Elite XC crowned 2 new champions in Stockton over the weekend and Antonio Silva made out great. Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva became the new heavyweight champion of Elite XC and he made $200,000 as reported by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). Jake Shields ($45,000) became the new welterweight champion and Robbie Lawler ($90,000) retained his middleweight championship.

“Unfinished Business” payouts:

Robbie Lawler — $90,000 ($45,000 to show, $45,000 to win)
Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith — $14,000

Jake Shields — $45,000 ($35,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Nick Thompson — $25,000

Nick Diaz — $60,000
Thomas Denny — $8,500

Cristiane Cyborg — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)
Shayna Baszler — $8,000

Antonio Silva — $200,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 to win)
Justin Eilers — $20,000

Wilson Reis — $5,000 ($2,500 to show, $2,500 to win)
Brian Caraway — $2,000

Rafael Feijao — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Travis Galbraith — $5,000

David Douglas — $4,000 ($3,500 to show, $1,500 to win)
Marlon Mathias — $2,500

Anthony Ruiz — $5,001 ($2,001 to show, $3,000 to win)
Jeremy Freitag — $2,500

Carl Seumantafa — $4,000 ($2,000 to show, $2,000 to win)
Mike Cook — $2,000

Drew Montgomery — $3,000 ($1,500 to show, $1,500 to win)
Brandon Tarn — $2,000

This is a video of WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit sparring with US troops in Afghanistan.

Affliction 2 might be bigger than the first Affliction card week and a half ago! After the news that the Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito “Hunington Beach Badboy” Ortiz has signed to fight at Affliction 2 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on October 11th. Acoording to Yahoo! Sports, Ortiz’s opponent is expected to be former UFC challenger Renato “Babalu” Sobral who is coming off decision victory over Mike Whitehead in the first Affliction card.

Yahoo! Sports went on to say:

“Affliction vice president Tom Atencio would not confirm the Ortiz-Babalu fight. He said details for the fight card will be released during an Aug. 6 news conference that most likely will be held in Las Vegas.

Atencio also indicated that he didn’t think Affliction could speak with Ortiz until Aug. 4 because of a 60-day non-compete clause in Ortiz’s UFC contract. Ortiz’s last fight for UFC was on May 24 at UFC 84. If the 60-day clause is accurate, the deal ended last weekend. Atencio said the biggest stumbling block for an Ortiz deal would be the financial terms.

Affliction would seem to have the inside track at signing Ortiz, a former UFC light heavyweight champion (15-6-1, 14-6-1 UFC). He and his girlfriend, Jenna Jameson were conspicuous during the Affliction “Banned’ event, sitting next to Affliction partner Donald Trump. Ortiz and Trump developed a relationship during the most recent season of The Apprentice.”

 

 

According to Yahoo Sports, Fedor will be defending his title on October 11th against former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. Arlovski recently defeated Ben Rothwell by KO last week on the debut Affliction card. The second Affliction event is supposed to be announced sometime next week.