EliteXC has announced that it’s first MMA event on CBS will take place on May 31. “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler will defend his Middleweight Title against Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith, who most recently knocked out Kyle Noke in round 2 of their fight at EliteXC: Street Certified on February 16.
The headliner for the card will […]

Let’s review. We’ve got EliteXC signing a deal with a major broadcast network, CBS, to air live MMA cards. Strikeforce just announced a deal with NBC to air highlight shows after Saturday Night Live. A deal sending UFC programming to FOX is most likely in the wings. Of course, we’ve already got UFC on SpikeTV, […]

First, it was EliteXC signing a deal with CBS. Now MMAJunkie is reporting that Strikeforce, which co-promotes events with UFC, is on the verge of signing with NBC:
As part of the NBC deal, fight footage from past Strikeforce events will likely be shown in “highlights” shows, not unlike the Pride Fighting Championships shows that currently […]

In an interview with MMA Weekly, EliteXC promoter Gary Shaw said that EliteXC’s first MMA card on CBS will be sometime between April and June.
Shaw didn’t address yesterday’s comments by Dana White. Not that I would expect him to.

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Wow. The news just gets bigger on the MMA TV front this week. Everyone’s heard the rumors that EliteXC would be broadcast on CBS, and now it’s official. According to a news release on Pro Elite’s web site, the deal is done:
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 — The CBS Television Network and ProElite, Inc., a Los […]