EliteXC: Unfinished Business

EliteXC: Unfinished Business
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
EliteXC: Return of the King EliteXC: Unfinished Business EliteXC: Heat

EliteXC: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by EliteXC on July 26, 2008 in Stockton, CA at Stockton Arena.

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. 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.

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 (strikes) at 3:00 of round 1.

• Heavyweight Championship bout: Antonio Silva vs. Justin Eilers

Silva defeats Eilers by TKO (strikes) 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.

• Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz vs. Thomas Denny

Diaz defeats Denny by TKO (strikes) 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

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

External links

• Official EliteXC Site
• EliteXC: Events List