The official weigh-ins for the Elite XC primetime special “Saturday Night Fights” are set for tomorrow (Friday, May 30) at 2 p.m. ET OUTSIDE the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Be sure to bring the Kevlar.
Bad jokes aside, the event, which is located at 165 Mulberry St. in Newark (just two blocks from Newark Penn Station), is free and open to the public.
Therefore, if you’re in the area be sure to stop by and check out the festivities.
Here’s the card for the historic event in its entirety:
Main event:
265 lbs.: Kimbo Slice vs. James “The Colossus” Thompson
Main card (televised):
185 lbs.: Elite XC Middleweight Champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler vs. Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith
185 lbs: Joey Villasenor vs. Phil “The New York Badass” Baroni
140 lbs: Gina “Conviction” Carano vs. Kaitlin Young
265 lbs.: Brett “The Grim Rogers vs. Jon MurphyUnder card (may not be broadcast):
265 lbs.: Carlos Moreno vs. Carlton Haselrig
185 lbs.: Chris Liguori vs. Jim Bova
170 lbs.: Nick Serra vs. Matt Makowski
140 lbs.: Wilson Reis vs. Justin Robbins
160 lbs.: James “Binky” Jones vs. Calvin Kattar
135 lbs.: Zach Makovsky vs. Andre Soares
155 lbs.: Mike Groves vs. Joe Sampieri
If you’re in the area, come down and check out the fighters as they go through with the last of the formalities before getting down on Saturday night. I’m pretty sure Gary Shaw will be emceeing this thing, and he’s always good for a few laughs.
Remember that MMAmania.com will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action, beginning at 9 p.m. ET with the CBS broadcast on fight night. In addition, we will post the latest quick results of the prelim action at around 7 p.m. ET.
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“Be sure to bring the kevlar”
Seriously bro, uncalled for. Dont be a douche.
Have you been to Prudential Center? If so, you’d know its not in a bad section of Newark. If you have been and still say “bring the kevlar” then maybe you should start training a bit. (more?) Maybe im just not a fairy, i dunno.
It was a joke, fairy. Relax. And “not in a bad section” is a relative term. It’s good for Newark standards. I used to work on Broad Street for years and I wouldn’t necessarily refer to it as “not in a bad section.”
Y is Nate Diaz fighting Josh Neer at the next UFN 14 event?
Tyson Griffin needs to stop being a Pu**y and accept the Diaz fight! Man up Tyson!
That’s what I’m talking about!
Hey Mania,
The Prudential Center is only a little over an hour away, and there are still lower level seats available for like $50. Regarding the weigh ins tomorrow, is there any meet and greet, or autograph session like the UFC does. Or is there any way to meet the fighters before the event?
Hey Maniacs,
Have any of you ever attended a live EliteXC Event? Is it worth considering last minute? Come to think of it, I wouldn’t even bother buying the tickets thru ticketmaster, I would just drive down and buy from a scalper. There’s no way they are making money on this event.
I think only 7,000 tix have been sold thus far … def. worth going to if in the area. It’s cheap. And I have no idea about an autograph signing, but I’d imagine most of the top dogs will be there to show their support. Def. some good opps to score autographs and pics. Id buy tix from the box office at the arena … not online.
if by worth going you mean a joke of an event. The day I pay to see a guy not in the top 100 main event a card is the same day I watch gay porn for fun!! I’ll watch it free andd in HD, but just for the freak show it is. 2 bouts I’m looking forward to, phil baroni and robbie lawler, but even these match ups are mediocre at best!
Ummm… Pretty sure fairies aren’t as sensitive as you.
haha true dat
Fightline:
Cung Le Comments On A Potential Matchup Against Anderson SIlva
By Jason Perkins | May 28, 2008
Cung Le is coming off of the biggest win of his career, a victory over MMA legend Frank Shamrock. Le recently sat down with our friends over atMMAFrenzy to discuss the win, and his future.
Of note, was Le’s thoughts on fighting UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva:
I feel my promoter is open to do a co-promotion, but I know the UFC isn’t willing to do one, but I am sure that Dana White can come in and borrow me for one fight, but of course he has to pay my promoter something.
I’m sure something can be worked out, if the fans really want that fight, and if Dana could make it happen I am sure my promoter Scott Coker would be open to it.
When asked how Le thinks he would fair in a fight with Silva, Le was humble as always.
