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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

EliteXC Weigh-In: Kimbo, Tank And More‏

EliteXC Live Events President Gary Shaw, and Tank Abbott pose after Friday's weigh-in at the Holiday Inn at Coral Gables, Fla. Kimbo takes on Tank in EliteXC's eagerly anticipated main event Saturday at the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami.
Photos: TOM CASINO/EliteXC


Tickets for a spectacular 11-bout event start at $35 and are available at Ticketmaster locations, online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/ and at the BankUnited Box Office at the University of Miami. Doors open at 7 p.m. The first fight is 7:30.

Antonio "Big Foot" Silva (left), Shaw and Ricco Rodriguez pose after the weigh-in.

Scott Smith (left) and Kyle Noke square off Friday.


With Shaw the man in the middle, Edson Berto (left) squares off with Yves Edwards after the weigh-in on Friday.


James Thompson (left) and Brett Rogers face off after the weigh-in.


SHOWTIME will televise five fights including the long-awaited, highly anticipated, must-see Kimbo-Tank confrontation live at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast), while six non-televised undercard bouts will be streamed live on the leading MMA internet site, ProElite.com.

In addition to Kimbo-Tank, the SHOWTIME telecast will include: Silva vs. Rodriguez; Thompson vs. Brett Rogers; Noke vs. Smith; and Berto vs. Edwards.
A non-televised undercard streamed live at ProElite.com will include: Rafael Feijao vs. John Doyle; Mike Bernhard vs. Lorenzo Borgameo; Eric Bradley vs. Mikey Gomez; Mario Rinaldi vs. Dave Herman; Jon Kirk vs. Yosmany Cabezas; and Moyses Gabin vs. Jirka Hlavaty.


In addition to the fights being streamed live, fans can watch pre- and post-fight interviews on ProElite.com. The 11 contests are scheduled for three, 5-minute rounds.
(BOUT SHEET WITH WEIGHTS AND PHOTOS ATTACHED)
Fighter pages (televised bouts): Kimbo (http://kimboslice.proelite.com/), Tank (http://tankabbott.proelite.com/), Silva (http://antoniosilva.proelite.com/), Rodriguez (http://riccorodriguez.proelite.com/), Thompson (http://jamesthompson.proelite.com/), Rogers (http://brettrogers.proelite.com/), Noke (http://kylenoke.proelite.com/), Smith (http://scottsmith.proelite.com/), Berto (http://edsonberto.proelite.com/), Edwards (http://yvesedwards.proelite.com/).

Fighter pages (non-televised bouts): Gabin (http://moysesgabin.proelite.com/), Hlavaty (http://jirkahlavaty.proelite.com/), Borgameo (http://lorenzoborgame.proelite.com/), Bernhard (http://mikebernhard.proelite.com/), Bradley (http://ericbradley.proelite.com/), Gomez (http://mikeygomez.proelite.com/), Rinaldi (http://mariorinaldi.proelite.com/), Herman (http://daveherman.proelite.com/), Kirk (http://jonkirk.proelite.com/), Cabezas (http://yosmanycabezas.proelite.com/), Feijao (http://rafaelfeijao.proelite.com/), Doyle (http://johndoyle.proelite.com/).

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