ELITEXC RETURNS TO SHOWTIME WITH BACK-TO-BACK FIGHT NIGHTS

Posted on | June 7, 2008 | No Comments

Friday, June 13, “CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights” Replay on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT);

Saturday, June 14, LIVE at 10 p.m. ET/PT from Honolulu

EliteXC Lightweight Championship – Noons vs. Edwards – Headlines Five-Fight Telecast

NEW YORK (June 6, 2008) – EliteXC will return to SHOWTIME with back-to-back mixed martial arts telecasts beginning Friday, June 13, at 11 p.m. ET/PT with a replay of the May 31 landmark MMA event, “CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights.”

Each of the five fights that made up the CBS broadcast will be shown in their entirety on SHOWTIME, including the impressive performance by Gina Carano, the thrilling EliteXC middleweight title brawl between champion Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith, and the main event of Kimbo Slice against James Thompson.

The following evening, Saturday, June 14, LIVE from Honolulu, Hawaii, EliteXC will present a five-fight telecast on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) highlighted by an EliteXC lightweight title fight pitting defending champion K.J. Noons of San Diego, Calif., against Yves Edwards of Houston, Texas. The four other televised fights include the world-class Nick Diaz against the dangerous Muhsin Corbbrey, Rafael Feijao against Wayne Cole, Murilo “Ninja” Rua against Tony Bonello, and Dave Herman against Ron Waterman.

For more information on these and other SHOWTIME Sports telecasts, please visit www.SHO.com/sports. A complete schedule of upcoming SHOWTIME Sports telecasts follows.

SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Date:

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Start Time:

9 p.m. ET/PT

Main Event:

Vernon Forrest (40-2, 29 KOs) vs. Sergio Mora (20-0-1, 5 KOs) – WBC Super Welterweight Title, 12 Rounds

Co-Feature Event:

Carlos Quintana (25-1, 19 KOs) vs. Paul Williams (33-1, 24 KOs) – WBO Welterweight Title Rematch, 12 Rounds

Promoter(s):

Gary Shaw Productions and Fight Nite, LLC, in association with Tournament of Contenders, LLC; DiBella Entertainment; Northeast Promotions; and Goossen Tutor Promotions

Venue:

Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.

EliteXC Replay May 31 EliteXC on SHOWTIME

Date:

Friday, June 13, 2008

Start Time:

11 p.m. ET/PT

Main Event:

Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson

Co-Feature Bouts:

Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith – EliteXC Middleweight Title

Gina Carano vs. Kaitlin Young

Phil Baroni vs. Joe Villasenor

Jon Murphy vs. Brett Rogers

Promoter(s):

EliteXC

Venue:

Prudential Center – Newark, NJ

EliteXC

Date:

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Start Time:

10 p.m. ET/PT

Main Event:

K.J. Noons vs. Yves Edwards – EliteXC Lightweight Title

Co-Feature Bouts:

Nick Diaz vs. Muhsin Corbbrey

Murilo “Ninja” Rua vs. Tony Bonello

Dave Herman vs. Ron Waterman

Rafael Feijao vs. Wayne Cole

Promoter(s):

EliteXC

Venue:

Neal S. Blaisdell Center – Honolulu, HI

SHOBOX

Date:

Friday, June 20, 2008

Start Time:

11 p.m. ET/PT

Main Event:

Andre Ward (15-0, 10 KOs) vs. Jerson Ravelo (18-2, 12 KOs) – Super Middleweights, 12 Rounds

Co-Feature:

Ronald Hearns (18-0, 14 KOs) vs. Jose Luis Gonzalez (12-3-1, 10 KOs) – Junior Middleweights, 10 Rounds

Highlights ONLY:

Eddie Chambers (30-1, 16 KOs) vs. Raphael Butler (31-4, 24 KOs) – Heavyweights, 10 Rounds

Promoter(s):

Goossen Tutor Promotions

Venue:

Grand Cayman Island

SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Date:

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Start Time:

9 p.m. ET/PT

Main Event:

Arthur Abraham (26-0, 26 KOs) vs. Edison Miranda II (30-2, 26 KOs) –166 pounds (Catchweight), 12 Rounds

Co-Feature:

Giovanni Lorenzo (26-0, 18 KOs) vs. Raul Marquez (41-3, 29 KOs) – IBF Middleweight Title Eliminator, 12 Rounds

Promoter(s):

Seminole Warriors Boxing and Sauerland Event in association with The Seminole Tribe of Florida

Venue:

Hard Rock Live – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood, Fla.

SHOBOX SPECIAL EDITION

Date:

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Start Time:

11 p.m. ET/PT

Main Event:

Ricardo Torres (31-1, 28 KOs) vs. Kendall Holt (23-3, 12 KOs) – WBO Junior Welterweight Title Rematch, 12 Rounds

Co-Feature:

Lamont Peterson (26-0, 19 KOs) vs. TBD – Lightweights, 10 Rounds

Promoter(s):

Top Rank, Inc.

Venue:

Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas

SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Date:

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Start Time:

9 p.m. ET/PT

Main Event:

Dimitri Kirilov (29-3-1, 9 KOs) vs. Vic Darchinyan (29-1-1, 23 KOs) – IBF Super Flyweight Title, 12 rounds

Co-Feature Event:

TBD

Promoter(s):

Cedric Kushner Promotions, Inc.

Venue:

TBD