootout 04/07/2007 Houston, TX
Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra (Welterweight Title Bout)
Diego Sanchez vs. Josh Koscheck
Kendall Grove vs. Alan Belcher
Thales Leites vs. Pete Sell
Marcus Davis vs. Pete Spratt
Roger Huerta vs. TBD
Mike Swick vs. TBD
– The card for Pride 33: The Second Coming scheduled for February 24, 2007 in Las Vegas has been released at PrideFC.com.
Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson (Middleweight Title Bout)
Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz
Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Travis Wiuff
Hayato Sakurai vs. Mac Danzig
Kazuo Misaki vs. Frank Trigg
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Alistair Overeem
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Sokoudjou
Joachim Hansen vs. Jason Ireland
– After reporting that Bob Sapp would likely be headed to the WWE or EliteXC, the Wrestling Observer reported last night that it would be announced tonight that Sapp will fight at the next Cage Rage show April 21 in London. Well, it happened — Sapp was in the ring when the announcement was made, with Dave Legeno, Dave Buzz Berry and James Thompson all hitting the ring for a staredown. Most likely an opponent will be chosen depending on who comes out of tonight’s show looking strongest, with a Sapp vs. Butterbean match taking place later in the year in the U.S.
Credit: WrestlingObserver.com, UFC.com, PrideFC.com
