# RIP: EliteXC **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 21, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elitexc/468942 "2008-10-21T21:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elitexc/468942/1 "2008-10-21T21:02:20Z")
[Story](http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=3655102) I guess having the star (promoted) player getting his clock cleaned in 14 seconds didn’t exactly work wonders. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elitexc/468942/2 "2008-10-21T21:13:54Z")
Yeah, they sucked. I think you meant to stick this in The Game Room though. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elitexc/468942/3 "2008-10-21T21:57:19Z")
Mixed feelings. One one hand I hate to see any league go under, but on the other, their fights were mostly awful and their promotion and presentation was beyond cheesy. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elitexc/468942/4 "2008-10-21T22:04:36Z")
Moved to the Game Room, although it took more than 14 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elitexc/468942/5 "2008-10-21T22:15:57Z")
Good riddance. They had no integrity, fixed fights, didn’t care about the sport, production values sucked, etc. I hope Robbie Lawler and Nick Diaz go back to the UFC. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elitexc/468942/6 "2008-10-21T23:20:10Z")
And nothing of value was lost. ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elitexc/468942/7 "2008-10-21T23:56:51Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Good riddance. They had no integrity, fixed fights, didn’t care about the sport, production values sucked, etc. I hope Robbie Lawler and Nick Diaz go back to the UFC. Good riddance indeed. Gary Shaw is a piece of shit. EliteXC killed themselves by promoting a guy that can’t fight and being as crooked as Pride FC. On another note. I love watching the Diaz brothers fight. Nick Diaz would still be in the UFC if he could stop smoking the herb. I don’t understand why the NSAC, NYSAC and all other athletic commissions consider weed a performance enhancing drug, but ya gotta play by the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elitexc/468942/8 "2008-10-22T00:07:04Z")
> [@ShermanAter](#): > > Nick Diaz would still be in the UFC if he could stop smoking the herb. Why do you say that? He never tested positive for weed in the UFC. He’s not with them because he got a better offer. He was offered another contract with the UFC after his fight with Josh Neer and he said no. > [@ShermanAter](#): > > I don’t understand why the NSAC, NYSAC and all other athletic commissions consider weed a performance enhancing drug, but ya gotta play by the rules. It wasn’t because there was weed in his system. It was because there was **so much** weed in his system that they concluded he was high in the ring and it helped him weather Gomi’s strikes and get the win.