Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg Salaries & Ratings
On Saturday, the card drew 13,524 to the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California for an estimated live-gate of $750,000. According to MMAjunkie, the Showtime broadcast did an average of 576,000 viewers (peaking at 856,000) making it Strikeforce’s strongest showing the on premium cable network to date.
Here is how The UFC 100 replay did in comparison and a few others broadcasts:
The telecast bested heavy sports competition during the day in the advertiser-coveted demographic of Men 18-34:
UFC 100 (Spike TV) – 513,000
PGA Championship (CBS) – 479,000
MLB Baseball (FOX) – 242,000
Salaries via MMA Mania
Cristiane Santos: $25,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Gina Carano: $125,000
Santos defeated Carano via technical knockout (strikes) at 4:59 of round one
Gegard Mousasi: $2,000 (no win bonus)
Renato Sobral: $75,000
Mousasi defeated Sobral via technical knockout (strikes) at 1:00 of round one
Gilbert Melendez: $50,000 (no win bonus)
Mitsuhiro Ishida: $30,000
Melendez defeated Ishida via technical knockout (strikes) at 3:56 of round three
Fabricio Werdum: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Mike Kyle: $14,000
Werdum defeated Kyle via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:24 of round one
Jay Hieron: $55,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
Jesse Taylor: $12,000
Hieron defeated Taylor via unanimous decision
Scott Lighty: $4,000 (no win bonus)
Mike Cook: $2,500
Lighty defeated Cook via technical knockout (strikes) at 2:05 of round one
Justin Wilcox: $5,000 (includes $2,500 win bonus)
David Douglas: $5,500
Wilcox defeated Douglas via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:16 of round three
James Terry: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
Zak Bucia: $2,000
Terry defeated Bucia via technical knockout (strikes) at 1:23 of round one
Alexander Trevino: $3,500 (includes $1,500 win bonus)
Isaiah Hill: $2,000
Trevino defeated Hill via submission (keylock) at 3:56 of round one
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cris cybork 20k for winning gina 125k for losing
but that is not half as bad as Mousasi getting 2k for winning and babalu 75k for losing
those salaries should be reversed
August 18th, 2009 at 12:12 pmThose numbers are messed up… But promo wise I guess it can be justified.. Now you have a reason to feel bad for Cyborg. But if she keep murking opps she’ll be getting the big monay.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:19 pmWhoa! -its all about paying the fighter that brings you the money (fans, payperview, merch. etc….) Kinda crazy
August 18th, 2009 at 6:57 pmi think its funny they said that strikeforce BESTED UFC….but the UFC100 was a rerun!
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