Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg

Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg
A poster or logo for Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg.
Information
Promotion	Strikeforce
Date	January 29, 2011
Venue	HP Pavilion
City	San Jose, California, United States
Attendance	9,059[1]
Event chronology
Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva

Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg, was a mixed martial arts event that was held by Strikeforce on January 29, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States.^[2]

Background

A welterweight bout between Nate Coy and Nate Moore, which was originally scheduled to take place at ShoMMA 13, took place at this event.^[3]

Six of the preliminary card fights were streamed live on Sherdog.com.^[4]

This was the last Strikeforce event to feature amateur bouts, which were removed from all future Strikeforce cards following the promotion's sale to Zuffa, LLC in March 2011.^[5]

Strikeforce Challengers color commentator Pat Miletich filled in for the absent Gus Johnson on the live broadcast of this card.^[6]

The event drew an estimated 561,000 viewers, with a peak at 850,000 on Showtime.^[7][8][9]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Nick Diaz (c)	def	Evangelista Santos	submission (armbar)	2	4:50	[lower-alpha 1]
Middleweight	Ronaldo Souza (c)	def	Robbie Lawler	submission (rear naked choke)	3	2:00	[lower-alpha 2]
Heavyweight	Herschel Walker	def	Scott Carson	TKO (strikes)	1	3:13
Light Heavyweight	Roger Gracie	def	Trevor Prangley	submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:19
Sherdog.com live stream
Welterweight	James Terry	def	Lucas Gamaza	TKO (strikes)	1	3:26
Women's Bantamweight	Germaine de Randamie	def	Stephanie Webber	KO (knee)	1	4:25
Welterweight	Nate Moore	def	Nathan Coy	KO (punches)	2	0:25
Preliminary card
Women's Flyweight	Jenna Castillo	def	Charlene Gellner	TKO (strikes)	2	3:57
Lightweight	Isaiah Hill	def	Bobby Stack	submission (triangle choke)	1	1:02
Catchweight (180 lb)	Ron Keslar	def	Eric Lawson	submission (armbar)	1	1:57
Welterweight	Armin Safiari	def	Sam Bracamonte	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Catchweight (165 lb)	Ricky Jackson	def	Nikko Jackson	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Catchweight (150 lb)	Anthony Dariano	def	Alan Perez	unanimous decision	3	5:00

1. For the Welterweight Championship.
2. For the Middleweight Championship.

Fighter salaries

Champ Nick Diaz: $150,000 (no win bonus) def. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos: $20,000

Champ Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza: $85,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Robbie Lawler : $65,000

Herschel Walker: $5,000 (no win bonus) def. Scott Carson: $5,000

Roger Gracie: $75,000 (no win bonus) def. Trevor Prangley: $30,000

Nate Moore: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Nathan Coy: $3,000

Isaiah Hill: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Bobby Stack: $1,500

Ron Keslar: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Eric Lawson: $1,500

Germaine de Randamie: $3,000 ($1,000 win bonus) def. Stephanie Webber: $1,000

James Terry: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Lucas Gamaza: $1,500

Jenna Castillo: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Charlene Gellner: $1,000

References

1. ""Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg" attendance results in 9,059 fans". mmajunkie.com. 2010-12-05.
2. "San Jose: Diaz vs Cyborg". strikeforce.com. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
3. "Coy bout moved". Retrieved 2011-01-03.
4. "Coy-Moore Leads Strikeforce 'Diaz vs. Cyborg' Stream on Sherdog.com". sherdog.com. 2011-01-28.
5. "Effective Immediatley [sic], No More Strikeforce Amateur Bouts". MMAWeekly.com. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
6. "Strikeforce: San Jose". tapology.com. 2011-01-29.
7. "Ratings In for Strikeforce on Showtime, Bellator's MTV2 Debut". Sherdog. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
8. "Strikeforce Diaz vs. Daley peaks at 806,000 viewers". Mmapayout.com. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
9. "Strikeforce: San Jose". Tapology. Retrieved 20 December 2014.