EliteXC: Primetime was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Elite Xtreme Combat taking place on May 31, 2008 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The main card aired live on CBS, marking the first time a MMA event aired in primetime on major American network television.
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Bantamweight bout:
Mike Groves vs. Joe Sampieri
- Sampieri defeats Groves via TKO (punches) at 4:58 of round one.
- Makovsky defeats Soares by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 29–28, 29–26 and 29–26.
- Jones defeats Kattar by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:49 of round one.
- Reis defeats Robbins by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:06 of round one.
- Makowski defeats Serra by TKO at 3:57 of round two, when Serra was unwilling to get back to his feet.
- Haselrig defeats Moreno by TKO between the first and second rounds, when Morena was unable to continue.
- Liguori defeats Bova by TKO (cut) at 4:31 of round two.
[edit] Main card
- Rogers defeats Murphy via KO (punch) at 1:01 of round one.
- Villasenor defeats Baroni by TKO (punches) at 1:11 of round one.
- Carano defeats Young by TKO (doctor stoppage) between the second and third rounds. Young was examined by the doctor after the end of the second round, who called for the fight to end.
- The fight was ruled in a no contest at 3:26 of round three. Smith took an inadvertent finger to the right eye as Lawler was attempting to block punches. Despite being given time to recover by referee Dan Miragliotta, the doctor called for the fight to end out of concern for Smith's vision. The rules state that a title fight must last at least three full rounds, or result in a no contest. Lawler remains EliteXC Middleweight Champion.
- Slice defeats Thompson via TKO (Strikes) :38 into round 3.
[edit] Television ratings and coverage
In terms of ratings, the show averaged 4.85 million viewers and peaked during the main event at 6.51 million viewers, making it the most watched MMA show in television history until UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos.
However, not all CBS stations carried the program at the scheduled time. At least five – WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio, KXJB-TV in Fargo, North Dakota and three stations in Montana – aired a telethon to benefit the Children's Miracle Network instead.[1] All those stations aired the EliteXC card early the next morning. Also, WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina and the surrounding Triad area refused to air the program because they hated the sport – it was passed on to a low-powered independent station, WGSR-LP.
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Andre Soares
Kimbo Slice vs. 
James Thompson