I am going to answer you like if I was asked if I would beat Frank, I don’t know. I didn’t know if I was going to beat Frank, I don’t know if I would beat Anderson if I fought him. The only way I would find out if I could beat him is to fight him.
To all my opponents, doesn’t matter if it is Mike Altman my first MMA fight, to an Anderson Silva, who is pound for pound the best in the world, I respect them all the same. They are martial artists and they train, they live the martial arts lifestyle. I have respect for all my martial arts brothers out there, and then if we step into the cage, then we step in the cage, which then is do our best to win.
Total class act.
Maybe he was refering to the Kimbo Slice Fans. =)
They looked pretty umm rough during the kimbo fight.
I’ve never seen people throwing like bottles and shit in into the ring at another event.
Are the weigh-ins going to be shown online?
It’s a pity that Lawler isn’t fighting Baroni.
I’d love to see that. That would be a war!!!
Someone would be going to hospital with a caved in face.
Now having Phil Baroni on this event is what I would call a ’setback’… guys been busted on roids a couple of times I think… just a crazy disrespectful shit talking dude… mostly because he’s roided up.
True but with Kimbo as the main event, can we really take this card seriously???
I just comment on the entertainment value only as this is Gary Shaw’s master business plan for elite XC.
But you’re going to be watching it aren’t you? So I guess Gary Shaw’s doing his job. By no means am I condoning having Kimbo as the main event, but he brings in the $$$ and that’s all Shaw cares about.
I agree with you Big Jake.
I’m not knocking the entertainment side.
Gary Shaw is all about entertainment hence my wish to see Lawler and Baroni.
However, if we are talking true MMA competition, then most fighters wouldn’t be on this card.
But back to the card at hand, as I am not taking this card seriously and treating it as true MMA competition, I’d love to see Lawler and Baroni, regardless of Baroni’s roid rage.
I’m sure it won’t be long until Gary Shaw is actually injecting the fighters, in the neck, with roids in the dressing rooms before their fights anyway just to make it more entertaining lol.
If they wanted the card to be legit to real MMA fans I think all they had to do was have the Middleweight title fight as the Main Event and Kimbo as the feature bout, like the UFC did with Brock.
I’m actually kind of looking forward to the Carano fight, I’ve never seen her fight before. And I have to say that despite all the publicity good or bad with Kimbo, I like the guy. Maybe that will change after I watch this event. I’ve never seen him fight in real time so I’m looking forward to it. Plus, it’s free. I know people are worried that this will hinder the popularity of the sport, but I realized that even if it’s not popular I’m still gonna watch it. So as long as I can watch it I’m good, and not having to pay anything is a welcomed relief from $39.99 twice a month.
Why am I getting so much hate from the MMA Community? Im humble, I respect the art, Im in great shape, I never said I would be putting guys in triangle chokes, rubber guards and uma platas, Im a brawler Im a stand up fighter, I dont run, duck, or dance around Im in the asses game meaning I kick them and I put them in seats, with well over 40 million hits on my Youtube videos, just strictly from knocking people OUT, you dont think Im main event material? 40 million? Dana is just mad he missed the boat on me, but he has Brock Lessnar who is know for fake fighting and NCAA wrestling career, yeah I bet 40 million watched him wrestle in college, Dana is such a genius that instead of building Lessnar up he puts him in there with a submission expert and tarnishes the guy he paid all that money to get, thats like putting a Lion up against a Shark….in the water, So yeah Ive fought a few tomato cans, but Its just building me up, the same as Boxing has been doing for decades from Joe Louis, to Rocky Marciano, Now you got Chuck Liddel talking trash, and Dana White saying BJ Penn will beat me, but nobody outside of MMa hardcore fans want to see BJ Penn, check his Youtube #’s which in this day and age is a good way to gage a persons relative heat and public interest besides the gate $$$ of course,I think its jealousy and envy over the a magazine covers, and media attention Ive been getting, but Im always humble, never talking trash, I cant help it I came from the street, there aint many dojos in the hoods of Miami, but Ill keep training with the Legend Bas Rutten and getting better and better until I got the sport mastered and then Ill get better still, meanwhile you just keep hating on me..
Last time I checked your odds where -600. They must not hate you that much.
LOLOLOL, in no way shape or form is that Kimbo. The person that typed that post has an IQ about 40 points higher than Kimbo’s, even though he still misspelled several words. Kimbo talks in street slang. A white boy in his mom’s basement typed the above post.
