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Evening News and Notes: May 16, 2008

May 16, 2008 6:41 PM John Chandler

Kimbo Slice. Photo by Esther Lin/EliteXC.

EliteXC heavyweight sensation Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson will serve as one of the presenters at Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas according to Josh Gross of Sports Illustrated. The event will air on CBS from 8-11 PM ET. Slice’s appearance will likely have him make some kind of mention of EliteXC’s debut on the network next Saturday night.

Report: Moreno to Face Haselrig at EliteXC on CBS

New Jersey-based heavyweight Carlos Moreno will step in to face former NFL All-Pro offensive lineman and NCAA wrestling champion Carlton Haselrig at Elite Xtreme Combat’s upcoming “Primetime” event on May 31st according to Sherdog.com.

Moreno has won two out of his last three fights. He most recently fell to Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Kevin Jordan at a Battle Cage Xtreme event last October. Haselrig was originally slated to take on Fightfest veteran Joe McCall, who will be unable to compete at the event due to family obligations.

Kelly Perdew Resigns as CEO of ProElite.com

EliteXC parent company ProElite announced today that Kelly Perdew, the winner of the second season of NBC’s “The Apprentice”, has resigned as President and CEO of the organization’s official website through the company’s SEC filing.

Perdew filed his resignation on May 9th and it will go into effect next week. According to MMA Junkie, Perdew will now move on to rotohog.com to serve as the fantasy sports company’s CEO. A successor for Perdew has not yet been named.

Donruss to Create Cung Le Trading Card

Popular trading card company Donruss has announced it’s intention to create a trading card featuring the likeness of newly crowned Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le, who defeated former UFC middleweight champion Frank Shamrock in March to claim the title.

“We’re excited to be able to include Cung in our program,” said Scott Prusha, Marketing Director for Donruss, said in a press release sent out to the media today. “Cung is an extremely exciting fighter and winning the Strikeforce championship was really a big thing.”

Media • Pro Elite • Personalities • Kelly Perdew • Carlos Moreno • Carlton Haselrig • Cung Le • Kimbo Slice • Elite Xtreme Combat • Strikeforce • Heavyweight • Middleweight

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1. gcw
from vancouver, bc
May 17, 2008 1:22 AM

damn, is kimbo ever doing well right now. a CBS main event, an entire promotion pushing him, and a rumored fight with mike tyson.  i know tyson is grossly out of shape but tell me that pay per view won’t sell, and i’ll show you an idiot.  good for kimbo!

2. Anon
from USA
May 17, 2008 5:31 PM

Something about Kimbo Slice doing anything associated with country music just doesn’t sound right. I’ve got nothing against him personally, it just seems completely “fake”. Nothing about Kimbo Slice suggests he likes country music at all, so it seems like he’s only doing that for the money and the publicity. Totally out of place. Would Bob Sapp make a believable assistant on an episode of Martha Steward Living? It’s the same thing…

3. Craig O
from sacto, califa
May 18, 2008 1:11 PM

They have to milk him for all he is worth before he fights somebody with a HEART BEAT AND ANY KIND OF MMA SKILLS. BuT that’s if they ever put him up against any REAL talent.

so if dodging any real opponent and being paraded around like a dog on leash is your idea of making it, then well, grats to kimbo your a puppet.

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