Posts Tagged ‘PHIL BARONI’

Phil Baroni, Andrei Arlovski and Scott Smith are pictured during a SHOWTIME Feature Shoot Wednesday at an abandoned warehouse in St. Louis. The three fighters will be featured during Saturday’s highly anticipated Strikeforce event on SHOWTIME (10 p.m., ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) at the Scottrade Center.

Baroni will take on Joe Riggs, Arlovski will face Brett Rogers and Smith will collide with Nick Diaz during the stacked five-fight SHOWTIME telecast. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »

TWO of ELITEXC’S Main Card fighters scheduled for the momentous Mixed Martial Arts, network TV debut May 31st on CBS, will first be appearing on an increasingly popular internet TV network. And while they won’t be fighting online, both Kaitlin Young and ‘The New York Bad Ass’ Phil Baroni are scheduled to share their thoughts on this historical MMA event, LIVE Monday 5/19/2008 – 10pm PST / 1am EST on YAC & J’s MMA AND BOXING SHOW (http://thestream.tv/yacandj) on TheStream.TV (http://thestream.tv), with the archive available the next morning. Read the rest of this entry »

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 inaugural “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS” on Saturday, May 31 (9-11 p.m. ET/PT), on CBS. The first mixed martial event in primetime on network television will be presented by Los Angeles-based Pro Elite, Inc.’s live fight division, EliteXC, led by Gary Shaw, and emanate from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Read the rest of this entry »