LMFAO!!! “Kimbo Slice”… How does his gooch smell while your dangling from his sack hair?
Why is your chest/stomach shaven except for that 2 inch wide 5 inch long strip on your right breast??? Whats that about dude? Lets see how you do in pay per view and gates sales man, before you start calling out a guy like BJ Penn’s noteriety. Im one of those guys or “hardcore MMA fans” that says he’d RNC your big ass in minutes! Stick with the canned food, your not ready for real meals yet. I like the excitent that you bring for sure, watched the backyard KO’s funded by the guy that produces that low budget porn, you know, the white guy in the hat. All exciting fights and funny as hell, but you have a long way to go man, stick with it.
get a life
If I worked my knacks off for a company with years of service then a newby came in and earned 10 times as much as I did with half the skills then I’d be upset.
I could probably set fire to my farts and post it on youtube and get 2 million views. Do another 20 or so idiotic things then I’m at 40 million woo hoo. Sign me up to co-star beside Brad Pitt in the next major blockbuster lol
On a realistic note, you can’t be Kimbo, you spelled ‘he’ correctly lol
Where is my post mania?
If it is being moderated, do we not get notified??
I’m not sure if this is actually Kimbo.
If it’s someone else, they did a good job mimicking him.
But, I can only speak for me personally.
It’s not that I hate you personally.
I hate how you are marketed; which you may or may not have any control over.
You have become a ‘face of mma’ and the marketing focuses on your brutual street fighting, because thats what sells.
MMA is trying to be taken as something other then the ‘human cockfighting’ that so many media outlets tout it to be, because thats what sells for them.
So people like Gary Shaw are making it harder for others, who want people to showcase the professional side of mma.
in no way shape or form is that Kimbo. The person that typed that post has an IQ about 40 points higher than Kimbo’s, even though he still misspelled several words. Kimbo talks in street slang. A white boy in his mom’s basement typed the above post.
ahhaha wow, you have to much time on ur hands my friend, that was just silly.
Fighting cans is not a good thing “Kimbo”. This isnt boxing.
evn if this is kimbo, who cares…brock would take him down and pound him out quickly…and I’m not a brock fan either. If this is kimbo, try fighting someone in the top 100! douche bag
Kimbo’s son in named Kevlar…He said it on Jimmy Kimmel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimbo_Slice
Kimbo sucks, this card sucks and Elite XC sucks…Im sorry but I wont take part in something that is dragging my sport of choice through the mud. This is the last thing we need…I hope Gary Shaw and CBS both take a huge hit for this garbage that they are putting out. I totally understand why the UFC wanted nothing to do with this crap deal. They saw that CBS was trying to slap some crap together quick to make a quick dollar during the writers strike and they backed away…For the first time in my life I will say…thank you DANA WHITE!!!
is your hate so big that you just want to show it here in your comments. Ooooh yes let your hate on Kimbo out !
if thompson wins than i think exc will be well on its way to extinction. cmon thompson dont be an idiot and lets put this mmaxploitation bussiness underground.
then don’t watch it, why do you care posting your comments if you hatin or don’t care about it?
you are all a bunch of whiny Bi!ches, let the man fight. And one of these days when they start giving him decent fighters will see if he has what it takes. We already know he has a chin of granite, so maybe he will suprise us. If not, hey we wont have to hear about elitexc any more.
Having Slice headline this card when he only has two lame MMA fights is an insult to all the fighters that have worked hard to accomplished things. This is a set-back for MMA. Apparently the head honcho of CBS doesn’t think that CBS should be televising this – so unless this card does astronomical numbers (which it won’t) this will be a one time deal. By next year (if not sooner) EliteXC will be out of business.
Just when MMA was getting some credibility, CBS and EliteXC want to turn MMA into WWE.
If they aren’t careful, this thing could turn the clock back 10 years for MMA. Kimbo is not worthy of a main event and sends the message that they are just looking to fill seats and not showcase real talent.
Heck, send Frank Mir in again to show what MMA is about. It doesn’t even need to be a Couture or Fedor.
Rather watch UFC unleashed rerun fights than this.
your on crack.. go watch iceman night .
LOL, he’s been on the ice for too long…
The UFC should sign kimbo to a 3 fight contract. If he wins then keep him around. If he gets beaten for the bouts, then toss him back to the elitexc crap. Taking kimbo would ruin the elitexc and kimbo losing, would kill his hype. TADA! I’m pretty sure Gary Shaw aint letting kimbo go tho. I really wish the UFC got the CBS deal instead. can you imagine what the fights would look like? this is the best the elitexc has to offer. can you imagine what the ufc would bring to the table? It would be awesome.
