Strikeforce On NBC: Best Of Frank Shamrock

Frank Shamrock vs. Phil Baroni - Rd. 1

Round two of the Shamrock/Baroni fight, plus Frank’s match against Cesar Gracie after the jump.

EliteXC ‘Primetime’ Post-Fight Interviews; Shaw Not Interested In Making Kimbo Slice & Brett Rogers Fight

Gary Shaw On The Event & Kimbo and Rogers Scuffle

Gary Shaw not wanting to make a fight between Kimbo Slice and Brett Rogers can be translated to Shaw not wanting Kimbo Slice to get beat down in his next fight.

Brett Rogers comments on calling out Kimbo Slice after the jump.

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EliteXC ‘Primetime’ Post-Fight Press Conference Altercation With Kimbo & Rogers Video

Ariel Helwani of MMARated.com is the man. He was everywhere in the past two days covering the EliteXC event and got video of the scuffle between Brett Rogers and Kimbo Slice at the post-fight press conference. It was cool of the fighters, Robbie Lawler and Phil Baroni, to step in and break it up.

More press conference videos after the jump.

EliteXC ‘Primetime’ Results, Wrap-Up, Post-Fight Press Conference Scuffle Between Kimbo & Brett Rogers

EliteXC: Primetime PosterMixed martial arts made its primetime network television debut on CBS tonight with EliteXC ‘Primetime.’ It was a historical night that had its shining moments, yet I’m highly disappointed in most of what I saw.

The Results

  • Kimbo Slice defeats James Thompson via TKO (Strikes) in Round Three
  • Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith ruled No Contest (Doctor Stoppage - Inadvertent Thumb to the Eye) in Round Three
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EliteXC ‘Primetime’ Weigh-Ins Video

Gina Carano & Kaitlin Young

Lawler & Smith, Kimbo & Thompson, Baroni & Villasenor and Rogers & Murphy after the jump.

EliteXC ‘Primetime’ Preview & Picks

EliteXC: Primetime PosterMMA’s primetime network television debut is only a day away, when EliteXC takes center stage on CBS with ‘Primetime.’ The event will air live on CBS at 9PM ET/6PM PT. The entire preliminary card will be streamed live on ProElite.com and CBSSports.com starting at 7PM ET.

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Interviews With Gina Carano, Phil Baroni, James Thompson and Gary Shaw Of EliteXC

Ariel Helwani of MMARated.com did a great job of getting interviews with Gina Carano, Phil Baroni, James Thompson and Gary Shaw of EliteXC at yesterday’s press conference. He was also able to catch up with former Sherdog.com Executive Editor, Josh Gross.

Gina Carano

James Thompson, Phil Baroni, Gary Shaw and Josh Gross after the jump.

EliteXC ‘Primetime’ Marketing In Full Swing; CBS Hoping For 3-4 Million Viewers

EliteXC: Primetime PosterWith May 31 rapidly approaching, CBS is kicking its media and marketing machine into high gear in efforts to make the first-ever network televised MMA card a success. What will define the event as a success is said to be 3-4 million viewers, although CBS Primetime Senior Executive Vice President Kelly Kahl claims they are “we’ll know it when we see it” numbers. Even if the show doesn’t hit those “numbers”, it doesn’t necessarily mean there won’t be a second chance, says Kahl.

“If the results are less than outstanding, we’ll try and regroup and see what we did wrong.”

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say the show pulls 8 million viewers. Am I crazy? Probably.

Kimbo Slice CBS Ad Videos

I like the ads. I’m glad to see they aren’t emphasizing the street fights. Plus, they’re funny in that cheesy kind of way.

Videos after the jump.

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Phil Baroni Hungry For A ‘Smokin Joe Burrito’

Phil Baroni
Jeff Sherwood/Sherdog.com

Phil ‘The New York Bad Ass’ Baroni is nothing if not entertaining. He might not win all his fights, but he always makes them exciting. Just look to his last two fights against Frank Shamrock and Kala Hose. He happens to be just as entertaining out of the ring as he is inside it. A lot of fellow fighters say he’s just a normal guy day to day and turns on the bravado in front of the cameras and behind the microphone. Well, in MMARated.com’s latest interview it appears Phil Baroni is back again discussing Joey Villasenor replacing Murilo ‘Ninja’ Rua for his upcoming bout on CBS at EliteXC: Primetime.

Friday Fight Card Updates

There were a ton of announcements, replacements, and rumors for upcoming events this past week.

Dream.2 Middleweight Grand Prix Round 1 – April 29

Four more middleweight fights were announced in addition to the previous three. The new matchups are:

  • Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Taiei Kin
  • Magomed Sultanakhmadov vs. Zelg “Benkei” Galesic
  • Yoon Dong Sik vs. Shungo Oyama
  • Ronaldo Jacare vs. Frank Trigg
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