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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

ProElite.com Reports Record Number Of Visitors Following Inaugural 'CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights' Event

Courtesy of ProElite, Inc.:

-- Total Stream Views Hit New High --

LOS ANGELES--(June 10, 2008)--ProElite, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PELE), a sports entertainment and media company dedicated to producing world-class mixed martial arts (MMA) events, today announced that ProElite.com, its online social media division, set a single-day record in visitors -- more than doubling the previous record -- during the inaugural "CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights" broadcast on primetime television Saturday, May 31, 2008.

Viewers of ProElite.com's live-stream of the evening's preliminary bouts also doubled a previous all-time high, setting another record for the social-networking Web site. ProElite.com hosted interviews, fight analyses and live streaming of the undercard fights for the May 31 CBS EliteXC event.

"ProElite.com is a perfect complement to our live events, providing fans from around the world with high-quality streaming and a behind the scenes look at the fighters and their multi-faceted personalities," said Douglas DeLuca, executive chairman of ProElite, Inc. "The Internet is an important medium for MMA, and we plan to continue to deliver an all-encompassing interactive experience that attracts loyalists and entirely new fans to ProElite.com."

Recently, ProElite.com unveiled its online offering of video-on-demand (VOD), leveraging the company's industry-leading library of MMA events.

About ProElite, Inc.

ProElite, Inc. delivers the most exciting entertainment experience in the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) with live arena-based entertainment events, cable television programming on Showtime Networks and community-driven interactive broadband entertainment. The company has established a partnership with CBS that brings MMA to a major primetime network for the first time. Through acquisitions of MMA organizations in Asia and Europe, ProElite is a global leader with an exclusive distribution agreement for its program library with IMG Media. ProElite's live fight division, EliteXC, delivers spectacular live MMA fight events that showcase the world's top fighters (elitexc.com). The company's social media platform, ProElite.com, continues to add thousands of subscribers each month due to the large number of live streaming MMA events, social networking tools, and original and partner-driven content.

CONTACT: ProElite Inc.
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