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Ep 308 The Rise of EliteXC - Jared Shaw 

EliteXC made an incredible run to become an industry power in 2007. 

Joining us to talk about the historic rise is former Vice President of operations is Jared Shaw of the famous Shaw Boxing family. 

Details EliteXC's explosive growth: landing the Showtime deal, debuting in one month with Renzo Gracie vs. Frank Shamrock, pioneering women's MMA on TV with Gina Carano vs. Julie Kedzie (peaking ratings), co-promotions with K-1 and Strikeforce, building Kimbo Slice, and turning profitable in 14 months amid chaos are just a few of the subjects. 

0:00 MMA history podcast intro  
0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 
1:00 interview start 
1:02 current life 
5:04 transitioning from boxing to MMA 
Promoting 
12:20 having a meeting with Showtime 
15:18 UFC 70 was supposed to be on HBO
16:34 meeting continued with Showtime
20:21 offered to become vice president of Elite XC
20:42 cutthroat business of boxing 
21:52 getting the call to start promotion
23:50 building Elite XC
26:22 hosting first Elite XC show after 1 month 
29:27 tension behind the scenes 
33:13 Rich Chou’s involvement 
35:04 Jeremy Lappen
39:39 Renzo Gracie vs Frank Shamrock 
41:19 penny stocks for Elite XC
42:42 dealings with Frank Shamrock 
44:42 hosting first televised women’s MMA match
48:38 Julie Kedzie vs Gina Carano peaked ratings 
51:05 selecting ring announcers the Elite XC 
52:42 Sponsors for Elite XC
54:27 controversial ending in main event 
55:07 co promoting with K1 for K1 Dynamite 
58:39 K1 Dynamite fight card 
1:00:10 promoting K1 on the Fly 
1:02:08 issues with Co promoting events 
1:05:37 pay scale for fighters at Elite XC 
1:08:46 Kimbo Slice vs Tank Abbott 
1:10:03 K1 Dynamite turning into a disaster 
1:14:06 dealings with Scott Coker 
1:16:27 Hosting first ShoXC card with only 16 days 
1:17:13 legitimizing Kimbo Slice as a fighter 
1:19:16 Kimbo Slice vs James Thompson 
1:19:43 dealings with Ted Williams 
1:20:51 rectangle cage design 
1:22:45 running small shows vs big shows 
1:23:46 purchasing Cage Rage 
1:26:04 Cage Rage fighters not coming to Elite XC 
1:28:22 purchasing Icon MMA
1:33:03 press conference for Elite XC 
1:38:53 wanting Bert Rodgers vs Kimbo Slice 
1:42:02 preview for part 2 
1:43:32 arranging event in Hawaii for Nick Diaz 
1:47:58 interview wrap up 
1:50:28 outro/ closing thoughts

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