Gina Carano, as expected, was the highest earner with $125,000 at this past Saturday's Strikeforce event in San Jose.Cris Cyborg, who stopped Carano with a second left in the first round to win the first-ever Strikeforce 145-pound women's title, pocketed $20,000 plus a $5,000 win bonus.
Meanwhile, the other new Strikeforce champion at the event happened to be the lowest earner, at least according to the commission's records. The disclosed purse of newly-crowned light heavyweight titleholder Gegard Mousasi was $2,000 with no win bonus. It's safe to say Mousasi is being compensated in some other way.
Here are the salary figures obtained by FanHouse from the California State Athletic Commission:
- Cris Cyborg - $25,000 ($20,000 + $5,000) def. Gina Carano - $125,000
- Gegard Mousasi - $2,000 def. Renato "Babalu" Sobral - $75,000
- Gilbert Melendez - $50,000 def. Mitsuhiro Ishida - $30,000
- Fabricio Werdum - $50,000 ($25,000 + $25,000) def. Mike Kyle - $14,000
- Jay Hieron - $55,000 ($25,000 + $30,000 win) def. Jesse Taylor - $12,000
- Scott Lighty - $4,000 def. Mike Cook - $2,500
- Justin Wilcox - $5,000 ($2,500 + $2,500 win) def. David Douglas - $5,500
- James Terry - $6,000 ($3,000 + $3,000 win) def. Zak Bucia - $2,000
- Alex Trevino - $3,500 ($2,000 + $1,500 win) def. Isiah Hill - $2,000
Quick Hits: 13,976 was the official attendance at the HP Pavilion for a gross and net gate of $735,710 and $692,159.74, respectively.
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