Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg Fighter Payouts

Here are the official fighter salaries from the Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg fight card as released by the California State Athletic Commission.

• Gina Carano – $125,000
• Renato Sobral – $75,000
• Jay Hieron – $55,000
• Gilbert Melendez – $50,000
• Fabricio Werdum – $50,000
• Mitsuhiro Ishida – $30,000
• Cristiane Santos – $25,000
• Mike Kyle – $14,000
• Jesse Taylor – $12,000
• James Terry – $6,000
• Justin Wilcox – $5,000
• David Douglas – $5,500
• Scott Lighty – $4,000
• Alexander Trevino – $3,500
• Zak Bucia – $2,000
• Mike Cook – $2,500
• Gegard Mousasi – $2,000
• Isaiah Hill – $2,000

The total disclosed fighter payout was $468,500.

Dr J

Posted: August 18th, 2009 3 Comments Categories: Events
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1. Dr J says:

   August 18, 2009 at 12:27 pm

   I gotta believe that Affliction (or M-1 Global) picked up the tab for Mousasi’s salary as it’s obvious he had to be paid more than $2,000

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2. Amir says:

   August 18, 2009 at 2:48 pm

   This guy needs to be in the UFC ASAP!!!
   I’d like to see him fight Anderson at 205lbs.

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3. chosen141 says:

   August 18, 2009 at 4:17 pm

   i know affliction for a way long time but not in the mma only the products they have,,,,lots and lots of cash alla over the States,Canada,Europe(its been going crazy there) anywayz they have cash so i think they should start investing on fighters even more…when i saw the payouts posted up here,,,oh man dont get me started,,,it sucks…Mousasi is the new LHV Champ,,,he killed Sobral and he gets 2,000$ , Amir i wouldn’t say no on the fight with Anderson but dont forget how hyped up he is,,,he just dominated Forest like he was nothing!!! i would give him a couple of not so important fights so he could ajust in the right way into the ufc.Ashame also about Cyborg’s payout !

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