Strikeforce salary.... WOW

http://mmajunkie.com/news/14577/stri...k-earns-xx.mma

Nick Diaz: $39,950 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Frank Shamrock: $369,790

Gilbert Melendez: $49,890 (no win bonus)
def. Rodrigo Damm: $9,190

Scott Smith: $49,940 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
def. Benji Radach: $16,940

Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos: $18,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Hitomi Akano: $1,450

Brett Rogers: $39,940 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Ron "Abongo" Humphrey: $3,205

Luke Rockhold: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
def. Buck Meredith: $1,540

Eric Lawson: $9,950 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Waylon Kennell: $1,950

Raul Castillo: $7,890 (includes $3,500 win bonus)
def. Brandon Michaels: $1,500

James Terry: $3,940 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Zak Bucia: $1,500

Shingo Kohara: $940 (no win bonus)
def. Jeremy Tavares: $940

Wow... how do some of these guys afford to fight for a living? 940 bucks?
and WTF, over paid fighter of the year went from last years Kimbo to this years Frank Shamrock jeez

[Vizion]

Nick Diaz: $39,950 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Frank Shamrock: $369,790 Must be nice for 4 min of "work" if you can call work getting your ars handed to you.

Thats insane.

[Llamafighter]

Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos: $18,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Hitomi Akano: $1,450

didn't Akano get a percentage of Cyborg's purse due to the weight issues?

[VCURamFan]

Originally Posted by Llamafighter

didn't Akano get a percentage of Cyborg's purse due to the weight issues?

Yeah. Cyborg had to forfit 20% of her purse: 10% to Akano & 10% to the CSAC.

[Llamafighter]

Originally Posted by VCURamFan

Yeah. Cyborg had to forfit 20% of her purse: 10% to Akano & 10% to the CSAC.

Wow and she still only ended up with that ammount or is that jsut the base salary? I'm surprised they didn't mention that in tha article.

I hope that was the amount BEFORE giving away some of her purse. $1450 is not nearly enough for the beating she took.

[Llamafighter]

Originally Posted by County Mike

I hope that was the amount BEFORE giving away some of her purse. $1450 is not nearly enough for the beating she took.

Plus she has to pay Josh Barnett for the greeeaaat strategy.

[MattHughesRocks]

$940

those look pretty good ........