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Strikeforce: Evolution Payouts

December 21, 2009 by Kelsey Philpott 1 Comment

Here are the payouts for Strikeforce: Evolution card which was held on Saturday, December 19th from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

Scott Smith: $55,000 (no win bonus) def. Cung Le via: $150,000
Gilbert Melendez: $55,000 (no win bonus) def. Josh Thomson: $30,000
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza: $65,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Matt Linland: $50,000
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Mike Whitehead: $30,000
Antwain Britt: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Scott Lighty: $5,000
Justin Wilcox: $5,000 (no win bonus) def. Daisuke Nakamura: $200
Alex Crispim: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. A.J. Fonseca: $2,000

 

Total: $481,200

 

(Courtesy of MMAJunkie)

Note:

  • Lawal was fined 10% of his purse for allegedly splashing Rockstar Energy Drink all over the cage after his match.
  • While it appears that Daisuke Nakamura only received $200 in disclosed salary, these are just disclosed salaries that represent only a portion of a fighter’s total purse. The fact that he’s fought on numerous M-1 and Dream cards leads me to believe he’s got a different type of contract and compensation agreement than the rest of the fighters on this card. 

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  1. Joseph says

    December 21, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    Strikeforce has a history of only paying foreign fighters like Misaki, Ishida, Mousasi, Fedor, Nakamura, etc a certain minimum and pay the rest as undisclosed bonuses. I am sure it has something to do with foreign fighters paying American taxes.

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