Anderson Silva says he wants to fight at heavyweight and has his sights set of former-champion Frank Mir, Georges St-Pierre continues to recover from a groin injury and is likely to return to action in January, and Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller and Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal are set for the Spike TV broadcast of the UFC 103 undercard.

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Headliner Gina Carano was the top earner at Saturday’s Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg event in San Jose, receiving $125,000 for her main event loss to Cris “Cyborg” Santos, who earned $25,000 for the first-round TKO victory.

Renato “Babalu” Sobral ($70,000), Jay Hieron ($55,000), Gilbert Melendez ($50,000), and Fabricio Werdum ($50,000) were also among the top earners for the event, according to the official fighter salaries released by the California State Athletic Commission on Tuesday.

The UFC and Spike TV on Tuesday issued a joint press release announcing they’d “knocked out the competition” this past Saturday, August 15, with 2 million viewers tuning in to watch a replay of UFC 100 on Spike TV.

Strikeforce’s “Carano vs. Cyborg” event, which aired live on the premium network Showtime directly opposite UFC 100 on Spike TV,averaged 576,000 viewers and peaked with 856,000 for the card’s main event between Gina Carano and Cris “Cyborg” Santos

With Nick Diaz sidelined from fighting California for the immediate future after recently declining to take a mandatory drug test, the Strikeforce welterweight could fight in Japan for DREAM in October, with Hayato Sakurai being discussed as a potential opponent.

Strikeforce interim lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez has responded through Sherdog to claims by Mitsuhiro Ishida that he greased in his third-round knockout win at Saturday’s “Carano vs. Cyborg” event in San Jose:

“I did not grease in the fight. The athletic commission was with me the whole time. I didn’t bring any grease with me. I didn’t think there was much grappling in the fight anyway. It’s kind of funny, but kind of weak. I beat him good and there’s no way I greased.”

Strikeforce lightweight Mitsuhiro Ishida, who suffered a third-round knockout loss to interim lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez at Saturday’s “Carano vs. Cyborg” event in San Jose, has filed a verbal complaint with the California State Athletic Commission alleging that Melendez “greased” in the bout.

Fedor Emelianenko’s Strikeforce debut has been pushed back from a rumored October date to November, with Brett Rogers and Fabricio Werdum the front-runners to fight the top-ranked heavyweight.

In other Strikeforce news, the promotion is planning a Nick Diaz vs. Jay Hieron welterweight title fight by year’s end and 145-pound women’s champion Cris “Cyborg” Santos could fight Marloes Coenen in her first title defense. Read about these stories and more after the jump in MMAFrenzy.com’s Strikeforce roundup.

Cris “Cyborg” Santos needed less than one round to become the first-ever Strikeforce 145-pound women’s champion, knocking out Gina Carano in the opening round of Saturday’s Strikeforce headliner at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

In other main card bouts, Gegard Mousasi became the new Strikeforce light heavyweight champion with a 60-second knockout of Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Gilbert Melendez retained the promotion’s interim lightweight title with a third-round TKO of Mitsuhiro Ishida, and heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum submitted Mike Kyle in the opening round to kick off the Showtime broadcast.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg, which is headlined the anticipated matchup between Gina Carano and Cris “Cyborg” Santos, who meet for the first-ever Strikeforce 145-pound women’s championship.

The Showtime-televised event takes place today, Saturday August 15, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California and also features light heavyweight champion Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi and interim lightweight title-holder Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida.

MMAFrenzy.com will have live results from the “Carano vs. Cyborg” main card beginning at 10pm ET.

“Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg” headliners Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, who meet for the newly-created Strikeforce 145-pound Women’s Championship in Saturday’s Showtime-televised main event, successfully made weight for the matchup at Friday’s official weigh-ins in San Jose, California.

The rest of the 18-fighter card also successfully made weight with the exception of Jesse Taylor, who weighed in one pound over the welterweight limit for his main card bout against Jay Hieron.

Fedor Emelianenko’s Strikeforce debut will headline an October 10 Strikeforce event at a location to-be-announced, according to MMA Fanhouse, with rumors making the rounds that Emelianenko could fight Ricco Rodriguez in the Showtime-televised card’s main event.

The UFC is reportedly considering adding a second October event to its schedule, potentially setting up a head-to-head showdown between the UFC and Strikeforce on October 10.

A heavyweight matchup between Fabricio Werdum and Mike Kyle slated for Saturday’s Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg preliminary card has been promoted to the Showtime-televised portion of the event.

In addition to Werdum-Kyle, Gina Carano vs. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida, Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi, and Jay Hieron vs. Jesse Taylor are also set for tomorrow’s main card.

Strikeforce announced on Thursday that it has released welterweight veteran Phil Baroni following a unanimous decision loss to Joe Riggs in his most-recent bout in June.

Despite losing his last fight, the “New York Bad Ass” is apparently heading back to the UFC after winning three-straight bouts in 2008 after dropping from middleweight to 170-pounds, as Sherdog reports that a deal is in the works between Baroni and the UFC.

Weigh-ins for Saturday’s Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg event will take place tomorrow, Friday August 14, at 4pm PT at the San Jose Marriott Hotel in downtown San Jose, California and are free and open to the public.

Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com tomorrow afternoon for weigh-in results, and stop by on Saturday night for live coverage of the event.

Contrary to previous reports following his knockout of Forrest Griffin on Saturday at UFC 101, Anderson Silva says he won’t be relinquishing his middleweight title to remain permanently at light heavyweight and will continue to fight in both divisions.

In other news, the UFC will counter-program Saturday’s Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg event with a free replay of UFC 100 on Spike TV, Dennis Hallman has signed a four-fight contract to return to the UFC, and more…