Video interviews with Robbie Lawler, Scott Smith, Nick Diaz, Thomas Denny, Shayna Baszler, Nick Thompson and Gus Johnson after the jump.
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EliteXC “Unfinished Business” will take place tomorrow, July 26, at 8PM ET/7PM CT on Showtime and 9PM ET/ 8PM CT on CBS. This will be the promotion’s second show on primetime network television and will feature a rematch for the EliteXC Middleweight Championship between champ Robbie Lawler and challenger Scott Smith.
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Lawler vs Smith II will take place this Saturday night on CBS at EliteXC: Unfinished Business.
The latest EliteXC/CBS “Unfinished Business” fight card and event info can be found in our fight cards section.
No Comments | Filed under: EliteXC/CBS: Unfinished BusinessWhen he hit me with one of those, I’m like, “you mother f*cker.” If he knocked me out with an elbow, that would’ve been pretty sweet, but he cut me with it and that pisses me off.
Robbie Lawler talking about the elbows Scott Smith used in their first fight.
You knew it was coming.
We mentioned last week that UFC president Dana White was planning a special to counter-program EliteXC’s second outing on CBS scheduled for July 26. Well, it looks like that special will be UFC 84, arguably the best UFC event thus far in 2008. Spike TV, of course, will have the honors of broadcasting the event.
This will mark the third time the UFC has come up with programming to counter the competition’s live events. On May 31, during EliteXC’s CBS debut, Spike TV ran a special night of programming dedicated to Chuck Liddell, which drew between 1.2 and 1.6 million viewers away from EliteXC over the course of the night. Despite the strong effort, the UFC didn’t spoil EliteXC’s party, as the ‘Primetime’ event drew record ratings for a mixed martial arts event in North America.
After seven seasons of watching the The Ultimate Fighter cast members destroy the TUF house, Dana White says the UFC will be cracking down on such behavior starting with season eight. Despite numerous fighters from several different seasons stating publicly that producers from the show encouraged the taped destruction and provided unlimited alcohol as a catalyst, White tells Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports that they’re all lying.
It has become something of a tradition during the filming of the reality series for the fighters to trash the house. Though several fighters said they were indirectly encouraged to do so, White vehemently denied the fighters were ever told how to act in any way. He said repairs to the staircase that was damaged during Season 7 cost nearly $70,000. He said fighters of Season 8 – which completed filming last week and will begin airing in September – were told they’d have to pay for any damage they did.
No, it’s not going to be Sergei Kharitonov who will step in the cage on July 26 to face Antonio Silva. Considering who will be, however, makes that a big fat disappointment. Instead of the PRIDE veteran, who has some solid wins under his belt, we get a UFC veteran who’s lost to everyone with a recognizable name—Justin Eilers.
According to Five Oz., Eilers and Silva have verbally agreed to the fight and the deal is close to being finalized.
EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw revealed the news when contacted by FiveOuncesOfPain.com earlier this afternoon.
Five Ounces of Pain later contacted Eilers’ manager, Monte Cox, who indicated that it is their intention to FAX a signed contract to EliteXC officials later today.
Shaw also said that it’s still up in the air on whether or not the fight will be for the title.
“It’s still in discussion with EliteXC officials if we’re going to make it a title fight or not. But we feel if we did, Justin is a credible and worthy opponent, and rival challenge for Junior Silva.”
Currently, EliteXC has not set a total number of fights that will happen for either the Showtime or CBS portions of the broadcast. The Showtime card will weigh heavily on whether the Antonio Silva bout is for a title because of the length of the fight moving from three to five rounds.
Eilers may have won his last 10 of 11 fights, but it certainly wasn’t against anyone that justifies giving him a title shot on a national stage. I understand that Eilers wasn’t EliteXC’s first choice and maybe he’s the best they could do on short notice, and that’s fine if they just want to put him against Silva in a normal fight, but to make it a fight for any kind of title is just short of absurd.
The latest EliteXC “Unfinished Business” fight card and event info can be found in our fight cards section.
The latest EliteXC “Unfinished Business” fight card and event info can be found in our fight cards section.
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