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Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine Event Payroll Totals $1,153,500

This weekends Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine cost the promotion a hefty penny, but with Strikeforce closing the doors after the event why not empty the coffers. The payroll for the Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine totaled $1,153,500 with fighters Josh Barnett ($250,000), Gegard Mousasi ($175,000), Daniel Cormier ($120,000) and Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza ($100,500) all earning six-digit […]

This weekends Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine cost the promotion a hefty penny, but with Strikeforce closing the doors after the event why not empty the coffers.

The payroll for the Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine totaled $1,153,500 with fighters Josh Barnett ($250,000), Gegard Mousasi ($175,000), Daniel Cormier ($120,000) and Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza ($100,500) all earning six-digit payouts.

Meanwhile main event opponents, newly crowned Strikeforce welterweight champ Tarec Saffiedine ($39,000) and defeated title holder Nate Marquardt ($40,000), received considerably less paydays.

The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission released the totals on Monday for the January 12, 2013 event which went down at the Chesapeake Energy Center in Oklahoma City.

Check out the full payroll for the final Strikeforce event below:

Main Card (Showtime)

Tarec Saffiedine: $39,000 (includes $19,500 win bonus) def. Nate Marquardt: $40,000

Daniel Cormier: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus) def. Dion Staring: $8,000

Josh Barnett: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. Nandor Guelmino: $12,000

Gegard Mousasi: $175,000 (no win bonus) def. Mike Kyle: $25,000

Ronaldo Jacare Souza: $100,500 (includes $28,000 win bonus) def. Ed Herman: $34,000

Preliminary Card (Showtime Extreme)

Ryan Couture: $22,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus) def. KJ Noons: $41,000

Tim Kennedy: $80,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Trevor Smith: $8,000

Pat Healy: $42,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Kurt Holobaugh: $9,000

Roger Gracie: $94,000 (includes $47,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Smith: $10,000

Preliminary Card (Unaired)

Adriano Martins: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Jorge Gurgel: $10,000

Estevan Payan: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Michael Bravo: $6,000

Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine Medical Suspensions – Two Indefinite Sentences

The medical suspensions for this past weekends Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine were released today by the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission. Unlike other commissions, the promotion handed out just five medical suspensions to the twenty-two competitors involved in the Showtime event. Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine took place on January 12, 2013 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena […]

Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza finishes things with a Kimura against Ed Herman at the final Strikeforce event – photo by Mark D. Smith for USA TODAY Sports

The medical suspensions for this past weekends Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine were released today by the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission.

Unlike other commissions, the promotion handed out just five medical suspensions to the twenty-two competitors involved in the Showtime event.

Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine took place on January 12, 2013 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with the main card airing on Showtime and portion of the prelim card on Showtime Extreme.

Indefinite suspensions were handed down to fighters Ed Herman and Kurt Holobaugh. These suspensions can be lifted after clearance from a physician.

Check out the full list of Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine medical suspenions, as posted by MMAWeekly.com, below:

– Dion Staring: Suspended 30 days for precautionary reasons after suffering a TKO loss
– Ed Herman: Suspended indefinitely until cleared by a physician for injuries to the shoulder, elbow and hand
– Kurt Holobaugh: Suspended indefinitely until cleared by a physician for a hand injury
– Anthony Smith: Suspended 30 days due to facial cuts over the left eye
– Michael Bravo: Suspended 30 days for precautionary reasons after suffering a TKO loss

[VIDEO] Full Recap of ‘Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine’

Fun Fact: According to our Strikeforce underdog poll, a staggering majority of you Taters thought Ed Herman stood the best chance of pulling off an upset over Ronaldo Souza. In a distant second was that of the now retired Mike Kyle, and in an even more distant third was a tie between “Mike Goldberg over his drug addiction” and “Barnett’s ability to piss clean.” In short, the results were hurtful, hilarious, and wildly incorrect, which is exactly the kind of rapport we’ve been trying to establish around here for the past five years. So take in this kudos, Potato Nation, because like a rich, neglectful father in a children’s holiday movie, it will be a long time before we willingly give you another compliment.

