Unfortunately, the show took a major hit today when Rizzo announced that he will be unable to fight Sylvia in next month due to a partially torn tricep. It's obviously an injury that needs plenty of time to heal. According to Rizzo, he was coming into this fight in fantastic shape. The fine folks at MMA Weekly reached out to ProElite matchmaker Rich Chou who confirmed that Rizzo was off the card and that they were searching for a replacement.
Rizzo went to twitter to try and explain what had happened and to apologize to both Tim Sylvia and the ProElite management for getting injured so close to the fight. Rizzo is 37 and riding his first three fight winning streak since 1999.
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@pedrorizzo1Pedro Rizzo Unfortunately I got injured, training here in Holland, had a partial tear in the triceps' tendon of my left arm.
Oct 17 via webFavoriteRetweetReply
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@pedrorizzo1Pedro Rizzo So i would like to apologize to the Pro Elite and specially to Tim Sylvia because i can't be in the ring on November 5th to face him.
Oct 17 via webFavoriteRetweetReply
The injury could not come at a worse time for ProElite who are trying to rebuild a brand that was tarnished following the Kimbo Slice/Seth Petruzelli fight while under the previous management. The first show from ProElite 2.0 took place in Hawaii and saw Andrei Arlovski return to his winning ways following a four fight losing streak that lasted two years.
The November 5th card is set to take place in Moline, Illinois at the 12,000 person capacity i wireless Center. Now headlined by Arlovski/Fulton, expect to see Reagan Penn and Tara Larosa also to fight on the card as well as the aforementioned Heavyweight Grand Prix. No word yet on how the card will be aired; however, the promotion is in talks with HDNet so that is a possibility.