Well, the strongest competition to the UFC is now dead, dead, dead …. and it’s all because of the aftermath of Kimbo Slice’s devastating knockout loss to Seth Petruzelli.

Elite XC was already in heavy financial trouble, and hoped that CBS (who owned 20% of the company) would buy out the remaining portion and save the day. However, Seth Petruzelli’s comments that promoters implied he should not take Kimbo to the mat drew an investigation from the Florida State Athletic Commission. That investigation played a part in CBS NOT bailing Elite XC out of financial trouble, which doomed the company.

The biggest question in all of this is… Where does Kimbo Slice go from here?

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In October of last year, Major League Baseball tried to claim copyright over the “facts and statistics” of their sport, which would require web sites to pay licensing fees to provide fantasy baseball to fans. The courts of our great country promptly told MLB to kick rocks, and justice was upheld.

That ruling prompted CBS Sports to stop paying the NFL licensing fees for fantasy football, which has kicked off a legal battle that will undoubtedly last forever. The interesting thing about this case, is CBS is suing the NFLPA because the NFLPA threatened to sue them….. only in America.

CBS Interactive has filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis to clarify who controls the statistics that underlie its popular fantasy football games.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the NFL Players Association has threatened to sue the company if it does not pay licensing fees for the statistics.

CBS seeks a court ruling saying that “the Players Association may not seek to control the use of player statistics in fantasy games and may not continue to extract money from CBS Interactive for the use of publicly available football statistics.”

Can you really sue someone for threatening to sue you? I guess it doesn’t matter since the real question lies with the money…. but it sure is weird.

First of all, sorry about the lack of updates over the weekend, I moved into a new place and had to wait for internet access. (very painful)

Although I missed the Kimbo Slice fight, I did read this interesting tidbit about CBS refusing to allow Kimbo to promote “Reality Kings” during Saturday’s broadcast. For those of you who are unfamiliar, boxers and MMA fighters sometimes have companies sponsor them in exchange for a little promotion on fight night. That’s why you’ll see certain guys carrying big signs as they walk to the ring. Also, in the post fight interviews the athletes usually thank their sponsors by name.

… However, Reality Kings happens to be a nudie company that employed Kimbo as a bodyguard before he found fame. Therefore CBS wouldn’t allow their name to be uttered or logo to be visible whatsoever.

Does this set a bad precedent of networks dictating sponsorships and sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong? Such moves could possibly hinder an athlete’s potential to earn extra money due to sponsors fearing CBS blacklisting them.

On the other hand, I’m sure CBS is just trying to cover their own butts. How many sensitive parents would file complaints saying their child went to Reality Kings-dot-com and saw a woman with balls on her chin?

What do you think about the situation?