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Event
Uprising

Date
Sat 15th September 2007 (UTC)
Sat 15th September 2007 (Local)

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League
EliteXC

Season
2007

Round
6

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Location
Neal S. Blaisdell Arena

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Description

EliteXC: Uprising was a mixed martial arts event promoted by EliteXC and co-promoted by Icon Sport and Rumble World Entertainment. The event took place on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Oahu, Hawaii.

Background:
Following several co-promotions and the debut of ShoXC, EliteXC returned with their second official show 7 months after their debut with EliteXC: Destiny. The main card aired on Showtime. The main event featured a middleweight unification match between EliteXC Middleweight Champion, Murilo Rua, and ICON Sport Middlweight Champion, Robbie Lawler. In a rare move for MMA, the untelevised matches occurred after the main card and streamed live on the Proelite.com website.

Main Card:
Middleweight / EliteXC & ICON Middleweight Championship / Robbie Lawler (c) vs. Murilo Rua (c)
Lightweight / Nick Diaz vs. Mike Aina
Catchweight / Gina Carano vs. Tonya Evinger
Middleweight / Joey Villasenor vs. Riki Fukuda
Welterweight / Jake Shields vs. Renato Verissimo

Preliminary Card:
Welterweight / Brandon Wolff vs. Chad Klingensmith
Bantamweight / Mark Oshiro vs. Nui Wheeler
Middleweight / Mark Kurano vs. Jose Diaz
Middleweight / Kala Hose vs. Jeff Fox
Bantamweight / Tyson Nam vs. Albert Manners
Lightweight / Justin Buchholz vs. Ikaika Choy-Fu
Featherweight / Elias Delos Reyes vs. Chico Cantiberos