Posts Tagged ‘SCOTT SMITH’

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 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 »

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 »