Why Did Kimbo Choose MMA Over Boxing?
June 25th, 2008
By Rahul Deb: MMA recently got its first exposure on network television when CBS broadcast the EliteXC fight card headlined by none other than internet sensation Kimbo Slice. It was a big step for MMA towards gaining mainstream recognition as a sport and some claim it is a matter of time before MMA passes boxing [...]
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 [...]
Kimbo Slice, Gina Carano, Robbie Lawler, Phil Baroni Quotes
May 22nd, 2008
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 [...]
“E:60″ Feature On EliteXC’s Kimbo Slice To Air Again On ESPN This Tuesday
May 5th, 2008
From Street … to Elite …. to “E:60″ … again ….The excellent “E:60″ feature on EliteXC’s incredibly popular, legendary street-fighting YouTube sensation and Mixed Martial Arts superstar, Kimbo Slice, will be repeated this Tuesday, May 6, on ESPN. The multi-subject newsmagazine show starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Kimbo will headline the first-ever MMA primetime broadcast on network television when ”CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS” premieres with [...]
Tickets On Sale For EliteXC May 31 Card At Prudential Center In Newark
April 24th, 2008
Kimbo, Gina Carano, Robbie Lawler, ‘Hands Of Steel’ Smith, Phil Baroni, Joey Villasenor Among The Standouts Featured On First-Ever MMA Card on Primetime Network Television
Fans seeking to participate in what some regard as the most important fight card in mixed martial arts history, presented by Los Angeles-based ProElite Inc.’s live fight division, EliteXC, have [...]
