EliteXC: Uprising
| EliteXC: Uprising | ||||
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 The poster for EliteXC: Uprising | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | EliteXC, Icon Sport, Rumble on the Rock | |||
| Date | September 15, 2007 | |||
| Venue | Neal S. Blaisdell Arena | |||
| City | Honolulu, Hawaii | |||
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EliteXC: Uprising was a mixed martial arts event promoted by EliteXC and co-promoted by Icon Sport and Rumble World Entertainment. The event took place on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Oahu, Hawaii.
Background
Following several co-promotions and the debut of ShoXC, EliteXC returned with their second official show 7 months after their debut with EliteXC: Destiny.
The main card aired on Showtime. The main event featured a middleweight unification match between EliteXC Middleweight Champion, Murilo Rua, and ICON Sport Middlweight Champion, Robbie Lawler.
In a rare move for MMA, the untelevised matches occurred after the main card and streamed live on the Proelite.com website.
Results
| Main card (Showtime) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Robbie Lawler (c) | def. | Murilo Rua (c) | KO (punches) | 3 | 2:04 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Nick Diaz | def. | Mike Aina | Decision (split) (30-27, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (141 lbs) | Gina Carano | def. | Tonya Evinger | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:53 | |
| Middleweight | Joey Villasenor | def. | Riki Fukuda | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Jake Shields | def. | Renato Verissimo | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 4:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Proelite.com) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Brandon Wolff | def. | Chad Klingensmith | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Mark Oshiro | def. | Nui Wheeler | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:19 | |
| Middleweight | Mark Kurano | def. | Jose Diaz | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:13 | |
| Middleweight | Kala Hose | def. | Jeff Fox | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 0:20 | |
| Bantamweight | Tyson Nam | def. | Albert Manners | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Justin Buchholz | def. | Ikaika Choy-Fu | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:35 | |
| Featherweight | Elias Delos Reyes | def. | Chico Cantiberos | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:52 | |
- ^ EliteXC and ICON Sport Middleweight championships unification
See also
References
- ^ "EliteXC: Uprising". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2013-10-10.