Daniel Cormier Heavyweight Grand Prix champion – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
The California State Athletic Commission released the official disclosed salaries for this past weekends Strikeforce World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final on Monday.
Heading the top of the list for earners was heavyweight Josh Barnett ($200,000) who doubled the salary of his opponent Daniel Cormier ($100,000) despite the decision loss. The second top earner was Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez who took in $175,000 with no win bonus for his decision victory versus Josh Thomson ($90,000).
The Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier event took place Saturday (May 19, 2012) at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California with the main card airing on Showtime and the prelim card airing on Showtime Extreme. The total salary for the event was $768,500. No attendance or gate numbers were released by the promotion.
The full salary list for Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier is as follows (courtesy of MMAjunkie.com):
Main Card (Showtime)
Daniel Cormier: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Josh Barnett: $200,000
Gilbert Melendez: $175,000 (no win bonus) def. Josh Thomson: $90,000
Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante: $66,000 (includes $33,000 bonus) def. Mike Kyle: $25,000
Chris Spang: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Nah-Shon Burrell: $7,000Preliminary Card (Showtime Extreme)
Isaac Vallie-Flagg: $6,000 (includes $3,000) win bonus) def. Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante: $18,000
Guto Inocente: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Virgil Zwicker: $3,000
Gian Villante: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Derrick Mehman: $3,000
Quinn Mulhern: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Yuri Villefort: $2,500
Bobby Green: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. James Terry: $9,000