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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 11:30-11:51 PM which featured the night’s main event—Kimbo Slice’s victory over James Thompson. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »