Unfinished Business 2008-07-26

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Event
Unfinished Business

Date
Sat 26th July 2008 (UTC)
Sat 26th July 2008 (Local)

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League
EliteXC

Season
2008

Round
8

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Location
Stockton Arena

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Description

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

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. 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.

Main Card:
Middleweight / EliteXC Middleweight Championship / Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith
Lightweight / Nick Diaz vs. Thomas Denny
Welterweight / EliteXC Welterweight Championship / Jake Shields vs. Nick Thompson
Catchweight / Cris Cyborg vs. Shayna Baszler

Preliminary Card:
Heavyweight / EliteXC Heavyweight Championship / Antônio Silva vs. Justin Eilers
Light Heavyweight / Rafael Cavalcante vs. Travis Galbraith
Bantamweight / Wilson Reis vs. Bryan Caraway

Early Preliminary Card:
Lightweight / David Douglas vs. Marlon Mathias
Light Heavyweight / Anthony Ruiz vs. Jeromy Freitag
Heavyweight / Carl Seumanutafa vs. Mike Cook
Heavyweight / Drew Montgomery vs. Brandon Tarn