EliteXC: Unfinished Business
| EliteXC: Unfinished Business | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | EliteXC | |||
| Date | July 26, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Stockton Arena | |||
| City | Stockton, California | |||
| Attendance | 6,572 (2,871 paid) | |||
| Total gate | $268,715 | |||
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EliteXC: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by EliteXC on July 26, 2008 in Stockton, CA at Stockton Arena.[1]
The show was officially announced during the Showtime broadcast of EliteXC: Return of the King and the main event featured a rematch between Middleweight Champion Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith, whose match on the initial EliteXC: Primetime broadcast was stopped due to an unintentional eye poke. This event was the second EliteXC event to air on CBS.[2] In addition, the events preliminary bouts aired on Showtime at 8pm EST, one hour before the 9pm EST start time on CBS.
The event drew an estimated 2,620,000 viewers on CBS.[3]
Results
Preliminary Card
- Heavyweight Bout:
Brandon Tarn vs. Drew Montgomery
- Montgomery defeats Tarn by TKO (Cut) at 4:22 of round 3
- Heavyweight Bout: Mike Cook vs.
Carl Seumanutafa
- Seumantafa defeats Cook by KO (slam) at 1:21 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Jeromy Freitag vs. Anthony Ruiz
- Ruiz defeated Freitag by Unanimous Decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
Showtime Card
- Bantamweight bout:
Wilson Reis vs. Bryan Caraway
- Reis defeats Caraway by unanimous decision. All three judges score the fight 30–27
- Light Heavyweight bout: Rafael Cavalcante vs.
Travis Galbraith
- Cavalcante defeats Galbraith by TKO (punches) at 3:00 of round 1.
- Heavyweight Championship bout: Antonio Silva vs. Justin Eilers
- Silva defeats Eilers by TKO (punches) at 0:19 of round 2 to win the EliteXC Heavyweight Championship.
CBS Card
- Women's Bantamweight bout: Shayna Baszler vs. Cristiane Santos
- Santos defeats Baszler by TKO (strikes) at 2:48 of round 2.
- Welterweight Championship bout: Jake Shields vs. Nick Thompson
- Shields defeats Thompson by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:03 of round 1 to win the EliteXC Welterweight Championship.
- Lightweight bout: Nick Diaz vs. Thomas Denny
- Diaz defeats Denny by KO (punches) at 0:30 of round 2.
- Middleweight Championship bout: Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith
- Lawler defeats Smith by TKO (strikes) at 2:35 of round 2 to retain the EliteXC Middleweight Championship.
- Lightweight Bout (swing bout; not aired): Marlon Mathias vs. David Douglas
- Douglas defeats Matias via KO (punches) at 0:12 of round 1.
Fighter earnings[6]
Drew Montgomery: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) Defeated Brandon Tarn: $2,000
Carl Seumanutafa: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) Defeated Mike Cook: $2000
David Douglas: $4,000 ($1,500 win bonus) Defeated Marlon Matias: $2,500
Anthony Ruiz: $5,001 ($3,000 win bonus) Defeated Jeremy Freitag: $2,5000
Wilson Reis: $5,000 ($2,500 win bonus) Defeated Bryan Caraway: $2,000
Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) Defeated Travis Galbraith: $5,000
Antonio Silva: $200,000 ($100,000 win bonus) Defeated Justin Eilers: $20,000
Cristiane Cyborg: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) Defeated Shayna Baszler: $8,000
Jake Shields: $45,000 ($10,000 win bonus) Defeated Nick Thompson: $25,000
Nick Diaz: $60,000 (no win bonus) Defeated Thomas Denny: $8,500
Robbie Lawler: $90,000 (which included a $45,000 win bonus) Defeated Scott Smith: $14,000
Total fighter payouts: $533,501
See also
- List of EliteXC events
References
- ↑ Diaz-Denny Banked for July 26 CBS-EliteXC
- ↑ "Smith vs. Lawler II to headline July 26 "Saturday Night Fights" on CBS". MMAJunkie.com. June 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ↑ http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/elitexc-unfinished-business
- ↑ Preliminary card, swing bout finalized for "EliteXC: Unfinished Business" | MMAjunkie.com
- ↑ EliteXC: "Unfinished Business" Live Results | MMA-Live – UFC News
- ↑ http://www.5thround.com/07302008/news/1346/elitexc-unfinished-business-salaries/