"Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg" salaries

The event took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., and aired on Showtime. The total disclosed payroll for the event was $463,500.

Diaz defeated Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos ($20,000) in the night's headliner, and middleweight champ Souza stopped Lawler ($65,000) in the co-headliner.

Perhaps the most notable figure was the salary attached to former NFL great Herschel Walker. Despite his heavy promotion of the card and the interest he drew for his second pro fight, he earned a flat rate of $5,000. However, additional compensation likely came in other forms for the 48-year-old fighter.

The full payouts include:

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

Why was Diaz crying about money? That is upper level pay in any MMA organization.

I think that is Diaz new salary since re-signing.

Diaz only made $50,000 for his last fight with KJ. That was probably what he was crying about.

Diaz makin' bank!

I think we know why Walker aint to committed to a next fight, SF only gave him 5 grand

Probably cashed in with sponsors?

definitely but thats still a shit pay by SF considerin all the hype he brigns them

thats true, but again we dont know what he asked for

because im sure they would pay him quite a bit more especially with all the attention

ya but he donates his salary, so they could do better than that

Birdofthad wrote:

ya but he donates his salary, so they could do better than that

wasn't aware of that.

I think it's pretty cool that Walker only takes 5K considering that is good pay to a lot of MMA fighters and he should be grateful that Strikeforce is giving his near 50 ass a platform to fight MMA on cable...and i'm sure Walker is very grateful.

Birdofthad wrote:

ya but he donates his salary, so they could do better than that

Yeah I thought they said something before that he didn't want to get paid much and whatever they did pay him he was just going to donate to charity or something.

Birdofthad wrote:

definitely but thats still a shit pay by SF considerin all the hype he brigns them

Wouldnt be surprised if that Vargas fight happens

Don Charing, boxing promoter, seems serious on making that happen

I think Nick could make a million dollars easy in a boxing fight with Vargas.