Big media is picking on the UFC and Spike TV

Released on = February 7, 2007, 10:04 pm

Press Release Author = Judy Mulkern

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Watch out UFC and Spike TV, Showtime has you on their fight
card! Showtime and ProElite make BIG announcement!

Press Release Body = February 8, 2006

Pro Elite, Inc. and Showtime Networks Inc. just announced a newly developed business
unit, Elite Xtreme Combat (EliteXC). Elite will take on the mixed martial arts world
by organizing events on the premium SHOWTIME channel. Its first venue will pair
Legendary Champion Royce Gracie\'s younger cousin Renzo Gracie against Frank
Shamrock. It is scheduled to air live on SHOWTIME on February 10, 2007 (10 p.m.
ET/PT)
"My family is always ready to fight" says Royce Gracie whose center of operation in
New England is Hartford Connecticut with 7 schools stretching from Boston to New
Haven CT,and can be found at . Jim Hughes, Royce\'s
representative based in Hartford reports "this announcement is a big deal for fans
and for fighters. Fans get to see what happens in real fights and they get to see
some amazing technical skill at work, the kind of practical self defense skills we
work on everyday here."
"These events will connect with every martial arts enthusiast in America, and
ultimately the world. Our goal is to help the sport continue to grow and flourish
explains EliteXC CEO Doug DeLuca.
Brian Lichtenstein, , is a tax and investment
adviser by day and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter by night: "My grandfather, Abe \'the
Killer Lichtenstein\' fought his way out of the Jewish ghetto as a boxer early in the
century and was just inducted into the Hall of Fame. I love to train at Jim Hughes
and Royce Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu because it is fun, its safe and its a good
workout, but also because I feel a little closer to my family roots when I am
sparring. My kids enjoy their Karate classes with Paul Bratslavsky
for some of the same reasons.\"
Not everyone has a family member who fights but certainly, the management team at
has a real fighter, Reality TV show fighter that is, in
Kelly Perdew, He fought his show mates for a job with The Donald in "Apprentice 2"
Perdew, also the former President of - reportedly, the
biggest amateur sports web portal in the world, is now weighing in as President of
EliteXC.com.
For more information visit

Web Site = http://www.gracie-jiu-jitsu.com

Contact Details = Jim Hughes and Royce Gracie
www.gracie-jiu-jitsu.com
41 Crossroads Plaza #300
West Hartford CT 06117
860 233 3000

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