Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman

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Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman
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The poster for Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman.
Information
Promotion Strikeforce
DateAugust 18, 2012
Venue Valley View Casino Center
City San Diego, California, United States
Attendance3,502 [1]
Total gate$145,510 [1]
Estimated viewers529,000 [2]
Total purse$368,000 (disclosed only) [3]
Event chronology
Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy

Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. The event took place on August 18, 2012, at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California. [4] It was broadcast live on Showtime and Showtime Extreme. [5]

Contents

Background

The main event featured a Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between new titleholder Ronda Rousey and former champion Sarah Kaufman. [6] The entire card consisted of nine sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts. [7] The official weigh-ins, on August 17, were open to fans as reported by MMAjunkie. [8]

Rousey appeared on Conan [9] and on Showtime's "All Access: Ronda Rousey" to promote herself and her upcoming fight. [10] She also appeared on the cover of ESPN's Body Issue. [11] [12] Rousey upped the hype at the official pre-fight press conference when she said "if I get her (Kaufman) in a choke I'm gonna hold on to it until she's actually dead..." [13]

With the cancellation of Strikeforce's next two events, and their last event featuring only male fighters, this was the last Strikeforce card to feature bouts involving female fighters.

As he was absent from Strikeforce's last event due to a private family matter, this was the last Strikeforce card featuring Mauro Ranallo providing commentary on the televised broadcast.

Results

Main card (Showtime)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey (c)def. Sarah Kaufman Submission (armbar)10:54 [lower-alpha 1]
Middleweight Ronaldo Souza def. Derek Brunson KO (punches)10:41
Welterweight Tarec Saffiedine def. Roger Bowling Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)35:00
Middleweight Anthony Smith def. Lumumba Sayers Submission (triangle choke)13:52
Light Heavyweight Ovince St. Preux def. T. J. Cook KO (punch)30:20
Preliminary Card (Showtime Extreme)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate def. Julie Kedzie Submission (armbar)33:28
Middleweight Adlan Amagov def. Keith Berry TKO (leg kick and punches)10:48
Women's Featherweight Germaine de Randamie def. Hiroko Yamanaka Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)35:00
Lightweight Bobby Green def. Matt Ricehouse Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)35:00
  1. ↑ For the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship.

Salaries

The disclosed fighter payroll for Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman was $368,000. Individual payouts are listed below. The numbers only include figures that Strikeforce disclosed to the state athletic commission; fight bonuses, sponsorship fees, and other unofficial bonuses were not disclosed. [3]

Preliminary card

Main card

Main event

Viewers

According to Annie Van Tornhout, a Showtime Sports publicist, the event drew an average of 529,000 viewers for the live and delayed broadcast. As a result, the event became the most-watched Strikeforce card on Showtime this year and the sixth most-watched of all-time. [2]

The broadcast peaked at 676,000 viewers for the main event, which is also the highest number this year for Strikeforce. In total, the Rousey vs. Kaufman bout drew 908,000 viewers, including Sunday's replay of the fight. [2]

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