Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Strikeforce and EliteXC | |||
Date | March 29, 2008 | |||
Venue | HP Pavilion at San Jose | |||
City | San Jose, California, United States | |||
Attendance | 16,326 | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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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]
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.
Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Cung Le | def. | Frank Shamrock (c) | TKO (arm injury) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Lightweight | Gilbert Melendez (c) | def. | Gabe Lemley | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:18 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Heavyweight | Wayne Cole | def. | Mike Kyle | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:45 | |
Middleweight | Joey Villasenor | def. | Ryan Jensen | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:45 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Catchweight (162 lb) | Billy Evangelista | def. | Marlon Sims | KO (punch) | 3 | 0:39 | |
Welterweight | Drew Fickett | def. | Jae Suk Lim | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:14 | |
Welterweight | Tiki Ghosn | def. | Luke Stewart | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Darren Uyenoyama | def. | Anthony Figueroa | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:27 | |
Catchweight (180 lb) | Jesse Jones | def. | Jesse Gillespie | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:35 |
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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