While we all awaited a press release from CBS all day yesterday regarding their first EliteXC event, no news ever materialized.

Today, Sam Caplan, the lead reporter for ProElite, has some info on the event to tide us over until an official press release is given.

The show is expected to take place on May 31 in New Jersey. While a specific location has not been finalized, the Prudential Center in Newark is considered the likeliest candidate to host the show. The Prudential Center is the same venue in which UFC 78 was held this past November.

It has been confirmed that the show will be headlined by Kimbo Slice against a yet to be named opponent. It is possible that the opponent has been finalized, but we have not be able to determine his identity.

While Slice’s opponent is not known, we do know that Scott Smith will be taking on Robbie Lawler in a five round fight in which Lawler’s EliteXC middleweight title will be on the line.

Gina Carano is also expected to make her return to the promotion on the show against a yet to be determined opponent. Shaw hinted as Carano’s involvement on the show while speaking during a Tuesday conference call to promote the March 29 bout between Frank Shamrock and Cung Le.

A title fight between Lawler and Smith should be a decent battle, but I expect Robbie to win the EliteXC Middleweight belt with no problem. We’ll also see what, if any, following Carano will be able to draw from her stint on NBC’s American Gladiators (my guess is none).