THis is by no means the best show Elite has to offer.
They have a Top 5 WW in Jake Shields
They have a Top 10 in the ever so popular Nick Diaz
They have Antonio Silva who is the next big thing in the HW division, minus his last performance against Ricco…
They have Frank Shamrock who no matter what people say, is a LEGEND of the sport.
Not to mention that they often times co-promote with Strikeforce and pick up the likes of Gilbert Melendez, who is a Top 10 lb for lb fighter, and Cung Le who is gaining popularity very fast.
This is just their first show on CBS. They have had several shows on ShowTime…. SOme people seem to forget. THis isn’t meant to be the best card ever.
ViolentMike clearly has stock in Elite XC or CBS.
WHAT A PATHETIC AND OBVIOUSLY RIGGED SET OF MATCHES
(ESPECIALLY THAT JOKE KIMBO’S)
This is simply Tuff Man in a cage. When someone with some MMA talent actually started doing something (usually against CBS’ selected ‘winner’), there was the ref to step in (”Nothing’s happening guys, nothing’s happening”).
Kimbo actually started to tap out early during the fight when in a guillotine, but the two got repositioned and the stupid announcers insisted he was ‘waving that he was okay’.
These same geniuses predicted that Kimbo would win if he targeted his opponent’s cauliflower ear– which he did — and lo and behold the fight was stopped three seconds later.
The best was when the Colossus tried to hit the ref.
THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE.
I’m tired of watching Kimbo beat up fighters out of their prime. Give him a real challenge. Shit is getting old
Yeah, REAL old. This is his 3rd fight already. He should have already fought Big Nog for the UFC title and defended it.
Another 30 second fight from Kimbo…..lame
Thompson will end the hype
ITS GOOD FOR THE SPORT AND THE FIGHTERS. so wake up people and stop riding dana whites gearshift.
Non-fans don’t even know the difference. I had people telling me, “I’m finally going to watch a UFC fight on Saturday night.” And I was telling them they were too late, it was last Saturday. When they argued, I thought maybe they meant the WEC on Sunday. When they continued to argue, I finally figured out they meant EliteXC on CBS. However, they would not believe me that it wasn’t UFC. It seems MMA is attached to UFC for many non-fans just like football is to NFL.
what other channel on TV can you find 2 giants like these guys scrapping it out? i don’t live in samoa or newzealand. where i live they don’t got guys this big colliding on the regular! anybody who thinks thompson is a can, refer to the pride archives where he beat down some 9 foot giant (exageration)… maybe he was 8 feet tall mamoth!! LOLOL!!! i dont even know his name but it don’t matter! are they considerred the best?!: not even close. was it a spectacle?: what the hell do you think? it is wat it is. today will be a treat for the people who didn’t enjoy some other recent fights that i won’t mention…. and right on mania for having the time of the fight posted here cuz i forgot when it was supposed to be. HAHAH!
Kimbo’s scared as hell in that photo. Main events are Lawler and Baroni fights. We’ll have to see who the fairies are after the event \./\./ It’ll definitely be worht the watch. Y’all know it. I’m excited to watch.
elite refs and docs suck
seriously… elite xc is making MMA look like pro wrestling – the fake/bullshit type… i don’t get this…
just over produced / dumb questions etc…
what a huge let down.
can we boycott elite xc?
The Elite XC event was terrible. This was a very bad representation of MMA. The bouts were certainly not representative of anything that resembles a good MMA fight.
CBS was certainly trying to tone down the “brutality” of MMA fighting with stopping boubts well before they should have been. The whole Hollywood entrances etc were boring and waiting 1/2 hour for the first fight was rediculous. The girls were certainly the best fight of the night but even that did not go as far as it should. If CBS is not going to show MMA the way it really is then they should not show it. MMA is not brutal but great entertainment. At least the UPC and WEC referees know when to stop a fight and when to let the fighters determine the outcome.
I suggest banning Elite XC. It is too bad that many people were introduced to MMA tonight and did not see what the real MMA is all about. The referee(s) and doctors were too quick to stop the fights. I certainly hope that UFC and WEC will not support Elite XC.
I can’t wait to see a real MMA card tomorrow night.