EliteXC completed its third show in three weeks last night from the Horseshoe Casino just outside of Chicago in Hammond, Indiana.

While it was a quality show, it was not anywhere near as strong as the promotion’s ShoXC event from two weeks ago in Santa Ynez, Calif., which many pundits believe was EliteXC’s strongest ShoXC event to date.

Last night’s show simply didn’t have as many exciting fights and lacked the same energy of the Sept. 26 show. Perhaps that is to be expected considering last night’s show did not have the benefit of a title fight to anchor the event and you can’t exactly snap your fingers and re-create the insane battle that David Douglas and Malaipet put on.

Controversy was also involved with the night’s semi-featured bout in which Mamed Khalidov TKO’d Jason Guida due to standing strikes at 4:53 of round 2.

For Guida, last night’s fight was an opportunity to redeem himself after failing to make weight on national television during the qualifying episodes for the current season of The Ultimate Fighter. However, he did very little in the fight to endear himself to fans.

At one juncture, a visibly winded Guida lost his mouthpiece during an exchange on the ground. The head official paused the contest in search of Guida’s mouthpiece and began to panic when he could not locate it. After a prolonged stoppage in which Guida was given time to rest, the referee finally found a replacement mouthpiece and instructed Guida to put it in.

Guida refused the referee’s instruction and the referee then walked to the cage door and informed officials he was about to disqualify Guida for refusing the replacement mouthpiece. Seconds later, Guida’s original mouthpiece suddenly reappeared.

Despite the extended rest, Guida was still gassed and was finished with only a few seconds remaining in thesecond round after Khalidov pressured him against the cage and began to unload on Guida, who did not answer any of Khalidov’s shots. The referee called a stop to the bout and an upset Guida actually pushed the official in protest of the decision.

Replays showed that most of the punches Khalidov threw actually landed on Guida’s arms as opposed to his face but the fact remains that Guida used a duck and cover approach while pinned against the cage as his defensive posture and failed to answer any of the strikes with punches of his own.

In addition to his stall tactics and decision to put his hands on an referee, Guida showed a continued lack of sportsmanship by storming out of the cage before the official decision had been announced to the crowd.

Following the bout, SHOWTIME color commentator Stephen Quadros commented that while Guida might be a likable person outside of the cage, his conduct inside of it told a different story.

Complete results are as follows:

Televised Main Card -

• Dave Herman via TKO (strikes) over Kerry Schall at 1:06 of round 1
• Mamed Khalidov via TKO (strikes) at 4:53 of round 2
• Anthony Lapsley def. Mike Stumpf via majority decision
• Alexander Shlemenko via TKO (knee) over Bubba McDaniel at 5:00 of round 1
• Lyle Beerbohm via TKO (cut) over Rafaello Oliveira at 5:00 of round 1

Preliminary Card -

• Matt Jaggers def. Orville Smith via unanimous decision
• Jared McMahon submits Jacob Hey via rear naked choke at 3:11 of round 1
• Tiawan Howard submits Johnny Hughes via rear naked choke at 3:42 of round 1
• Josh Barnes via TKO (strikes) over Jeremy Norton at 2:22 of round 1
• Deray Davis submits John Kuhner via rear naked choke at 3:53 of round 2

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