Destiny

Date
Sat 10th February 2007 (UTC)
Sat 10th February 2007 (Local)

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League
EliteXC

Season
2007

Round
1

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(7,200 Attendance)

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Description

EliteXC: Destiny was the inaugural mixed martial arts event by the mixed martial arts organization EliteXC. The event took place on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi. The main card aired on Showtime, with the undercard was streamed live on the Proelite.com website.

Background:
The first EliteXC event "Destiny" was announced unnamed on November 13th, 2006. The fight card was finalized with less than one month to go before the debut event. The televised portion of the fight card included the return of MMA veterans Frank Shamrock and Renzo Gracie in the main event. The show also featured the first female MMA event aired live on television between Gina Carano and Julie Kedzie. The undercard of EliteXC Destiny was streamed free of charge on Proelite.com and ivtasp.com starting at 7 P.M. EST. Heavy site traffic stopped a number of fans from viewing the fight, but many others were able to successfully view the event. As well, an "online chat" that was displayed under the message board, but numerous users complained in various message boards that their comments were not getting through and that the comments that were getting through were either "plants" or hand-selected to be pro-EliteXC. The event drew a 1.62 household rating on Showtime.

Main Card:
Middleweight / Renzo Gracie vs. Frank Shamrock
Super Heavyweight / Antônio Silva vs. Wesley Correira
Middleweight / Joey Villasenor vs. David Loiseau
Catchweight / Gina Carano vs. Julie Kedzie
Lightweight / Charles Bennett vs. K.J. Noons

Preliminary Card:
Middleweight / Riki Fukuda vs. Chris Gates
Lightweight / James Edson Berto vs. John Shackelford
Lightweight / Javier Vazquez vs. Adriano Pereira
Welterweight / Mike Pyle vs. Ross Ebanez
Heavyweight / Tim Persey def. Bo Cantrell