In what might be considered an homage to Mel Gibson’s infamous drunken tirades, Phil Baroni has reportedly taken to anti-semitic slurs himself, according to a Yahoo! Sports article which, among other things, brought Baroni’s mental state into question:
“Baroni is a bit of a whack job and we heard from an ESPNRadio1100 host who was seated [...]

Current EliteXC fighter and UFC veteran Phil Baroni (10-10) has announced that he will be dropping from the 185-pound middleweight division to the 170-pound welterweight division after losing three straight bouts to Frank Shamrock, Kala Hose, and Joey Villasenor:
“Im making the move because I want to be a World Champion. I dont fight for pay [...]

I understand the title I chose for this write up seems insulting and that to the more casual viewer, last nights inaugural batch of network MMA was pretty darn satisfying. However for the true (and yes, judgmental) MMA hardcores out there the night had a serious wreak of disappointment. Why? Because something just didn’t feel [...]

Though the face of EliteXC, Kimbo Slice, emerged victorious last night, it was controversy that reigned supreme in front on 8,033 fans at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey for EliteXC “Primetime”, the sport’s first-ever network television card.
In the main event, former internet street fighter turned mixed martial artist Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson was [...]

Kimbo Slice def. James Thompson via TKO – Round 3, 0:38
Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith – No Contest*
EliteXC Middleweight Championship
Gina Carano def. Kaitlin Young via TKO (cut) – Round 2, 5:00
Joey Villasenor def. Phil Baroni via TKO – Round 1, 1:11
Brett Rogers def. Jon Murphy via TKO – Round 1, 1:01
Chris [...]

Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson (-600) vs. James Thompson (+400)
Robbie Lawler (-250) vs. Scott Smith ( +200)
Gina Carano (-340) vs. Kaitlin Young (+260)
Phil Baroni (-105) vs. Joey Villasenor  (-125)
Brett Rogers (-280) vs. Jon Murphy (+220)
Carlton Haselrig (-200) vs. Carlos Moreno (+160)

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Fighters hit the scales earlier today in Newark, New Jersey for EliteXC “Primtime”. The network television event takes place tomorrow, May 31st, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and the main card will air live on CBS beginning at 9pm ET.
MMAFrenzy.com will have live results of the main card beginning at 9pm ET [...]

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, [...]

CBS and EliteXC today announced the lineup for the first “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS,” to be broadcast live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, Saturday, May 31 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
“In terms of recognition and perception, I believe May 31 is the biggest and single most important MMA [...]

It was recently announced that the first ever MMA network broadcast “CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights”, will take place on May 31 from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. In addition to the reported Kimbo Slice headlining fight (against a to-be-named opponent), the card now features a bout between UFC veteran Phil Baroni [...]

UFC veteran Phil Baroni has signed a multi-year contract with EliteXC, the promotion announced last week.
Baroni (10-8 MMA, 3-5 UFC) fought in the UFC eight times between 2001 and 2005. Inside the octagon “The New York Bad Ass” picked up wins over Curtis Stout, Amar Suloev, and Dave Menne and was defeated by Matt Lindland [...]

The California State Athletic Commission once again proved that there needs to be changes within its walls. In the latest meeting that took place on Wednesday afternoon, Sean Sherk’s decision was postponed due to a paperwork error at the CSAC that apparently kept important documents from reaching the commission’s hands in time for the hearing. [...]

Kazuhiro Nakamura no-showed yesterday’s scheduled appeal of his positive drugs of abuse test in front of the CSAC but was granted an extension reports Dann Stupp of MMA Junkie. Nakamura tested positive for marijuana following his UFC 76 loss to Lyoto Machida and faces a $500 fine and suspension until December 21st if the positive [...]

The UFC’s sister organization, World Extreme Cagefighting, will return on December 12th for its first show in more than three months. The stacked card is rumored to include:

WEC Featherweight Championship: Urijah Faber vs. Jeff Curran
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship: Doug Marshall vs. Ariel Gandulla
WEC Middleweight Championship: Paulo Filho vs. TBD (possibly Frank Trigg)
WEC Lightweight Championship: [...]