ADDITIONAL TICKETS RELEASED FOR “HEAT” AT BANKATLANTIC CENTER

Posted on | October 3, 2008 | No Comments

Due To High Demand, Additional tickets starting at $30 are
On Sale Now;

EliteXC MMA EVENT
Featuring Kimbo, Shamrock, Gina, Shields and More
Saturday, Oct. 4 (First Fight at 6 p.m.)

SUNRISE, Fla. (Oct. 2, 2008) – Due to an overwhelming demand for tickets, more seats and sections were released today for the eagerly anticipated EliteXC fight card, dubbed HEAT, this Saturday, Oct. 4, at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla.

“We’re pleased to announce that we have just opened up some sections and made more $30 tickets available,’’ said Jeremy Lappen, Head of Fight Operations for EliteXC. “Not that we didn’t expect it, but the response to this fight card has been amazing. Thank you, South Florida.”

Tickets start at $30 and are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at (954) 523-3309 in Broward County, (305) 358-5885 in Dade County and (561) 966-3309 in Palm Beach County, online at www.ticketmaster.com and at the BankAtlantic Center box offices (954) 835-7825.

The BankAtlantic Center box offices are located on both the North and South sides of the main entrance. Their normal business hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. The box office will be open the day of the event beginning at 10 a.m. The first live fight begins at 6 p.m. ET. The event is presented by Los Angeles-based ProElite, Inc.’s live fight division, EliteXC.

Popular hometown hero Kimbo Slice will face legendary Hall Of Famer Ken Shamrock in a featured fight on a stellar, star-studded mixed martial arts card that includes women’s superstar Gina “Conviction” Carano, EliteXC welterweight champion Jake Shields and MMA standouts Andrei Arlovski, Paul “Semtex” Daley and Murilo “Ninja” Rua.

Besides Kimbo-Shamrock, Shields will defend against Daley, Carano collides with Kelly Kobold, Rua, a former EliteXC middleweight beltholder, faces Benji Radach and Arlovski takes on Roy “Big Country’’ Nelson.

Cris Cyborg meets Yoko Takahashi on an outstanding undercard that includes Florida fan favorites Edson Berto and Seth “The Silverback” Petruzelli.

Eight of the fighters on the six-bout undercard hail from the Sunshine state. The others are undefeated Lorenzo Borgomeo, David Martinez, Nicolae Cury, David Gomez, Nicholas Cardella and Mickey Gomez.