Here's what's happened on the undercard so far... MMAWeekly.com will be bringing you full results and play-by-play from the CBS-EliteXC Saturday Night Fights in New Jersey. Internet sensation Kimbo Slice faces Pride veteran James Thompson in the evening's main event. Also featured is an EliteXC middleweight title bout between defending champion Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith. The undercard is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, with a live stream on CBSSports.com from 7 to 9 p.m. ET. The main card will air live on CBS at 9 p.m. ET. Joe Sampieri vs. Mike Groves R1 - Sampieri gets Groves to the ground where he begins to ground and pound his opponent. Eventually, Groves reverses position and works to side guard on Sampieri. The fighters work their way back to the feet before Sampieri lands a punch that puts Groves down and Sampieri quickly jumps to the ground, works to mount, before punishing his opponent with punches forcing the referee to stop the fight. Joe Sampieri def. Mike Groves by TKO (Punches on the ground) at 4:58, R1 Zach Makovsky vs. Andre Soares R1 - The fighters move quickly to the ground, Soares moves into a oma plata, but Makovsky perseveres and the fight moves back to the feet. Soares lands good kicks as Makovsky counters with punches. MMAWeekly scores R1 10-9 for Andre Soares R2 - Makovsky controls the pace throughout the second round, landing good punches and kicks throughout. Soares attempts multiple takedowns, but it stifled at every turn as he looks like his cardio is fading. Makovsky lands a good knee towards the end of the round, but cannot finish. MMAWeekly scores R2 10-9 for Zach Makovsky R3 - Makovsky dominates the third round as well, peppering Soares with punches and kicks while defending any takedown attempt from his opponent. Makovsky throws another good knee to end the round as the fight closes. MMAWeekly scores R3 10-9 for Zach Makovsky Zach Makovsky def. Andre Soares by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-26, 29-26) R3 James Jones vs. Calvin Kattar R1 - Jones comes out strong working a good Muay Thai attack with solid knees in the clinch. Jones lands a good takedown on Kattar before transitioning to a kimura attempt along with a reverse triangle, but Kattar survives. Jones gets another takedown and pushes Kattar against the fence, working punches before taking his opponent's back. Jones sinks in the rear naked choke forcing the tap from Kattar. James Jones def. Calvin Kattar by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:49, R1 Wilson Reis vs. Justin Robbins R1 - Reis with an absolutely dominant fight from start to finish. Reis gets the fight to the ground early where he punishes Robbins from the mount before moving to an armbar. Robbins rolls to survive, but gets caught in a triangle choke. Reis releases that hold and moves onto an omo plata, then taking his opponent's back where he sinks in a fight ending rear naked choke. Wilson Reis def. Justin Robbins by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:06, R1 TFK
Nick Serra vs. Matt Makowski R1 - Serra looks strong in the opening part of the round, getting Makowski to the ground and working for an armbar attempt. Serra eventually takes his opponent's back during the round and tries to lock on a choke, but Makowski stays alive and avoids the submission. Back on the feet, Makowski looks strong hitting Serra with punches and knees, as Serra looks to be losing steam. MMAWeekly scores R1 10-9 for Nick Serra R2 - Makowski continues to stalk Serra in the second round, avoiding any takedown while hitting Serra with good leg kicks and punches. Serra looks exhausted as he can barely keep his hands up, but Makowski is unable to capitalize outside of some punches in the clinch. Eventually, Serra drops trying to bait his opponent to the ground and struggles to get up. The referee takes a point. Serra does the same thing again, the referee deducts a point, Serra cannot continue and the referee stops the fight. Matt Makowski def. Nick Serra by TKO (fighter cannot continue) at 3:57, R2 Carlton Haselrig vs. Carlos Moreno R1 - Haselrig takes the fight down early and then moves to attempt a foot or leg lock of some kind. After a lull in action, the fight is stood back up. Moreno looks good on the feet, but he is taken down again. Haselrig is unable to do much as he takes Moreno's back, but another break in action causes the fight to be stood back up again. The round ends. Moreno is unable to answer the bell for the 2nd session. Carlton Haselrig def. Carlos Moreno by TKO (fighter unable to continue) at 5:00, R1
Like I said after the weigh in, Carlos came in ridiculously out of shape. That's a shame, because he's actually a halfway decent fighter. And what kinda bullshit is this? They're not gonna show the Liguori fight? Christ, we had to sit through Nick Serra crawling on the ground and Carlos and Haselrig looking like two Manatees on th Discovery Channel, and we don't get to see Liquori, who's never in a dull fight? TFK
Chris Liguori vs. Jim Bova R1 - Liguori comes out strong landing knees on Bova. The fight hits the ground where Bova ends up on top working ground and pound, while Liguori attempts submissions from the bottom. Bova looks strong his his ground attack while keeping Liguori under him. MMAWeekly scores R1 10-9 for Jim Bova R2 - Liguori is able to get Bova to the ground early in the second round where he begins to unload punches and elbows from inside of Bova's guard. Liguori looked strong as he pounded away at Bova. The fight is paused because of a cut on Bova's face. The doctor stops the fight due to the cut. Chris Liguori def. Jim Bova by TKO (doctor's stoppage due to a cut) at 4:31, R2 TFK
they better always give him gloves or a mat - he feels more comfortable when he's showing stuff... you can tell Rogers is superhungry... :atu:
They're never gonna get all 5 fights in at this pace. I wonder if CBS will let them run late, like they do football. TFK
