was hoped that the two companies would survive a rocky financial situation long enough to co-promote fights again in the future. Controversy and Closing of EliteXC On October 4, 2008, EliteXC's biggest ratings draw Kimbo Slice was knocked out just 14 seconds into his bout with Seth Petruzelli. Petruzelli served as a last-minute replacement for MMA pioneer Ken Shamrock, who got injured on the day of the fight and was unable to compete. The unexpected outcome of this fight drew a great deal of attention, and subsequent comments by Petruzelli that he was offered a monetary bonus to employ certain techniques during the fight (comments he later recanted and obfuscated), raised the question of undue influence by EliteXC representatives in fights. Significant debt incurred by parent company Pro Elite with no investors or buyers showing interest caused the subsequent cancellation of the November 8, 2008 event. Combined with the Florida State Athletic Commission launching an investigation into the Slice/Petruzelli fight, Pro Elite announced on October 20, 2008 that they would cease operations. Weight classes EliteXC champions Heavyweight Championship Weight limit: Unlimited Middleweight Championship Weight limit: Welterweight Championship Weight limit: Lightweight Championship Weight limit: Bantamweight Championship Weight limit: Women's division Shayna Baszler Gina Carano Marloes Coenen Tonya Evinger Takayo Hashi Sarah Kaufman Debi Purcell Cris Cyborg Kaitlin Young See also Mixed Martial Arts List of current mixed martial arts champions List of Bellator MMA champions List of Invicta FC champions List of ONE Championship champions List of Pride champions List of PFL champions List of Strikeforce champions List of UFC champions List of WEC champions Mixed martial arts weight classes Footnotes External links Former Official EliteXC Site as captured by archive.org Official Showtime Networks, Inc. Site Sports organizations established in 2006 Mixed martial arts organizations Organizations disestablished in 2008 Mixed martial arts events lists