| Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg | ||||
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 The poster for Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Strikeforce | |||
| Date | January 29, 2011 | |||
| Venue | HP Pavilion | |||
| City | San Jose, California, United States | |||
| Attendance | 9,059 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg was a mixed martial arts event that was held by Strikeforce on January 29, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States. [2]
A welterweight bout between Nate Coy and Nate Moore, which was originally scheduled to take place at ShoMMA 13, took place at this event. [3]
Six of the preliminary card fights were streamed live on Sherdog.com. [4]
This was the last Strikeforce event to feature amateur bouts, which were removed from all future Strikeforce cards following the promotion's sale to Zuffa, LLC in March 2011. [5]
Strikeforce Challengers color commentator Pat Miletich filled in for the absent Gus Johnson on the live broadcast of this card. [6]
The event drew an estimated 561,000 viewers, with a peak at 850,000 on Showtime. [7] [8] [9]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Nick Diaz (c) | def. | Evangelista Santos | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:50 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Ronaldo Souza (c) | def. | Robbie Lawler | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 2:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Heavyweight | Herschel Walker | def. | Scott Carson | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 3:13 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Roger Gracie | def. | Trevor Prangley | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:19 | |
| Sherdog.com live stream | |||||||
| Welterweight | James Terry | def. | Lucas Gamaza | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 3:26 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Germaine de Randamie | def. | Stephanie Webber | KO (knee) | 1 | 4:25 | |
| Welterweight | Nate Moore | def. | Nathan Coy | KO (punches) | 2 | 0:25 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Women's Flyweight | Jenna Castillo | def. | Charlene Gellner | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 3:57 | |
| Lightweight | Isaiah Hill | def. | Bobby Stack | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 1:02 | |
| Catchweight (180 lb) | Ron Keslar | def. | Eric Lawson | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:57 | |
| Welterweight | Armin Safiari | def. | Sam Bracamonte | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (165 lb) | Ricky Jackson | def. | Nikko Jackson | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (150 lb) | Anthony Dariano | def. | Alan Perez | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Champ Nick Diaz: $150,000 (no win bonus) def. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos: $20,000
Champ Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza: $85,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Robbie Lawler : $65,000
Herschel Walker: $5,000 (no win bonus) def. Scott Carson: $5,000
Roger Gracie: $75,000 (no win bonus) def. Trevor Prangley: $30,000
Nate Moore: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Nathan Coy: $3,000
Isaiah Hill: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Bobby Stack: $1,500
Ron Keslar: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Eric Lawson: $1,500
Germaine de Randamie: $3,000 ($1,000 win bonus) def. Stephanie Webber: $1,000
James Terry: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Lucas Gamaza: $1,500
Jenna Castillo: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Charlene Gellner: $1,000
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