Tickets On Sale Tomorrow For EliteXC’s MMA Event
June 27th, 2008
Fans seeking to participate in the most significant sporting event in the recent history of Stockton, Calif. — an exciting evening of mixed martial arts, which includes two EliteXC world title fights — have the opportunity to reserve their seats now. Tickets, starting at $35 for the Saturday, July 26 fight card at the [...]
EliteXC Returns To CBS Television Network on July 26
June 27th, 2008
CBS and EliteXC announced today that the next CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS will be broadcast live from the Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif. on Saturday, July 26 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The four-fight broadcast will be highlighted by the highly anticipated rematch between “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler and Scott [...]
EliteXC: Noons Beats Edwards, Diaz TKOs Corbbrey
June 15th, 2008
On a night fit for a King, not even a post-fight scuffle could ruin the moment for KJ Noons, who retained the EliteXC lightweight title with a devastating 48-second, first-round TKO over Yves Edwards Saturday at the Blaisdell Arena on SHOWTIME.
In the co-feature on a card billed as “Return Of The King,’’ Nick Diaz registered [...]
SHOWTME Cage Cam Returns for Noons-Edwards Lightweight Title Fight This Saturday
June 14th, 2008
Photos: TOM CASINO/EliteXC - Challenger Yves Edwards (left) and EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons pose after Friday’s weigh-in at Fashion 45 in Honolulu. Noons, who weighed the division-limit 160 pounds, defends against Edwards, who weighed 158 1/2, in the main event of “Return Of The King” Saturday at the Blaisdell Arena on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
EliteXC/Showtime Final Press Conference Quotes, Thoughts & Photos
June 13th, 2008
Photos: TOM CASINO/EliteXC - One night after it replays the history-making, first-ever primetime mixed martial arts event on network television, SHOWTIME will offer an outstanding card tomorrow, June 14 (10 p.m., ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) that will feature an EliteXC lightweight championship fight between defending champ and former Big Island resident, KJ Noons [...]
Showtime/EliteXC Conf. Call Quotes: Noons-Edwards-Corbbrey-Lappen-C. Gracie
June 10th, 2008
In an eagerly-awaited, pick ‘em matchup, EliteXC lightweight champion and former Big Island resident, KJ Noons (6-2) of San Diego, Calif., will defend against rejuvenated Yves Edwards (33-13-1) of Coconut, Creek, Fla., in the main event this Saturday on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
In the co-feature, world-class Cesar Gracie [...]
Noons-Edwards, Diaz-Corbbrey In Top Fights Saturday On SHOWTIME
June 10th, 2008
LOS ANGELES (June 9, 2008) – One night after it replays the history-making, first-ever primetime mixed martial arts event on network television, SHOWTIME will offer an outstanding card on Saturday, June 14, that will feature EliteXC lightweight champion and former Big Island resident, KJ Noons (6-2) of San Diego, Calif., against rejuvenated Yves Edwards [...]
EliteXC returns to SHOWTIME
June 6th, 2008
EliteXC will return to SHOWTIME with back-to-back mixed martial arts telecasts beginning Friday, June 13, at 11 p.m. ET/PT with a replay of the May 31 landmark MMA event, “CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights.” Each of the five fights that made up the CBS broadcast will be shown in their entirety on SHOWTIME, including [...]
Kimbo-Thompson Delivers 6.5 Million Viewers!
June 3rd, 2008
Ratings for the final 51 minutes of CBS’s inaugural CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS mixed martial arts broadcast (11:00-11:51 PM, ET/PT), which were unavailable Sunday, delivered an average audience of 6.12 million viewers, according to updated Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Saturday, May 31. The audience peaked at 6.51 million viewers from [...]
Kimbo Slice struggles to win
June 1st, 2008
Photos: TOM CASINO/EliteXC - On a history-making evening which featured a lot of exciting, entertaining two-way action and a little bit of everything, including licks, kicks and controversy, unbeaten Kimbo Slice (3-0) of Perrine, Fla., scored a hard-fought third-round TKO over England’s James “Colossus” Thompson (16-9) in the main event of the inaugural “CBS EliteXC [...]
EliteXC/CBS Weights And Photos
May 31st, 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). [...]
CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights Final Quotes
May 30th, 2008
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 [...]
Busta Rhymes To Escort EliteXC’s Brett Rogers Into Cage Saturday On CBS
May 29th, 2008
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 [...]
CBS Conference Call Quotes: Kimbo, Colossus, Bas Rutten, Gary Shaw
May 24th, 2008
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 [...]
CBS Announcers’ Call Transcript: Johnson-Shamrock-Bryant-Ranallo
May 24th, 2008
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.
Former NFL All-Pro Carlton Haselrig To Make 2nd MMA Start May 31 In Newark
May 22nd, 2008
Six-time NCAA wrestling champion and former NFL All Pro offensive lineman, Carlton Haselrig (1-0), of Johnstown, Penn., will take on dangerous knockout artist Carlos Moreno (5-2), of Elizabeth, N.J., in a top undercard fight that will precede the first mixed martial arts card shown live in primetime on network television Saturday, May 31, [...]
EliteXC’s Robbie Lawler On “CBS 2 Sports Central” Sunday
May 18th, 2008
Fans in the Southern California area can catch EliteXC middleweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler live on “CBS 2 Sports Central” with Jim Hill and Steve Hartman tomorrow/Sunday, May 18, at 3 p.m. PT. Lawler, of St. Louis, will defend his EliteXC belt against Sacramento’s Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith in the co-featured fight on [...]
Lawler-Smith-Baroni-Villasenor-Shaw Quotes
May 16th, 2008
Crowd-pleasing EliteXC Middleweight Champion Robbie Lawler of St. Louis will defend his title against exciting, hard-hitting Scott Smith of Sacramento, Calif., while fast-talking, colorful, controversial Phil “NYBA” Baroni of Long Island, N.Y., will meet determined, dedicated, world-class Joey Villaseńor of Albuquerque, N.M., in a 185-pound scrap in two of the five fights on the [...]
Carano, Shamrock Sign Autographs Monday At 6 At Hollywood Best Buy
May 15th, 2008
LOS ANGELES, California – EliteXC in conjunction with Image Entertainment and Best Buy will be holding an autograph signing with EliteXC superstars on Monday, May 19th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the La Brea Best Buy store in West Hollywood, California. Fighters scheduled to appear include:
CBS/EliteXC Conf. Call Quotes: Gina Carano, Kaitlin Young, Gary Shaw
May 14th, 2008
Popular, unbeaten women’s superstar Gina Carano of Las Vegas will face hard-hitting, confident Hook ‘n Shoot champion Kaitlin Young of Circle Pines, Minn., in one of five fights on the inaugural “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS” on Saturday, May 31 (9-11 p.m. ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The first mixed martial event [...]
