Gina Carano and Cyborg Santos doing damage at EliteXC Heat (pics)
Below are pictures from EliteXC Heat that took place this past Saturday at BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos each displayed power, finesse, submission technique, and overall put on a hell of an entertaining bout against their respective opponents. With each of these top female fighters winning at EliteXC Heat by Unanimous Decision,... [Read More...]
EliteXC Heat: Quick Results
When: Oct. 4, 2008 Where: BankAtlantic Center; Sunrise, Fla UPDATE: Tonight’s main event between Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock has been scratched due to an injury suffered by Shamrock. Official announcement: Kimbo Slice vs. Seth Petruzelli is now the replacement fight. Petruzelli was scheduled to fight Aaron Rosa on the undercard. EliteXC Heat Results: Main Card Seth Petruzelli def. Kevin... [Read More...]
Gina Carano naked and Ken Shamrock shoves Kimbo Slice: Watch the EliteXC “Heat” weigh-in video here
Courtesy of ESPN.com, here are some highlights of Friday’s weigh-ins from the BankAtlantic Arena in Sunrise, Fla., including Gina Carano weighing in behind the shroud of a towel and Ken Shamrock’s “playful” shove of Kimbo Slice after Slice had turned his back. Read More →
EliteXC “Heat”: Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobold Preview
This Saturday, October 4, EliteXC’s latest installment of CBS Saturday Night Fights will emanate from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. Headlining the card is a bout between Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock as well as several great undercard fights including a female bout between the face of women’s MMA, Gina Carano, and the woman who wants to mess up that face, Kelly Kobold. And... [Read More...]
CBS/EliteXC Heat: Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano open workout
Below are pictures of EliteXC’s Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano from the open media workout that took place this past Wednesday at Legends Mixed Martial Arts Training Center in Los Angeles, CA. Both fighters are the main draw for the third televised event under the “CBS Saturday Night Fights” banner. [Read More...] Read More →
Gina Carano Video: Shape Magazine feature
Gina Carano recently did a feature for an upcoming issue of Shape Magazine. During the video, Gina talks about her workout routine as well as dieting, where she admits she likes “bad food.” Read More →
Gina Carano and Kim Couture grappling at Xtreme Couture (video)
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CBS Saturday Night Fights III – Kimbo & Gina
When: Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 Where: BankAtlantic Center; Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Watch: CBS @ 9 p.m. ET EliteXC has already started selling tickets for “Saturday Night Fights III“: Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson vs. ??? @ HW Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobald-Gavin @ 140 lbs. (not finalized) Card subject to change. All matchups are rumored unless stated otherwise. Check out more CBS... [Read More...]
Carano’s next opponent expected to be Kelly Kobald-Gavin
The leading candidate to fight Gina Carano on Oct. 4 during CBS’ “Saturday Night Fights III” is Kelly Kobald-Gavin. FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned of the news after speaking with EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw earlier this afternoon. Mike Chiapetta of NBCSports.com was the first to break the news of a possible Carano vs. Kobald matchup this past weekend. According to Shaw, the proposed... [Read More...]
Tickets for Saturday Night Fights III already on sale
In the past, EliteXC has been late to finalize shows and the end result has been a short turnaround time to sell tickets to its live events. However, it’s looks like the promotion is learning from past mistakes as tickets for CBS’ Saturday Night Fights III on Oct. 4 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. at the BankAtlantic Center are already on sale through Ticketmaster outlets. While the card has yet... [Read More...]
Report: Gina Carano to return in October; Kelly Kobald rumored as possible opponent
Sherdog is reporting that Gina Carano’s management has confirmed to them that she will return on EliteXC’s October 4 card which is likely to be televised on CBS. Carano last fought on May 31 when she defeated Kaitlin Young via TKO at the end of the second round at EliteXC: Primetime, the first ever MMA card on network television. Young’s eye was extremely swollen at the end of the... [Read More...]
Caged Beauty: Gina Carano in Muscle & Fitness mag (pics)
Gina Carano is featured in July ’08 issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine, in an article titled “Caged Beauty”. The teaser description of the article reads as follows: “Gina Carano will kick your ass! This rising MMA standout tells you what it takes to dish out punishment with bad intentions and a beautiful face.” There is an online gallery of the face of womens MMA,... [Read More...]
Report: CBS wants EliteXC on July 26
Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that CBS wants to build on the success of the May 31 EliteXC: Primetime show by holding another show on July 26 on the network: While not finalized, Elite XC promoter Gary Shaw said that CBS is requesting his company’s next two live specials for late July (believed to be July 26) and October. As things stand, plans are to build the show around the creation... [Read More...]
Gina Carano video game vixen for Red Alert 3 (video)
The marketing machine behind Gina Carano is picking up steam… American Gladiators poster girl, face of women’s MMA for CBS/EXC, and now she joins the ranks of Angelina Jolie as video game vixen. G4TV posted video of her photo shoot for Carano’s character “Natasha” in the new Red Alert 3 video game. If you’re a fan of Gina, you’ll like this video… a lot. G4TV.com also did a feature... [Read More...]
Carano vs. Young fight pics
Gina Carano was criticized heavily by hardcore MMA fans for not making weight, but her impressive performance on network TV’s first ever female bout has quieted some of that noise. Carano surprises everyone by sinking in an gogoplata. Young’s face took heavy damage from Carano’s right hand. Photos courtesy of CombatLifestyle.com For more Carano vs Young fight pic – click “Read... [Read More...]
EliteXC: “Primetime” Thoughts & Commentary
Huckaby just posted a great pros and cons article below so I’ll stick to the basics and give you some quick thoughts on the show. - Gus Johnson was awesome. I’ve always been a fan of Johnson’s work on the NFL broadcasts and the NCAA basketball broadcasts so I was excited to see him working with EliteXC in the same capacity. But his performance tonight was fantastic and brought a great... [Read More...]
EliteXC: “Primetime” Weigh-In Pics
Courtesy of Esther Lin (updated: Esther rules) at Combat Lifestyle, we have some great pics of the weigh-ins for tomorrow’s fight. See the difference between what a professional fighter who takes the fight seriously looks like (Kaitlin Young) and a fighter who is spoiled and can’t even make weight in a weight class that was created specifically for her (Gina Carano). Read More →
EliteXC: “Primetime” Weigh-In Results
Weigh-ins for EliteXC’s “Primetime” show took place today at approximately 2pm ET at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Prudential Center will also play host to the fight card tomorrow night, which is set to air live on CBS. Pro Elite will be streaming preliminary fights live before the CBS broadcast begins. The results are as follows: Televised Card Kimbo Slice... [Read More...]
Gina Carano trains for Kaitlin Young (video)
Gina Carano talks EliteXC on CBS (video)
Gina Carano talking about EliteXC’s debut on CBS as well as some clips from her workout at CBS’ media day. Read More →
