Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le

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Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
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The poster for Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
Information
Promotion Strikeforce and EliteXC
DateMarch 29, 2008
Venue HP Pavilion at San Jose
City San Jose, California, United States
Attendance16,326
Event chronology
Strikeforce: At The Dome Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by Strikeforce and EliteXC. The event took place on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. [1]

Contents

Background

The main card aired live on the Showtime premium cable channel.

The event originally featured the anticipated Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson, but it was called off because Thomson injured himself training. [2]

Nick Diaz was also scheduled to fight but was pulled from the card due to undisclosed reasons. [3]

Referees assigned for the event were Mario Yamasaki, Herb Dean and Jon Schorle.

Results

Main card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Cung Le def. Frank Shamrock (c)TKO (arm injury)35:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight Gilbert Melendez (c)def.Gabe LemleyTKO (punches)22:18 [lower-alpha 2]
HeavyweightWayne Coledef. Mike Kyle Submission (armbar)10:45
Middleweight Joey Villasenor def. Ryan Jensen KO (punch)14:45
Preliminary card
Catchweight (162 lb) Billy Evangelista def.Marlon SimsKO (punch)30:39
Welterweight Drew Fickett def.Jae Suk LimSubmission (guillotine choke)11:14
Welterweight Tiki Ghosn def. Luke Stewart Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)35:00
Bantamweight Darren Uyenoyama def.Anthony FigueroaSubmission (guillotine choke)11:27
Catchweight (180 lb)Jesse Jonesdef.Jesse GillespieTKO (punches)10:35
  1. For the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship.
  2. For the Strikeforce Lightweight Championship.

Fighter salaries

Below are the disclosed purses for each of the fighters :

MAIN CARD FIGHTERS

PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS

DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $667,850

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References

  1. Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le Set for March 29 (Story from Yahoo! Sports) – MMAjunkie.com
  2. Dann Stupp. "Strikeforce Officially Announces Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le on Showtime (Updated)". MMAjunkie.com.
  3. 411mania.com: MMA – Nick Diaz out of Saturday’s Strikeforce Show