But on the off chance you didn’t vote in our poll or even tune in for Strikeforce’s final event (Full disclosure: I am catching up on the fights as I write this. KJ Noons should be on his way to a clear cut UD victory, right?), we’ve placed a full video recap of the main card above. So sit back and let Pat Militech’s soothing baritone take you back to a night of squash matches topped off by Tarec Saffiedine’s destruction of Nate Marquardt’s leg, which apparently next to none of you saw coming.

–J. Jones

Fun Fact: According to our Strikeforce underdog poll, a staggering majority of you Taters thought Ed Herman stood the best chance of pulling off an upset over Ronaldo Souza. In a distant second was that of the now retired Mike Kyle, and in an even more distant third was a tie between “Mike Goldberg over his drug addiction” and “Barnett’s ability to piss clean.” In short, the results were hurtful, hilarious, and wildly incorrect, which is exactly the kind of rapport we’ve been trying to establish around here for the past five years. So take in this kudos, Potato Nation, because like a rich, neglectful father in a children’s holiday movie, it will be a long time before we willingly give you another compliment.

But on the off chance you didn’t vote in our poll or even tune in for Strikeforce’s final event (Full disclosure: I am catching up on the fights as I write this. KJ Noons should be on his way to a clear cut UD victory, right?), we’ve placed a full video recap of the main card above. So sit back and let Pat Militech’s soothing baritone take you back to a night of squash matches topped off by Tarec Saffiedine’s destruction of Nate Marquardt’s leg, which apparently next to none of you saw coming.

–J. Jones

Power Ranking the Performances of the Winners from Strikeforce’s Final Event

The Chesapeake Bay Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma played host to the final Strikeforce event, which featured the welterweight title bout between Nate Marquardt and Tarec Saffiedine.After seven years of existence, it was a sad way to see Strike…

The Chesapeake Bay Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma played host to the final Strikeforce event, which featured the welterweight title bout between Nate Marquardt and Tarec Saffiedine.

After seven years of existence, it was a sad way to see Strikeforce end. The fighters did their jobs and gave great efforts on a fight card that simply wasn’t that appealing.

The main card was full of upper-echelon fighters facing medium to lower-tier opposition. Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett, who are two of the best heavyweights in the world, fought two fighters making their Strikeforce debuts.

Unfortunately, Strikeforce’s swan song was ravaged with injuries, and the promotion lacked the man power to cover up the wound.

Things certainly could’ve been worse. Strikeforce may have had to cancel the event entirely if they weren’t blessed with great fighters willing to step up against world-class opposition on short notice.

Here are the top performances from Saturday night.

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Frank Shamrock Says Goodbye To Strikeforce Following Final Show

Frank Shamrock talks about his history with Strikeforce and Scott Coker, whether he thought the final card was representative of the Strikeforce brand, Mauro Ranallo’s absence from the broadcast, and more with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani.

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Frank Shamrock talks about his history with Strikeforce and Scott Coker, whether he thought the final card was representative of the Strikeforce brand, Mauro Ranallo’s absence from the broadcast, and more with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani.

Nate Marquardt Posts Photo Of His Battered Left Leg The Day After Final Strikeforce Event

Former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nate ‘The Great’ Marquardt posted this photo on Sunday morning on his Facebook page showing his bruised and battered left leg. Marquardt sustained the damage on Saturday in a title fight with Tarec Saffiedine in the main even of the final Strikeforce show. For five rounds Saffiedine peppered Marquardt’s lead leg […]

Former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nate ‘The Great’ Marquardt posted this photo on Sunday morning on his Facebook page showing his bruised and battered left leg.

Marquardt sustained the damage on Saturday in a title fight with Tarec Saffiedine in the main even of the final Strikeforce show.

For five rounds Saffiedine peppered Marquardt’s lead leg with kicks, and as this photo shows, did enough damage to send Marquardt to the hospital (as evidenced by the wristband) where he was treated and given a pair of crutches to use.

The bout marked Marquardt’s first title defense at 170-lbs which he would end up losing by unanimous decision to Saffiedine. ‘The Great’ faces an uncertain future at the moment whether or not the UFC will take him back, or if he will have to look at another promotion to call home.