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Quick results of the prelim fights will begin to flow around 7:30 p.m. ET. And LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action will start at 8:00 p.m. ET with Showtime telecast and then continue at 9 p.m. ET for the action when it begins on CBS.

If you’re going to leave comments and discuss the fights with all the other MMAmania.com readers be sure to do it on the main Elite XC results post and not this one.

With perhaps the biggest lightweight fight in the history of mixed martial arts in the books, it’s now time to turn our attention to another historical event set to take place this coming Saturday, May 31, as Elite XC and CBS will join forces to televise a LIVE MMA event for the first time ever on free television.

The event is being held at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and will air live on CBS starting at 10 p.m. ET. MMAmania.com will, of course, provide LIVE blow-by-blow coverage at this time so you can comment and discuss the action as it happens.

In addition, we will provide quick results of the under card action at about 8 p.m. ET.

Here’s the line up:

Main event:

265 lbs.: Kimbo Slice vs. James “The Colossus” Thompson

Main card (televised):

185 lbs.: Elite XC Middleweight Champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler vs. Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith
185 lbs: Joey Villasenor vs. Phil “The New York Badass” Baroni
140 lbs: Gina “Conviction” Carano vs. Kaitlin Young
265 lbs.: Brett “The Grim Rogers vs. Jon Murphy

Under card (may not be broadcast):

265 lbs.: Carlos Moreno vs. Carlton Haselrig
185 lbs.: Chris Liguori vs. Jim Bova
170 lbs.: Nick Serra vs. Matt Makowski
140 lbs.: Wilson Reis vs. Justin Robbins
160 lbs.: James “Binky” Jones vs. Calvin Kattar
135 lbs.: Zach Makovsky vs. Andre Soares
155 lbs.: Mike Groves vs. Joe Sampieri

This is scheduled to be the first of four Elite XC “Saturday Night Fights” events being hosted by CBS this year. If the event is a success in the ratings — like both Elite XC and CBS are predicting — we could be seeing the start of a trend that would be a huge win for the fans.

In fact, Elite XC Live Events President Gary Shaw is expecting somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 to 4 million viewers for the inaugural show, which is a modest number that would certainly be deemed a success, considering game one of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals could only muster up 2.3 million viewers.

Therefore, whether you’ve been watching for 3 years or 30 seconds, it doesn’t matter, make sure your televisions are tuned to CBS Saturday night and your computers stay locked on MMAmania.

We’ll have plenty more this week leading up to the event.