Following the cancellation of this months Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy event, the fighters who had spent months preparing for the Sept. 29 event were left with bills to pay and no paycheck.
Now comes word through MMAJunkie.com, that all nineteen of the events competitors would be receiving partial financial compensation in the form of their “Show” money.
“I cannot give you amounts because the financials involved are private, but I can tell you that Zuffa is taking very good care of Jorge Santiago and Yuri Villefort,” said Authentic Sports Management publicist Jen Wenk in a statement.
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The company was not required to pay fighters following the cancellation, which was announced on Saturday. Although they had signed bout agreements, bout contracts, which were issued by the athletic commission overseeing the event, the California State Athletic Commission, were not signed.
The Strikeforce event was put to pasture following a shoulder injury to headliner, promotion lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez.
The show was to take place on September 29, 2012 at the Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, California with the main card on SHOWTIME and the prelim card on SHOWTIME Extreme.
This is the second major ZUFFA event to see cancellation in the last month with the dissolution of UFC 151 following a knee injury to Dan Henderson.