Archive for May, 2008

Photos: TOM CASINO/EliteXC – Shaquille O’Neal paid a surprise visit to Kimbo Slice before Friday’s weigh-in at the Prudential Center at Newark, N.J. Kimbo will face England’s James “Colossus” Thompson in the main event tomorrow / Saturday when “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS” debuts on the on the CBS Television Network (9 p.m.-11 p.m. ET/PT).

The eagerly awaited, highly anticipated, history-making, first-ever mixed martial arts event in primetime on network television, presented by Los Angeles-based ProElite, Inc.’s live fight division, EliteXC, will emanate from the Prudential Center. Read the rest of this entry »

Incredibly popular Kimbo Slice, of Perrine, Fla., will face England’s James “Colossus’’ Thompson in the main event in one of five fights on the inaugural “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS” this Saturday, May 31 (9-11 p.m. ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The history-making, first-ever mixed martial event in primetime on network television will be presented by Los Angeles-based Pro Elite, Inc.’s live fight division, EliteXC, from the Prudential Center at Newark, N.J.

In other televised fights: Crowd-pleasing EliteXC middleweight champion “Ruthless’’ Robbie Lawler of St. Louis defends against hard-hitting Scott Smith of Sacramento, Calif.; talented unbeaten Gina Carano of Las Vegas will face confident, hard-hitting Kaitlin Young of Circle Pines, Minn., in a women’s fight at 140 pounds, exciting, charismatic Phil Baroni of Long Island, N.Y., meets determined, hard-nosed Joey Villasenor of Albuquerque, N.M. in a 185-pound scrap and undefeated, power-punching Brett Rogers of Minneapolis takes on the versatile Jon Murphy of Philadelphia in a heavyweight match. Read the rest of this entry »

The International Fight League and SportsGist.com, a leading sports social media site, today announced a strategic relationship whereby IFL will add SportsGist social media functionality to its Website (www.ifl.tv) and enable athletes, coaches and fans to build a robust community around their passion for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Read the rest of this entry »

The TapouT Crew returns to film another episode of their self-titled reality show on the Versus network at the World Championship Fighting (WCF) event in Wilmington, Mass. on June. 20th, where local Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) star Mike Campbell will be the featured fighter for the episode which documents the TapouT Crew’s quest to search for the best up and coming MMA fighters in the Country. Campbell will face his toughest and most experienced opponent to date in fellow local MMA star Rich Moskowitz in what promises to be a fight full of fireworks. Read the rest of this entry »

Multi-platinum rap music star Busta Rhymes will bring his unique brand of hip-hip to the Prudential Center on May 31st at MMA’s (Mixed Martial Arts) first primetime television event on the CBS Television Network. Performing the track “Don’t Touch Me (Throw Some Water On ‘Em)” from his upcoming Interscope Records release “Blessed,” Rhymes will set the stage for up-and-coming MMA heavyweight contender Brett Rogers’ bout against John Murphy at the milestone event, “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT).” Read the rest of this entry »

Fans unable to attend the first Adrenaline MMA event on June 14 at the Sears Center Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., will be able to watch the event live on HDNet. Adrenaline CEO Monte Cox has announced a deal for the Mark Cuban-owned HDNet to carry the event’s first three shows live. Read the rest of this entry »

Desert Diamond Casino is hosting yet another exciting night of Rage in the Cage action, complete with take-downs, submissions, and tap outs. On Saturday, June 7, 2008, RITC 111 is returning to the Diamond Center, featuring UFC veteran, Drew Fickett, and a Middleweight Championship bout between Eddie Arizmendi and Luke Hodges. Get tickets early at any Ticketmaster location, by calling 520-321-1000, contacting the Desert Diamond Casino Box Office, or visiting desertdiamondcasino.com. Tickets are on sale now and range from $25 to $100 in advance. Doors open at 7:00 PM with the first bout starting at approximately 8:00 PM. Read the rest of this entry »

BJ Penn defeats Sean Sherk by TKO (strikes) at the end of round 3 to retain the UFC Lightweight Title.
Wanderlei Silva defeats Keith Jardine by KO (punches) at 0:36 of round 1.
Machida defeats Tito Ortiz by unanimous decision. All three judges score the fight 30-27.
Reljic defeats Wilson Gouveia by TKO (strikes) at 3:15 of round 2.
Thiago Silva defeats Mendes by submission (strikes) at 2:24 of round 1

Carwin defeats Wellisch via TKO (strikes) at 0:44 of round 1.
Kim defeats Tan via TKO (Strikes) at 0:25 of round 3.
Clementi defeats Etim by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the fight 29-28.
Yoshida defeats Koppenhaver via submission (anaconda choke) at 0:56 of round 1.
Palhares defeats Salaverry via submission (armbar) at 2:36 of round 1.
Sokoudjou defeats Nakamura by TKO (strikes) at 5:00 of round 1.

