Baroni and 'Ninja' Agree to Fight on CBS

Phil Baroni (Pictures) and Murilo Rua (Pictures) have verbally agreed to fight May 31 on CBS.

The unsigned middleweight fight will be a televised bout from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw told Sherdog.com.

Baroni (10-9) is coming off a brutal fight in Honolulu. After taking severe punishment, the 31-year-old New Yorker succumbed to a technical knockout in the fifth round against Kala Kolohe Hose (Pictures).

Rua, 27, rebounded nicely from a knockout suffered against Robbie Lawler (Pictures) last September with a submission of Xavier Foupa-Pokam (Pictures) in London. The win upped his record to 15-8-1.

A tentatively-agreed-to swing bout pits heavyweights Brett Rogers (Pictures) and Jon Murphy, Shaw said.

Baroni-Rua and Rogers-Murphy join the previously announced appearance of Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson (Pictures) as well as an EliteXC middleweight title fight between champion Lawler and Scott Smith.