For the second time in a
week, an EliteXC fighter will be featured on
"E:60."
For
Immediate Release
The most recognizable face
in women's mixed martial arts, the incredibly
popular and talented Gina "Conviction''
Carano, of Las Vegas, will be profiled on "E:60"
next Tuesday, May 13, on ESPN.
The multi-subject newsmagazine show starts at
7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Tuesday's segment will include
comments from Gina’s parents -- her father,
Glenn, is a former NFL quarterback -- world-class
women fighters Shayna Baszler and Tara LaRosa,
the story behind Gina getting involved in MMA
and why she stopped going to college –
18 credits short of getting her degree –
and the impact of her sudden stardom.
Carano, aka "Crush" on "American
Gladiators," will fight dangerous, confident,
hard-hitting Hook 'n Shoot champion Kaitlin
Young, of Minneapolis, on the first-ever MMA
primetime broadcast on network television when
"CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS'' premieres
with a five-fight card on Saturday, May 31,
on the CBS Television Network (9 p.m.-11 p.m.
ET/PT).
The highly anticipated event,
presented by Los Angeles-based ProElite, Inc.'s
live fight division, EliteXC, will originate
from the Prudential Center at Newark, N.J. Doors
open for the live event at 5:30 p.m. ET. The
first fight is at 6:30. Tickets are on sale.
On Tuesday, May 6,
"E:60" re-played a segment on Kimbo
Slice that originally ran in December 2007.
"E:60" also updated the Kimbo story
later in the program with discussion of his
last fight and his upcoming one. Kimbo will
face England's James "Colossus'' Thompson
in the CBS main event on May 31.
Fighter pages: Kimbo (http://kimboslice.proelite.com),
Thompson (http://jamesthompson.proelite.com),
Carano (http://ginacarano.proelite.com), Young
(http://kaitlinyoung.proelite.com), Baszler
(http://shaynabaszler.proelite.com).