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EliteXC: Primetime was a MMA 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 featured Robbie Lawler defending his EliteXC Middleweight Championship against Scott Smith.
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- 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 unable to get back to his feet.
- Haselrig defeats Morena 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 TKO (punch) at 1:01 of round one.
- Villasenor defeats Baroni by TKO (punch) 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 wins in controversial TKO over Thompson. The third round started with referee Dan Miragliotta stopping the bout after a punch Slice landed to the left side of Thompson's head burst his heavily cauliflowered ear. Four uncontested shots later, a standing Thompson was summarily judged to be TKO'd and the match was called at 38 seconds into the third round; despite near the end of the second round, Kimbo took several hard elbow shots from Thompson on the mat.
[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.[1]
However, not all CBS stations carried the program at the scheduled time. At least four - WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio and three stations in Montana - aired a telethon to benefit the Children's Miracle Network instead.[2] 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 on moral grounds.
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Mike Groves vs. 
Andre Soares
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