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 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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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]
Background[edit]
The show was officially announced during the Showtime broadcast of EliteXC: Return of the King.
The main event featured a rematch between Middleweight Champion Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith, whose match on the EliteXC: Primetime CBS 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[edit]
| Main card (CBS) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Robbie Lawler | def. | Scott Smith | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 2:35 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Nick Diaz | def. | Thomas Denny | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:30 | |
| Welterweight | Jake Shields | def. | Nick Thompson | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:03 | [b] |
| Catchweight 140 lbs. | Cris Cyborg | def. | Shayna Baszler | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 2:48 | |
| Preliminary card (Showtime) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Antônio Silva | def. | Justin Eilers | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:19 | [c] |
| Light Heavyweight | Rafael Cavalcante | vs. | Travis Galbraith | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Wilson Reis | def. | Bryan Caraway | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Unaired) | |||||||
| Lightweight | David Douglas | def. | Marlon Mathias | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:12 | [d] |
| Light Heavyweight | Anthony Ruiz | def. | Jeromy Freitag | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Carl Seumanutafa | def. | Mike Cook | KO (slam) | 1 | 1:21 | |
| Heavyweight | Drew Montgomery | def. | Brandon Tarn | TKO (cut) | 3 | 4:22 | |
- ^ For the EliteXC Middleweight Championship
- ^ For the EliteXC Welterweight Championship
- ^ For the EliteXC Heavyweight Championship
- ^ Swing bout that occurred after the main event finished.
Fighter earnings[edit]
Total fighter payouts: $533,501.[5]
- 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 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
- Cris 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
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "EliteXC: Unfinished Business | MMA Event".
- ^ "EliteXC: Return of the King". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ^ "EliteXC "Unfinished Business" Fighters' Salaries". 31 July 2008.