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Is Elite XC Hurting MMA by Featuring Kimbo Slice in Saturday's Main Event?
FanHouse — Filed under: Fighting, MMA, MMA/Boxing, Elite XCThere's no doubt that Kimbo Slice's star is on the rise. He's presenting country music awards, on the cover of ESPN The Magazine and headlining CBS's initial foray into the MMA world on Saturday night. To a casual audience that doesn't buy UFC pay-per-views or watch WEC on Versus, Slice is the face of MMA in the United States. To Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports that's not a good thing. Slice, a street fighter who has never fought a top opponent, is getting by on a fearsome look and savvy marketing, Wetzel argues, and that's not good for the sport. ...

Shanoff's Wake-Up Call: Kobe, MMA, More
The Sporting Blog — Today's Calls: Kobe vs. Duncan, Big Unit vs. Clemens, ChiSox vs. Rays, Doug Collins vs. Oblivion, Rip Hamilton vs. Ray Allen, Ty Lawson vs. Sriram Hathwar, MMA vs. CBS and More. The Opening Pitch: Winning the West was bigger than winning the Finals in at least one way. Despite the Lakers' long historical rivalry with the Celtics (and even the Pistons), dispatching the rival Spurs ...

More on MMA's CBS Debut
Dan Shanoff — EliteXC isn't in the best financial shape. They are really relying on Kimbo Slice's star power to drive interest in the sport (but, presumably they hope, the league itself -- it does EliteXC no good if fans realize that UFC is arguably a better product). Here's the dilemma, and Dan Wetzel covered this in his column ...

WEEKEND PICKS: KIMBO IS A GIRL'S NAME
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — What to watch for in this weekend's biggest matchups.  One team or another in ALL CAPS. KIMBO SLICE over Johnny Tomatocan -- I appreciate that Slice is a complete badass, but I think it's telling that his only MMA opponents so far have been Boxcar Ira, Boxcar Fritz, and Switchyard Sullivan.  Which brings me to... UFC over EliteXC -- Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to watching people hurt each other on Saturday night without having to shell out bucks for Pay-Per-View, but I have to agree with just about everything in Dan Wetzel's takedown over on Yahoo.  One star does not a legitimate league make.  And neither does one starfucker.  ...