Antonio Pezão Silva is the new EliteXC heavyweight champion. Held last night in the United States, the show was broadcast live on the CBS television network, the Brazilian knocked out the American Justin Eilers at 19 seconds of the second round, after a good sequence of knees and punches.
In the other fights of the night, the Brazilians did well. Even with Marlon Matias' defeat to David Douglas, the Brazilians had a positive result. Wilson reis defeated by Bryan caraway in the judges' decision, Rafael Feijão ran over Travis Galbraith by technical knockout in the first round and Chris Cyborg beat Thayna Baszler by technical knockout. Check out the full results.
Middleweight title fight:
- Robbie Lawler defeated Scott Smith by technical knockout at 2:35 of 2R;
Heavyweight belt dispute:
- Antonio Pezão defeated Justin Eilers by technical knockout 19 seconds into 2R;
Welterweight belt dispute:
- Jake Shields submitted Nick Thompson with a guillotine at 1min03s of 1R;
Main fights:
- Nick Diaz defeated Thomas Denny by technical knockout 30 seconds into 2R;
- Chris Cyborg defeated Shayna Baszler by TKO at 2:48 2R;
- Wilson reis defeated Brian Caraway via unanimous decision;
- Rafael Feijão defeated Travis Galbraith by TKO at 3min 1R;
– Carl Seumantafa defeated Mike Cook by technical knockout at 3min39s 1R;
– Drew Montgomery defeated Brandon Tarn by technical knockout at 4min22s 3R;
– David Douglas defeated Marlon Matias by technical knockout 12s of R1.
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