Rogers wins on CBS

On May 31, Team Bison heavyweight fighter Brett Rogers remained undefeated by defeating Jon Murphy on the premiere broadcast of EliteXC Saturday Night Fights on CBS.

Rogers (7-0) connected with an uppercut to the jaw of Murphy (4-3) and followed him to the mat before the referee stopped the bout just 1:01 into the first round. It was the first televised fight in the history of MMA on primetime network television.

At the post-fight press conference, Rogers called out event headliner Kimbo Slice (3-0) who had a hard-fought 3rd round TKO victory over James Thompson. The same James Thompson that Rogers defeated by KO in just over two minutes three months ago.

"Everybody saw the fight today," Rogers said. "A man is a man and what I saw today was garbage."

Slice was losing on all three judges scorecards going into the final round of the fight with Thompson.

"That sounds like a challenge," Slice said as he and Rogers faced off on both sides of EliteXC promoter Gary Shaw before calmer heads prevailed.

Brett Rogers to fight on first EliteXC show on CBS

Team Bison heavyweight fighter Brett Rogers (6-0; 5 KO, 1 sub.) will face Jon Murphy (4-2; 3 KO, 1 sub.) on the first EliteXC show to be broadcast on over-the-air TV. They will be the first fight on the TV card headlined by heavyweight Kimbo Slice.

Rogers has two victories in EliteXC, defeating Ralph Kelly and most recently James Thompson in February.

Murphy is coming off of a 2nd round KO victory over Dave Huckaba at the EliteXC show in August. His two losses are against highly regarded fighters Chase Gormley (Gladiator Challenge Champion) and Houston Alexander, who has recently fought in the UFC.

The show will be carried live on CBS in primetime on Saturday, May 31. Kimbo Slice will face James Thompson in the main event.

FIGHT CARD:
Kimbo Slice (2-0) vs. James Thompson (14-8)
Robbie Lawler (15-4) vs. Scott Smith (13-4) - EliteXC Middleweight Title
Gina Carano (5-0) vs. Kaitlin Young (4-1) of Circle Pines, MN
Phil Baroni (10-9) vs. Joey Villasenor (25-6)
Brett Rogers (6-0) vs. Jon Murphy (4-2)

Rogers to fight for EliteXC

St. Paul heavyweight Brett Rogers will be fighting at the February 16 EliteXC show in Miami. Rogers will face perhaps his toughest oppenent to date in James Thompson (14-7) of England. The event is being headlined by the matchup of famed street fighters Kimbo Slice (1-0) and Tank Abbott (9-13).

Thompson has fought all around the world including shows for PrideFC and Cage Rage. He has faced some of the MMA elite in Don Frye, Hidehiko Yoshida, Kazuyuki Fujita, Giant Silva, Aleksander Emelianenko, and Dan Severn.

Rogers (5-0) will be making his second appearance for EliteXC after fighting on the November 10 show in Texas. Rogers earned a first round victory over Ralph Kelly (3-3) when Kelly submitted due to strikes.

The event will be broadcast live on Showtime.