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Jorge Masvidal improved his record to 13-2 last night at the Strikeforce at the Dome event on HDNet.

HDNet and Strikeforce announced a deal to televise a minimum of 4 Strikeforce shows over the course of 2008.

Here are the official fighter salary numbers from last Friday nights Strikeforce fight card.

Cung Le: $50,000
Trevor Prangley: $30,000
Alistair Overeem: $30,000
Brian Schwartz: $30,000
Falaniko Vitale: $20,000
Paul Buentello: $20,000
Jorge Santiago: $15,000
Sam Morgan: $10,000
Bobby Southworth: $10,000
Luke Stewart: $10,000
Dennis Hallman: $10,000
Alexander Crispin: $6,500
Sean Salmon: $5,000
Eric Lawson: $5,000
Jeremiah Metcalf: $5,000
Anthony Figueroa: $4,000
Anthony Ruiz: $3,500
Clint Coronel: $3,000
Lemont Davis: $2,000
Bryson Kamaka: $1,500
Josh Neal: [...]

Strikeforce held their weigh-ins yesterday for tonights “Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives” light heavyweight tournament event. At the weigh-ins the tournament fight matchups were determined.
The initial round of the tournament will feature the following matchups:

Trevor Prangley vs Falaniko Vitale
Yuki Sasaki vs Jorge Santiago
Sean Salmon vs Dennis Hallman (alternate bout)

Jeremiah Metcalf is a [...]

Strikeforce has finally found a broadcast partner for their much anticipated four-man, middleweight tournament this Friday night in San Jose, CA. This card will mark the first MMA tournament competition in the state of California and also feature a heavyweight title fight between former UFC fighter Paul Buentello and former PrideFC star Alistair Overeem. [...]

Here are the fighter salary numbers from last Saturday night’s Strikeforce card held in Beverly Hills, CA. The total disclosed fighter payroll was just over $230,000.

Gilbert Melendez - $30,000
Tetsuji Kato - $6,000
Joe Riggs - $29,500
Josh Thomson - $24,500
Daniel Puder - $20,000
Bobby Southworth - $20,000
Falaniko Vitale - $20,000
Jorge Masvidal - $18,182.50
Eugene Jackson - $15,000
Luke Steward [...]

Loretta Hunt at TheFightNetwork.com is reporting that Joe Riggs has left World Extreme Cagefighting and signed a contract with Strikeforce. Riggs will reportedly make his Strikeforce debut on September 29 in Los Angeles where he will fight current Stikeforce champion Eugene “The Wolf” Jackson for the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship belt. Both Jackson [...]