EliteXC: Unfinished Business

EliteXC: Unfinished Business
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. ^[1]

Background

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

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

1. For the EliteXC Middleweight Championship
2. For the EliteXC Welterweight Championship
3. For the EliteXC Heavyweight Championship
4. Swing bout that occurred after the main event finished.

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Fighter earnings

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

• Elite Xtreme Combat
• 2008 in Elite Xtreme Combat

References

1. Diaz-Denny Banked for July 26 CBS-EliteXC
2. "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.
3. "EliteXC: Unfinished Business | MMA Event".
4. "EliteXC: Return of the King". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
5. "EliteXC "Unfinished Business" Fighters' Salaries". 31 July 2008. Archived from the original on February 22, 2009.

External links

• Official EliteXC Site Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
• EliteXC: Events List