Kimbo Slice Mauled By A Silverback

Saturday night marked Elite XC's third installment of their "CBS Saturday Night Fights" series. Headlining the event was supposed to be a matchup between Elite XC's cash-cow, Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson and UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock. Entitled "Heat," the Elite XC event filled Florida's BankAtlantic Center with 9,414 spectators and had a gate of $826,433.

A last minute accident threatened to derail the main event, when while warming up backstage, Ken Shamrock suffered a head-butt over the left eye that opened up an old cut. The cut would require six stitches, causing the athletic commission to deny Shamrock the opportunity to fight.

With the main event in danger of being cancelled, Ken's adoptive brother, former UFC middleweight champion Frank Shamrock stepped forward and offered to take the fight. However, with Frank usually fighting at middleweight it would of been doubtful to get approval from the commission to fight the 235lb. heavyweight.

In the end, Seth "The Silverback" Petruzelli, who was scheduled to face Aaron Rosa in a light heavyweight contest was offered the opportunity to replace the injured Shamrock. Petruzelli, a second season participant on the UFC's reality show, "The Ultimate Fighter" jumped at the chance.

The ten bout event also featured Jake Shields defending his welterweight championship against England's Paul "Semtex" Daley. The women's face of MMA, Gina "Conviction" Carano would fight Kelly Kobald. Also, in an Elite XC and Affliction partnership, Andrei Arlovski and Roy "Big Country" Nelson would do battle in the heavyweight division.

The main event offered more shock & awe than even President George Bush himself could ever hope to provide. At the sound of the opening bell Kimbo heads straight at Petruzelli, the 28 year old from Fort Myers, Florida and backed him against the cage. Petruzelli threw a push kick that was followed by a short right hand, a punch that landed right on the "lights out" button, the chin. Slice went down and Petruzelli attacked much like his nickname, "The Silverback." Unrelenting and throwing hard shot after shot, referee Troy Waugh had no choice but to call a halt to the bout at only 0:14 seconds of the first round.

- RESULTS -
Seth Petruzelli def. Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson by TKO (Strikes) at :14, RD1
Jake Shields def. Paul Daley by Submission (Armbar) at 3:47, RD2
Andrei Arlovski def. Roy Nelson by KO at 3:14, RD2
Gina Carano def. Kelly Kobold by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Benji Radach def. Murilo "Ninja" Rua by TKO (Strikes) at 2:31, RD2
Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos def. Yoko Takahashi by Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)Connor Heun def. Edson Berto by TKO (Strikes) at 2:18, R2
Mikey Gomez def. Lorenzo Borgomeo by Submission (Armbar) at 4:06, R2
Bryan Hamade def. David Gomez by Submission (Guillotine) at 2:03, R1
Nicolae Cury def. Jorge Bouchat by Submission (Reverse Triangle) at 1:35, R1