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EliteXC

Weigh-Ins \ Photos

 

 

September 15, 2007

Blaisdell Arena

Honolulu, Hawaii

 

 

Line-up (weigh-in weight in parentheses):

Opening Bout 3:00 p.m. HST

Fight 1 - (3x3)

Chico Cantiberos (150.1 lbs) vs. Elias De Los Ruyes (150.7 lbs)

 

Fight 2  - 160 lb. Bout (3x3)

Justin Buchholz (160.3 lbs) vs. Ikaika Choy-Fu (161.1 lbs)

 

Showtime Broadcast 10 p.m. EST (4 p.m. HST)

Fight 3 - 175 lb. Bout (3x5)

Jake Shields (175.3 lbs) vs. Renato "Charuto" Verissimo (173.2 lbs)

 

Fight 4 - 185 lb. Bout (3x5)

"Smokin" Joey Villasenor (185.1 lbs) vs. Riki Fukuda (184.9 lbs)

 

Fight 5 - 140 lb. Bout (3x3)

Gina Carano (141 lbs) vs. Tonya Evinger (139.5 lbs)

 

Fight 6 - 160 lb. Bout (3x5)

Nick Diaz (160.5 lbs) vs. "Iron" Mike Aina (160.5 lbs)

 

Fight 7 - EliteXC Middleweight Title Match (5x5)

Murilo "Ninja" Rua (184.1 lbs) vs. "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler (184.9 lbs)

 

Internet Show

Fight 8 - 135 lb. Bout (3x3)

Albert "Always Bad" Manners (135.5 lbs) vs. Tyson Nam (134.4 lbs)

 

Fight 9 - 185 lb. Bout (3x3)

Kala Kolohe Hose (184.3 lbs) vs. Jeff "Pee Wee" Cox (173.3 lbs)

 

Fight 10 - 185 lb. Bout (3x3)  

Mark Kurano (182.6 lbs) vs. Jose "Bomber" Diaz (186.7 lbs)

 

Fight 11 - 135 lb. Bout (3x3)  

Mark Oshiro (133.2 lbs) vs. Nui Wheeler (135.5 lbs)

 

Fight 12 - 170 lb. Bout (3x3)

Brandon Wolff (170.6 lbs) vs. Chad Klingensmith (170 lbs)

 

 

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All 24 fighters who will compete in Saturday's EliteXC "Uprising" cage fight card in Honolulu made weight at

Friday's weigh-in. The highly anticipated event, the biggest MMA card in Hawaii's history, will mark the initial

collaboration between EliteXC, ICON Sport, Rumble On The Rock (ROTC) and SHOWTIME.
 


 Photos: Tom Casino/EliteXC

Robbie Lawler (left) and "Ninja'' Rua pose after Friday's weigh-in. EliteXC

middleweight champion Rua will defend against Lawler, the ICON Sport

middleweight kingpin, in Saturday's pick 'em main event on SHOWTIME (10 p.m.

ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

 

Highly regarded Nick Diaz (left) makes his EliteXC and SHOWTIME debut

against local favorite Mike Aina in one of the televised bouts.

  

Unbeaten women's superstar Gina Carano (left), who made MMA history in

February on SHOWTIME, faces a stern test when she meets Tonya Evinger.

 

In a battle of tough guys, Joey Villasenor (left) faces Riki Fukuda in one of the

televised bouts.

 

Streaking top-10 welterweight Jake Shields (left) returns to the network to face

Renato "Charuto" Verissimo.

 

In one of the undercard fights that will be streamed live on the Internet at

ProElite.com following the SHOWTIME portion of the show, Tyson Nam (left)

faces Albert "Always Bad'' Manners.

 

 

 

- From ProElite \ Showtime with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

- Photos courtesy of Tom Casino/EliteXC

 

 

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