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EliteXC: Primetime
EliteXC: Primetime
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Promotion	Elite Xtreme Combat
Date	May 31, 2008
Venue	Prudential Center
City	Newark, New Jersey
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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. The event drew an estimated 4,300,000 average viewers, with a peak at 6,510,000 on CBS.

The event featured Robbie Lawler defending his EliteXC Middleweight Championship against Scott Smith.

Results

Preliminary card

Bantamweight bout: Mike Groves vs. Joe Sampieri

Sampieri defeats Groves via TKO (punches) at 4:58 of round one.

Bantamweight bout: Zach Makovsky vs. Andre Soares

Makovsky defeats Soares by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 29–28, 29–26 and 29–26.

Bantamweight bout: James Jones vs. Calvin Kattar

Jones defeats Kattar by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:49 of round one.

Bantamweight bout: Wilson Reis vs. Justin Robbins

Reis defeats Robbins by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:06 of round one.

Lightweight bout: Matt Makowski vs. Nick Serra

Makowski defeats Serra by TKO at 3:57 of round two, when Serra was unwilling to get back to his feet.

Heavyweight bout: Carlton Haselrig vs. Carlos Moreno

Haselrig defeats Moreno by TKO between the first and second rounds, when Morena was unable to continue.

Lightweight bout: Jim Bova vs. Chris Liguori

Liguori defeats Bova by TKO (cut) at 4:31 of round two.

Main card

Heavyweight bout: Jon Murphy vs. Brett Rogers

Rogers defeats Murphy via KO (punch) at 1:01 of round one.

Middleweight bout: Phil Baroni vs. Joey Villasenor

Villasenor defeats Baroni by TKO (punches) at 1:11 of round one.

Bantamweight bout: Gina Carano vs. Kaitlin Young

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.

Middleweight championship bout: Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith

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.

Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson

Slice defeats Thompson via TKO (Strikes) :38 into round 3.

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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-'''''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 [[United States|American]] [[television network|network television]]. The event drew an estimated 4,300,000 average viewers, with a peak at 6,510,000 on [[CBS]] making it the most watched MMA event in history.<ref>http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/elitexc-primetime</ref>
+'''''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 [[United States|American]] [[television network|network television]]. The event drew an estimated 4,300,000 average viewers, with a peak at 6,510,000 on [[CBS]].
 The event featured [[Robbie Lawler]] defending his [[Elite Xtreme Combat#Middleweight Championship|EliteXC Middleweight Championship]] against [[Scott Smith (fighter)|Scott Smith]].
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-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.<ref>[http://mmajunkie.com/news/4492/elitexc-on-cbs-peaks-with-6-51-million-viewers.mma EliteXC on CBS peaks with 6.51 million viewers | MMAjunkie.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+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|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.<ref>[http://totalnet.cmn.org/newsite/web/television/USTV1.asp See our works<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  All those stations aired the EliteXC card early the next morning.  Also, [[WFMY-TV]] in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] and the surrounding [[Piedmont Triad|Triad area]] refused to air the program because they hated the sport – it was passed on to a low-powered independent station, [[WGSR-LP]].