MMA Fighting has the Strikeforce: Diaz vs Daley payouts from the California State Athletic Commission.
Showtime Bouts
Nick Diaz, $175,000 def. Paul Daley, $65,000
Gilbert Melendez, $150,000 def. Tatsuya Kawajiri, $97,612.50
Gegard Mousasi ($150,000) and Keith Jardine ($25,000) ruled a majority draw
Shinya Aoki, $73,637.50 def. Lyle Beerbohm, $10,000
Preliminary Bouts
Robert Peralta, $2,000 + $2,000 win bonus = $4,000 def. Hiroyuki Takaya, $2,740
Virgil Zwicker, $2,000 + $1,000 win bonus = $3,000 def. Brett Albee, $1,000
Joe Duarte, $1,000 + $1,000 win bonus = $2,000 def. Saad Awad, $1,500
Herman Terrado, $1,000 + $500 win bonus = $1,500 def. A.J. Matthews, $1,000
Rolando Perez, $2,000 + $1,000 win bonus = $3,000 def. Edgar Cardenas, $1,000
Casey Ryan, $1,000 + $1,000 win bonus = $2,000 def. Paul Song, $750
It is interesting to note that Nick Diaz has apparently the highest reported salary of any welterweight not named George St-Pierre, Matt Hughes, or BJ Penn, and that Gilbert Melendez is now apparently the highest paid lightweight under the Zuffa umbrella.
The Strikeforce card wasn't the only major combat sport event. Golden Boy Productions hosted their "Action Heroes" card - with the aid of Showtime's rival, HBO - the same night. It is only fitting that we also publish the released payout for that card from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, since Brent Brookhouse recently posted an article that compared the pay structure of boxing and mma:
Erik Morales $250,000 plus an undisclosed pecentage of payperview sales and Mexican TV licensing
Marcos
Maidana $500,000
Michael Katsidis
$200,000
Robert Guerrero
$125,000
Paulie Malignaggi
$75,000
Jose Miguel Cotto
$30,000
James Kirkland
$35,000
Nobuhiro Ishida
$35,000
Danny Garcia
$20,000
Nate Campbell
$35,000
Rakhim Chakhiev
$25,000
Harvey Jolley
$5,000


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