Elite XC on CBS

Wow, as a big time fan of MMA I am really sorry to all the first time people who had to view the abomination that was the Elite XC on CBS last night. Not only were there some questionable stoppages, but the whole thing was just trash. I'm only going to discuss the televised portion but the undercard was also either amazing or pathetic.

1. Brett Rogers v Jon Murphy - This one was setup to be one sided from the beginning, and thats how it turned out. I guess it was ok for the first time viewers to see a quick KO.

2. Joey Villasenor v Phil Baroni - The New York Bad Ass has officially washed out. He is no longer a decent striker nor can he wrestle at all. Its kind of sad because he did have potential while in the UFC and made a somewhat comeback in PRIDE but now he is done. Hang up the gloves Phil.







3. Gina Carano v Kaitlin Young - The first of 3 questionable stoppages. This one is somewhat understandable because Young was pretty beat up, but still having a mouse under your eye isn't enough to stop a fight. Carano showed off her impressive rack and also attempted a Gogoplata, which in and of itself is pretty impressive for someone who really just wants to bang and knock people out. Gina really needs to settle on fights at 145 or 150 though. Missing weight 3 consecutive fights is depressing.


4. Robbie Lawler v Scott Smith - The second of the 3 questionable stoppages. This was a pretty entertaining brawl with no ground game. Both guys continued to try to KO the other, even if the fans were booing for no reason. Unfortunately the fight was stopped after an unintentional eye gouge by Lawler. The doctor did not give Scott 5 minutes to recover and ended it prematurely and thus a No contest. Pretty terrible way to end an otherwise entertaining fight. Lawler had some seriously nasty liver shots too, Bas would have been proud.

5. Kevin 'Kimbo Slice' Ferguson v James Thompson - Bullshit, Bullshit, Bullshit! I'm not a fan of the 'Colossus' or 'Megapunk' or whatever he goes by nowadays, but Thompson had this clearly won in Round 2. After having Slice in the crucifix position and landing blows for over a minute straight this should have been called. I don't care if Miragliotta thought they weren't damaging enough, Slice was not defending them and this should have been over. In round 3 he called the fight after Slice hit the cauliflower on Thompson's ear and it burst, followed up with a few more strikes that stumbled Thompson. Earlier in the fight Slice wobbled Thompson as well but Thompson ended up in dominant position on the ground, which in turn was stood up for no reason. This whole fight just wreaked of corruption.

I knew the EliteXC banner wasn't classy, after seeing their events on Showtime and PPV with their dancers and all, but this was just pathetic and for the first timers out there I feel sorry. If you really want to see some good fights then watch the WEC tonight with Pulver v Faber. I think the worst thing that happened tonight was me realizing that Gary Shaw is actually worse than Dana White, and that makes me sick. Props to Sherdog for the photos.