In a bout that few picked Daley to win, Daley looked surprisingly sharp, stuffing a takedown in the early goings and staying mobile and elusive. Shields for his part stayed patient and eventually secured a single leg and passed to the mount quickly against the cage to gain the dominat position. Shield’s offense went to work as he brought out the ground-and-pound tactics and the outcome looked bleak for the striker from the UK, but as Shields went for an armbar, Daley took advantage of position and escaped into the top position. Despite taking some damage through much of the first round, the tide had swayed, and Daley looked good from the top exploding with punches and elbows until the first round closed.

Daley again started strong in the second round sprawling out from a takedown attempt and landing an nice hook that appeared to stun Shields. While the first stanza was mostly Shields, Daley’s confidence appeared to be growing in the second. Surprisingly Shields' conditioning was wilting, and his shoots began to look telegraphed and sloppy.

Shields was able to get another takedown and made it count, going right to the mount and working his way up to an armbar. This time there would be no escape. as he took the fight by submission at 3:47 of the second round. While he was able to retain his title, he may have had his least impressive EliteXC performance to date.

At the end of the fight he did make an interesting comment and appears to be considering a move to the middleweight division to challenge Robbie Lawler for his middleweight belt, that is if he retains his belt against Joey Villasenor.

In the early goings Roy Nelson looked good taking Arlovski to the mat with a nice upper-body takedown and controlling the former UFC heavyweight champion from the top position. While he was in control of Arlovski's body, he was not able to do any damage from there despite being where he wanted to be and the referee eventually stepped in and restart the stalemate and from there Arlovski went to work. The "Pitbull" exploded with a flurry of strikes putting Nelson on the defensive but with only a few moments left could not finish as the first stanza came to a close.

Nelson drove in again to close the distance in the second but Arlovski exploded on Nelson again lighting him up with punches and kicks leaving Nelson fighting to stay in the bout. A big right hand followed a right uppercut, and that was all she wrote for the former IFL standout who flopped to the mat giving the victory to Arlovski.