Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante vs Travis Galbraith Elite XC fight confirmed for July 26
By: James Iannotti
The third and final fight for the Showtime portion of the joint-telecast with CBS for Elite XC: “Unfinished Business” on July 26 was made official today during a conference call.
Brazilian light heavyweight and Team Nogueira member, Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (6-1), will face his toughest test to date under the Elite XC banner when he locks horns with Travis “The Gladiator” Galbraith (15-5).
Galbraith is a Canadian native and a six fight King of the Cage veteran. He also made an appearance at Pride 32: “The Real Deal” albeit in a second round technical knockout loss to Kazuhiro Nakamura. “The Gladiator” won nine of his first 12 professional fights — the three losses were to Joe Doerkson, Jonathan Goulet and George St. Pierre.
Nothing to be ashamed of there.
The Canadian comes into this fight having won his last two bouts, one of which was redemption for a previous loss to a very tough Nick Hinchilffe (8-1) while fighting for King of the Cage. There’s no doubt he’s faced some decent competition, but “Feijao” will certainly provide one of the most dangerous challenges of his career … at least since his loss to Nakamura.
This is somewhat of a clash of styles. Galbraith likes to finish is fights with submissions (he’s had 10 of those) and “Feijao” likes to knockout people (he has five of those). Either way, both guys like to finish and this one will more than likely not go the distance.
“Feijao” is perhaps most known for his training partners — UFC champions Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Anderson Silva — among others. But recently he’s been proving he doesn’t belong in anyone’s shadow. His past two fights have been brutal first round destructions of John Doyle and Wayne Cole, at “Street Certified” in February and “Return of the King” in June, respectively.
Any fight involving Rafael is one that I’m interested in watching. Let’s hope Galbraith is up to the challenge on July 26 in Stockton, California.
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They just showed another commercial for Affliction Banned during UFC Unleashed. I had to laugh when they showed Arlovski sort of howling or growling with that vampire mouth piece and then punching a wall of fire. It was pretty bad. I really hope the PPV is worth the $40.
I hope he does well and gets another KO, he’s been doing great so far. I’m becoming a fan really fast.
I’ll be having a nice lttle side bet on Feijao for this one.
I dont think he’ll have an easy time as he has with some but hopefully he is the underdog
he has the right camp around him and should definately be one to watch.
This card is looking really interesting, and a week after the blockbuster weekend…great month for MMA not to mention dream 5!!
boycotting elite xc
YES!
“boycotting elite xc”
Good for you.
We will be ENJOYING the fights!
Have fun in your little crusade of meaningless.
Rafael Feijao is for REAL!!! Anyone that saw his last couple of fights knows this. The only loss on his record was because he get DQ’d for an illegal kick. He has never been beaten and will be the favorite in this fight for sure!
You cannot have better training partners / teachers than Feijao does.
You said it.
Really looking forward to this fight and to the card.
Cant wait!
Wait, Feijao’s toughest fight to date is a guy who got TKOd by Nakamura? I know not to underestimate an opponent, but…
Feijao will most likely move to the UFC if he can help it after his EliteXC contract runs out. They might get Tito Ortiz, which would set up the org’s first LHW belt.
There is just much more competition in the UFC at 205.