MMA & Boxing · EliteXC · 2007

Date & time

15 Sept 2007, 02:00

Round

6

Venue

Neal S. Blaisdell Arena

Location

Oahu, Hawaii, United States

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. Main Card: Middleweight / EliteXC & ICON Middleweight Championship / Robbie Lawler (c) vs. Murilo Rua (c) Lightweight / Nick Diaz vs. Mike Aina Catchweight / Gina Carano vs. Tonya Evinger Middleweight / Joey Villasenor vs. Riki Fukuda Welterweight / Jake Shields vs. Renato Verissimo Preliminary Card: Welterweight / Brandon Wolff vs. Chad Klingensmith Bantamweight / Mark Oshiro vs. Nui Wheeler Middleweight / Mark Kurano vs. Jose Diaz Middleweight / Kala Hose vs. Jeff Fox Bantamweight / Tyson Nam vs. Albert Manners Lightweight / Justin Buchholz vs. Ikaika Choy-Fu Featherweight / Elias Delos Reyes vs. Chico Cantiberos