Major News!
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5793&zoneid=4
Dana White and the UFC have to be pissed about this. They have been trying to do this for over a year and XC beat them to it. For those that don't know the head of Elite XC and Dana White hate each other and are always bashing each other's organization in interviews.
EliteXC and CBS are expected to announce a deal on Thursday, according to a report by Kevin Iole on Yahoo! Sports, that will put mixed martial arts on a major broadcast network for the first time in its brief history.
The agreement between ProElite, Inc. – EliteXC’s parent company – and CBS was reported on Wednesday afternoon by MMAJunkie.com. Multiple sources close to the deal later confirmed the partnership with MMAWeekly.com.
Few details were known at the time of publication, but Iole’s report claims that it is currently a four-event agreement that is likely to begin in April. The premier event on CBS is also expected to feature Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson in an event in New Jersey.
The events on CBS are expected to be two-hours telecasts in prime time on Saturday nights.
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5793&zoneid=4
Dana White and the UFC have to be pissed about this. They have been trying to do this for over a year and XC beat them to it. For those that don't know the head of Elite XC and Dana White hate each other and are always bashing each other's organization in interviews.