pele industry sports promotion founded 2006 headquarters los angeles california united states key people william kelly president & chief operating officer glenn golenberg douglas de luca lloyd bryan adams executive producer http lloydbryanadams.wordpress.com subsidiaries elitexc cage rage spirit mc icon sport king of the cage website http www.proelite.com proelite inc. is an american entertainment and media company involved in the promotion of mixed martial arts mma . contents 1 first incarnation 2 second incarnation 3 events 4 key people 5 controversy 6 references first incarnation edit founded in 2006 in partnership with showtime networks inc. a cbs corporation subsidiary the firm initially promoted live mma events broadcast on showtime and showtime ppv under the elitexc promotional banner . 1 cbs contracted with proelite to show live events on prime time network television 2 with the first airing scheduled for may 31 2008 . a focal point of proelite s live event promotions was elite xc . running its first show in 2007 it quickly became one of the most visible brands in mixed martial arts in the united states . proelite also acquired several long standing mixed martial arts promotions since its founding including king of the cage hawaii based icon sport and british promotion cage rage . 3 the company also had working relationships with rumble on the rock 1 japanese based dream 4 south korean based spirit mc and northern california based strikeforce . 5 proelite also operated proelite.com a web portal with social networking for mma fighters and fans and live streams of mma bouts not broadcast on showtime . second incarnation edit in march 2011 proelite was rumored to be the unsuccessful second bidder against the ufc in an attempt to acquire rival mma promotion strikeforce . the offer was said to exceed 40 million dollars . principals at proelite immediately confirmed the companies intention to re enter the mma live event promotional business as they had with the record breaking kimbo slice events on cbs . rumors immediately began circulating that proelite was targeted as a strategic acquisition by either the ufc or an unidentified third party investor wishing to enter the mma promotional space . pele.pk stock jumped from .01 per share to more than .20 per share in two days as investors realized the stock routinely traded at 15 per share while proelite was promoting live events . in june 2011 stratus media group secured a 95 % ownership of proelite . 6 the group confirmed their intention to return to promoting mixed martial arts with former icon owner t. jay thompson and former strikeforce matchmaker rich chou brought on board to run the show . 7 the company s return show took place on august 27 2011 in hawaii and streamed live on sherdog.com . proelite announced a partnership with dream to share fighters shortly before it went out of business . this partnership made possible a fight between kendall grove and ikuhisa minowa in proelite 3 in early 2012 . after this event proelite has seemingly gone out of business . events edit event date location venue broadcast proelite grove vs. minowa 000000002012 01 21 0000january 21 2012 honolulu hawaii united states neal s. blaisdell center hdnet proelite big guns 000000002011 11 05 0000november 5 2011 moline illinois united states i wireless center hdnet proelite arlovski vs. lopez 000000002011 08 27 0000august 27 2011 honolulu hawaii united states neal s. blaisdell center sherdog.com key people edit t. jay thompson head of fight operations rich chou matchmaker controversy edit as the company was established the man who initially had the idea to launch proelite wallid ismail was pressured to have signed out all of his rights with the other stakeholders gaining complete control over the startup . 8 references edit a b showtime to televise mixed martial arts events . 2006 11 13 . retrieved 2007 09 16 . cbs to air mma events . 2008 02 28 . retrieved 2008 03 03 . pishna ken 2007 09 13 . proelite continues expansion acquires kotc . mmaweekly.com . retrieved 2007 09 16 . pro elite & dream announce partnership . 2008 05 10 . retrieved 2008 05 18 . elitxc and strikeforce create strategic alliance . 2007 01 31 . retrieved 2007 09 16 . stratus media group secures 95 % ownership of proelite . 2011 06 21 . retrieved 2011 07 05 . pro elite targeting august for return ; 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