Elite XC Chaos & CBS - Jared Shaw | MMA History Podcast

Wrestling

Year2026

Duration1h 43m

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Ep 316 EliteXC Internal Chaos & CBS - Jared Shaw Jared Shaw joins the MMA History Podcast, delivering the 3rd episode of our multi episode Elite XC series. Shaw breaks down the CBS primetime peak numbers (6.51 million viewers for Kimbo vs. James Thompson). The start of what is considered the “gold rush” of WMMA - Gina Carano's pivotal win over Caitlyn Young ;, Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith stealing the show, Nick Diaz's "Don't be scared, homie" moment, & the internal power struggles within the company. On the controversial side… Gary Shaw’s unceremonious departure, gaming the stock market… this episode is insane If you think that this episode is wild… just wait for the 4th drop when everything implodes. 0:00 MMA history podcast intro 0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 0:49 interview start 0:52 having a meeting with CBS 4:55 Gary Shaw not having a Wikipedia 9:36 John Perretti erased from Wikipedia 12:39 campaign to bad mouth Jared Shaw 17:16 EliteXC street certified event 21:35 funding StrikeForce event Frank Shamrock vs Cung Le 25:16 Nick Diaz at StrikeForce event 26:20 Nick Diaz Marijuana Suspension 30:06 experience with Larry Hazard 31:51 Drew Fickett behaving during event 32:19 Tiki Ghosn appearing on event 33:22 ShoXC series 35:15 Trying to Oust Gary Shaw 40:27 EliteXC Primetime 41:27 Kimbo Slice vs James Thompson 48:22 Brett Rogers vs Jon Murphy 50:15 Phil Baroni vs Joey Villasenor 51:23 Gina Carano vs Kaitlin Young 55:45 Robbie Lawler vs Scott Smith 58:44 EliteXC events holding up to current day 1:00:57 Refferee Dan Miragliotta 1:04:03 importance of a good Refferee 1:07:46 Gary Shaw parting from EliteXC 1:10:42 ShoXC in Hawaii 1:11:23 “Don’t be scared homie” viral comment 1:12:44 Jared Shaw not attending Hawaii event 1:19:17 trusting Ariel Helwani 1:21:16 KJ Noons contract negotiation 1:32:41 interview wrap up 1:41:05 outro/ closing thoughts Please follow our channels on Follow the MMA History Team on Instagram: MMA Detective Mike Davis @mikedavis632 Co Host Joey Venti @aj_ventitre Records Keeper- Andrew