Kimbo Slice (left), EliteXC Live Events President Gary Shaw, and Tank Abbott pose after Friday’s weigh-in at the Holiday Inn at Coral Gables, Fla. Kimbo takes on Tank in EliteXC’s eagerly anticipated main event Saturday at the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami. Tickets for a spectacular 11-bout event start at $35 and are available at Ticketmaster locations, online at www.ticketmaster.com and at the BankUnited Box Office at the University of Miami. Doors open at 7 p.m. The first fight is 7:30.

Antonio “Big Foot” Silva (left), Shaw and Ricco Rodriguez pose after the weigh-in.

Scott Smith (left) and Kyle Noke square off Friday.

With Shaw the man in the middle, Edson Berto (left) squares off with Yves Edwards after the weigh-in on Friday.

James Thompson (left) and Brett Rogers face off after the weigh-in.

SHOWTIME will televise five fights including the long-awaited, highly anticipated, must-see Kimbo-Tank confrontation live at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast), while six non-televised undercard bouts will be streamed live on the leading MMA internet site, ProElite.com.

In addition to Kimbo-Tank, the SHOWTIME telecast will include: Silva vs. Rodriguez; Thompson vs. Brett Rogers; Noke vs. Smith; and Berto vs. Edwards.

A non-televised undercard streamed live at ProElite.com will include: Rafael Feijao vs. John Doyle; Mike Bernhard vs. Lorenzo Borgameo; Eric Bradley vs. Mikey Gomez; Mario Rinaldi vs. Dave Herman; Jon Kirk vs. Yosmany Cabezas; and Moyses Gabin vs. Jirka Hlavaty.

In addition to the fights being streamed live, fans can watch pre- and post-fight interviews on ProElite.com. The 11 contests are scheduled for three, 5-minute rounds.

1 Moyses Gabin — 203 3/4 Pounds 3 x 5 Jirka Hlavaty — 210 Pounds
2 Lorenzo Borgameo — 170 3 x 5 Mike Bernhard — 169 1/2
3 Eric Bradley — 169 3/4 3 x 5 Mikey Gomez — 170
4 Mario “The Big Hurt” Rinaldi — 260 1/2 3 x 5 Dave “Pee Wee” Herman — 242 1/2
5 Jon Kirk — 183 3 x 5 Yosmany Cabezas — 184 1/4 Tampa, FL
6 Rafael Feijao — 204 1/2 3 x 5 John Doyle — 203 1/4

Showtime Fights:
7 James Thompson — 253 3 x 5 Brett Rogers — 264
8 Yves Edwards — 160 3 x 5 Edson Berto — 158 1/4
9 Scott Smith — 184 3 x 5 Kyle Noke — 184 3/4
10 Antonio Silva — 259 3/4 3 x 5 Ricco Rodriguez — 262 3/4
11 Kimbo Slice — 234 3 x 5 Tank Abbott — 263

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