| EliteXC: Return of the King | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | EliteXC | |||
| Date | June 14, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Neal S. Blaisdell Arena | |||
| City |  Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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EliteXC: Return of the King was a mixed martial arts event promoted by EliteXC that took place on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. [1]
The main card aired live on Showtime and drew an estimated 350,000 viewers. [2]
A Welterweight title bout between champion Jake Shields and Drew Fickett was removed from the original card when Fickett sustained an injury. [1]
Nick Diaz showed up for his 160-pound lightweight fight at 169 pounds which led to it becoming a catchweight bout. [3]
| Main card (Showtime) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | K.J. Noons (c) | def. | Yves Edwards | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 0:48 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Catchweight (169 lbs) | Nick Diaz | def. | Muhsin Corbbrey | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:59 | |
| Middleweight | Murilo Rua | def. | Tony Bonello | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:15 | |
| Heavyweight | Dave Herman | def. | Ron Waterman | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:19 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Rafael Cavalcante | def. | Wayne Cole | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:47 | |
| Preliminary card (Proelite.com) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Bubba McDaniel | def. | Kala Hose | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:41 | |
| Bantamweight | Mark Oshiro | def. | Chris Willems | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:12 | |
| Lightweight | Mike Aina | def. | Kaleo Kwan | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | P.J. Dean | vs. | Dean Lista | Draw | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (135 lbs) | Russell Doane | def. | Dwayne Haney | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 2:54 | |
| Middleweight | Carl Barton | def. | Kepa Madeiros | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:55 | |
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