Mitch Graham: Hi, everyone. This is Mitch Graham from CBS Publicity. Welcome to the CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights Main Event conference call. On the call, we have our headliners, Kimbo Slice and James Thompson along with Kimbo’s trainer Bas Rutten and EliteXC Live Events President Mr. Gary Shaw. Kimbo and James are headlining the inaugural CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights live from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Saturday May 31 from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. on CBS.

Obviously, we are thrilled to have teamed up with EliteXC to bring fans everywhere the first ever MMA event live on network television and primetime. EliteXC has put together an outstanding five-fight card for the first show on CBS. Read the rest of this entry »

Kelli Raftery: Thank you. Welcome everyone to the CBS EliteXC Announce Team conference call. Thank you for joining. On the call today we have the CBS EliteXC Saturday night fights broadcast team, Gus Johnson, who’s play by play; Mauro Ranallo and Frank Shamrock will be joining. Read the rest of this entry »

Fedor Emelianenko: “I want to thank Affliction for giving me this opportunity to fight the strongest athletes in the world. My respect to Tim. I’m sure you’ll all love the show on July 19th.”

Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia: “July 19th is going to be a great show. I’m fortunate that Affliction got me on this card. A lot of people have been after Fedor and I got him. He’s a great athlete and fighter deserving of everything he’s received. I’ve been known to throw a money wrench into the worlds and I plan on doing it again. The whole card is stacked and that’s what fans want. Tune in July 19th for an awesome show in Anaheim. I’m no sacrificial lamb. A lot of guys won’t fight Fedor but I will. He’s been like a myth. This will be only his second fight in the United States. If I do my best I believe I’ll be victorious. He’s 6-feet, I’m 6-8, so I want to fight standing up.” Read the rest of this entry »

A large, enthusiastic crowd welcomed some of the world’s top mixed-martial-arts fighters to New York City at today’s “Affliction Banned” press conference in Trump Tower.

Donald Trump welcomed everyone to Trump Tower. “These are all tough guys,” he said as he looked across the head table. “We’re all tough, right? I asked one of these guys how long I’d last and looked at me like I was kidding. Affliction is going to do very well and I look forward to being there for it.” Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever seen two fighters knocked out at the same time? Well, this Friday on HDNet’s “Inside MMA” you’ll see some incredible footage of two fighters doing just that – knocking each other cold at the very same time!

On Friday, May 16, Shaun Parker (3-6-1) and Tyler Bryan (0-0-1) met up in Indianapolis, in a match that ended in the rare official decision of “Double TKO.” Catch the amazing footage of this unbelievable bout on Friday’s “Inside MMA.” Read the rest of this entry »

Photos by: Jared Mechaber/CBS and Monty Brinton/CBS – There was a fantastic turnout at CBS Media Day for the historic Saturday, May 31 primetime EliteXC telecast on CBS (9 p.m.-11 p.m. ET/PT). The announce team for “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS’’ was announced, fighters demonstrated the rules of mixed martial arts and press had the opportunity to ask CBS and EliteXC executives, promoters, fighters and announcers questions pertaining to the sport and the highly anticipated event at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

EliteXC stars Nick Diaz and Jake Shields demonstrated rules of the sport and the most common techniques utilized by MMA fighters. Legendary Frank Shamrock served as emcee for the demonstration. Read the rest of this entry »

The fifth episode of “Strikeforce on NBC”, the first-ever weekly mixed martial arts cage fight program on one of the four major national television networks in the U.S, topped the average ratings of both ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and CBS’s “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” both of which air several hours earlier during weeknights, in the 18-34 year old male category of viewers during the week of May 5, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »