Last Friday night, Showtime aired the latest in the Strikeforce Challengers series with it’s fifteenth event Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Damm from the Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.
The Challengers show was headlined by a couple of lightweight bouts featuring matches between Justin Wilcox vs. Rodrigo Damm and David Douglas vs. Caros Fodor.
Five bouts, including both of the aforementioned lightweight matches, were aired on the April 1st Showtime broadcast drawing an audience of 214,000 viewers for the event. The numbers were average for all Challengers events shown in 2010, coming in fifth out of ten events.
The California State Athletic Commission also released the fighter salaries as well as the medical suspensions for the event.
Total fighter salaries for the event reached $68,500 with the top earners being event headliners Wilcox ($16,000) and Rodrigo Damm ($15,000). Wilcox earned $8,000 and $8,000 to for his first round TKO win. Full fighter salaries can be found below.
A total of eleven fighters received medical suspensions from the CSAC, with five of those fighters facing six-month suspensions. Those facing 180 day sentences include main card fighters Justin Wilcox and Wayne Philips, as well as prelim fighters Anthony Avila, Tommy Peterson, and Raul Sandoval. The full list of medical suspensions can be found further down the post.
All statistics as provided by MMAWeekly.com
Check out the full list of fighter salaries and medical suspensions after the jump
Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Damm Fighter Salaires
Showtime Main Card
-Justin Wilcox: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Rodrigo Damm: $15,000
-Caros Fodor: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus) def. David Douglas: $2,500
-Lorenz Larkin: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Scott Lighty: $2,000
-James Terry: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus) def. Josh Thornburg: $2,000
-Damion Douglas: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus) def. Wayne Phillips: $1,000
Preliminary Card
-Anthony Avila: $1,000 def. Rafael Rios: $1,000
-Bobby Escalante: $1,000 def. Raul Sandoval: $1,000
-Trisan Arenal: $1,000 def. Tommy Peterson: $1,000
-Ronald Carillo: $1,000 def. Adam Antolin: $1,000
Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Damm Medical Suspensions
Justin Wilcox: 180 days for a possible broken right hand unless cleared by a physician
Rodrigo Damm: 60 days for lacerations to the left-eyelid and forehead
David Douglas: 60 days for precautionary reasons for possible concussion
Scott Lighty: 45 days for TKO loss and 60 days for scalp lacerations, both are served concurrently
James Terry: 60 days for a right-eyelid laceration
Josh Thornburg: 45 days no contact
Damian Douglas: 45 days no contact
Wayne Philips: 180 days for a nasal fracture unless cleared by a physician
Anthony Avila: 60 days for a right eyebrow laceration and 180 days for a possible right hand fracture
Raul Sandoval: 180 days for a ruptured distal bicep
Tommy Peterson: 180 days for a fractured nose unless cleared by a physician