Tatame.com is reporting that Rafael Cavalcante and Cyrille Diabate will square off for the EliteXC light heavyweight title this November.
According to Cavalcante:
It looks like I’m going to face Cyrille Diabate, who fought with Shogun (Rua) in Pride. I think will be him, 90% chances.
We’re training very hard, Anderson [Silva] trains at (October) 25th and I’ll fight at (November) 5th, so we’re training together. I saw all of his fights here with Anderson and he’s from Muay Thai, good standing up and has a reasonable ground game, and I’ll beat this guy standing up, we’re training for that
“Feijao” currently has a record of 7-1, with his only loss coming via DQ in the IFL last June. Since that loss, Cavalcante has won all 3 of his fights in the EliteXC via first round TKO.
Diabate’s last loss came against Mauricio Rua in 2006 at Pride: Final Conflict Absolute.
The EliteXC event is currently scheduled for November 8 and will be broadcast on Showtime. No venue for the event has been set. The card is also expected to feature Brett Rogers, Joey Villasenor, and the expected lightweight title fight between Nick Diaz and Eddie Alvarez.
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