Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg

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Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
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The poster for Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Information
Promotion Strikeforce
DateAugust 15, 2009
Venue HP Pavilion
City San Jose, California, United States
Attendance13,976 [1]
Total gate$736,000 [1]
Total purse$468,500 [2]
Event chronology
Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers

Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. It was held in San Jose, California on August 15, 2009. [3] The event aired live on the Showtime cable network and marked the first time two women headlined a major MMA event.

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Background

The main event featured Gina Carano taking on Cris Cyborg for the inaugural Strikeforce Women's Championship contested at 145 pounds (66 kg). [4]

Five five-minute rounds are now featured for the women's championship bout. [5]

Joe Riggs pulled out of his bout with Nick Diaz on July 23, 2009, due to suffering an adverse reaction to a drug. [6] Diaz was then slated to face Jay Hieron for the Welterweight Championship belt. [7] However, Diaz missed a pre-fight drug test mandated by the California State Athletic Commission and was denied a license to compete. Diaz was replaced with former Ultimate Fighter contestant Jesse Taylor and the fight became a non-title bout. [8]

Renato Sobral was set to face off against Gegard Mousasi at Affliction: Trilogy on August 1, 2009, but the match was scrapped following the cancellation of the event. The fight was instead moved to this event, and changed to a title fight for Strikeforce's Light-Heavyweight Championship belt, which was already held by Sobral. [9]

Josh Thomson, who was set to unify his lightweight championship with interim champion Gilbert Melendez, was unable to do so because of an injury. Mitsuhiro Ishida replaced him and the bout was changed to an interim title bout for Melendez' belt. [10]

A previously announced bout featuring Erin Toughill [11] was called off. She became the reserve fighter in case either Gina or Cris were unable to fight. [12]

The event drew an average of 576,000 viewers on Showtime. [13]

Results

Main card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg def. Gina Carano TKO (punches)14:59 [lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight Gegard Mousasi def. Renato Sobral (c)KO (punches)11:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Gilbert Melendez (ic)def. Mitsuhiro Ishida TKO (punches)33:56 [lower-alpha 3]
Heavyweight Fabrício Werdum def. Mike Kyle Submission (guillotine choke)11:24
Preliminary card
Welterweight Jay Hieron def. Jesse Taylor Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Lightweight Justin Wilcox def. David Douglas Submission (rear-naked choke)33:16
Lightweight Alexander Trevino def.Isaiah HillSubmission (keylock)13:56
Welterweight James Terry def. Zak Bucia TKO (head kick and punches)11:23
Light Heavyweight Scott Lighty def.Mike CookTKO (punch to the body)12:05
  1. ↑ For the inaugural Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Championship.
  2. ↑ For the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship.
  3. ↑ For the interim Strikeforce Lightweight Championship.

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses. [2]

Ratings

The event averaged 576,000 viewers on the Showtime cable network. It peaked with 856,000 viewers for the night's main event between Carano and Justino. The Carano vs. Cyborg event set a new MMA ratings record for Showtime, eclipsing a card headlined with Kimbo Slice and Tank Abbott, which averaged 522,000 viewers. It also more than doubled Strikeforce's previous offering, Lawler vs. Shields , an event that averaged 275,000 viewers. [14]

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