Middleweights Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler topped the $469,600 payroll for Saturday’s Strikeforce: Miami, according to figures released Wednesday by the Florida State Boxing Commission, taking home an event high $100,000 each for their TKO victories over Marius Zomskis and Melvin Manhoef, respectively.

Other top earners for the Showtime televised event include maincard fighters Bobby Lashley ($50,000) and Cris “Cyborg” Santos ($35,000) along with undercard fighters Jay Heiron ($65,000) and Joe Riggs ($30,000).

Eight fighters who were in action at Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Miami” event, including all five main card losers, have been issued medical suspensions by the Florida State Boxing Commission. Marius Zaromskis, Marloes Coenen, Greg Nagy, and Wes Sims receive 30 day suspensions, while Melvin Manhoef, who suffered a come-from-behind KO at the hands of Robbie Lawler, must sit out 60 days.

Nick Diaz was crowned the Strikeforce welterweight champion on Saturday in the main event of “Strikeforce: Miami” at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, knocking out Marius Zaromskis in the opening round to win the title.

In other action, Cris “Cyborg” retained the 145-pound women’s championship with a third-round TKO of Marloes Coenen, while Herschel Walker, Bobby Lashley, Robbie Lawler, and Jay Hieron were also winners.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of “Strikeforce: Miami,” which takes place today at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida and features a main event between Nick Diaz and Marius Zaromskis for the newly-created Strikeforce welterweight title.

Stop by MMAFrenzy.com beginning at 9pm ET for live “Strikeforce: Miami” results, and stop back after the event for complete post-fight coverage.

Fighter weigh-ins for Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Miami” event were held Friday at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, the same venue which hosts tonight’s Showtime-televised event, and all of the card’s notable fighters successfully made weight.

A handful of images from the weigh-ins, including photos of Nick Diaz, Cris Cyborg, Herschel Walker, Bobby Lashley and more, are after the jump. Check ‘em out and be sure to stop back to MMAFrenzy.com beginning at 9pm ET Saturday for LIVE Strikeforce: Miami results.

All of the notable fighters set to compete at Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Miami” event in Sunrise, Florida successfully made weight at Friday’s weigh-ins for the Showtime-televised event.

Headliners Nick Diaz and Marius Zaromskis, who vie for the vacant Strikeforce welterweight title in tomorrow’s main event, each tipped the scale just under the 170-pound limit, while 145-pound women’s champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos and challenger Marloes Coenen also weighed in successfully.

The roster for the upcoming “EA Sports MMA” continues to grow, as Bobby Lashley, Nick Diaz, Marius Zaromskis, Joe Riggs, and Melvin Manhoef were announced for the video game during this week’s edition of ESPN’s MMA Live, which premiered yesterday.

The fight card for “Strikeforce: Miami,” which takes place on January 27 at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, is officially complete, as a heavyweight matchup between undefeated prospect Bobby Lashley and veteran Wes Sims is finally official for the Showtime-televised event.

A middleweight matchup between Robbie Lawler and Melvin Manhoef and a welterweight bout between Jay Hieron and Joe Riggs, which were both recently reported by MMAFrenzy.com, are now official for Strikeforce: Miami, which takes place on January 30 at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Strikeforce also confirmed that Pablo Alfonso vs. Marcos da Matta, Sabah Homasi vs. John Kelly, and David Gomez vs. Craig Oxley will be included on the event’s preliminary card.

Hidehiko Yoshida ruined the anticipated debut of fellow Olympic Judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii, topping the MMA newcomer by unanimous decision in MMA main event of Thursday’s 18-bout “Dynamite!! 2009″ event at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

In other notable MMA action, Shinya Aoki broke Mizuto Hirota’s arm for an opening-round submission win, Ikuhisa Minowa upset Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou with a third-round TKO to win DREAM’s “Super Hulk” tourney and Gegard Mousasi and Alistair Overeem each earned first-round knockouts.

The lineup for tomorrow’s “Dynamite!! 2009″ event, which takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, is now official and features 18 MMA and K-1 bouts, including DREAM vs. Sengoku matchups.

The card, which will be televised live on HDNet beginning at 3am ET, is headlined by a K-1 rematch between Masato and Andy Souwer and also includes Gary Goodridge vs. Gegard Mousasi, Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou in DREAM’s “Super Hulk” tournament finale, and Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida.

A recently-announced MMA matchup between Melvin Manhoef and Kazuo Misaki and a likely K-1 bout between Gegard Mousasi and Gary Goodridge are the latest additions to the fight card for Dynamite!! 2009, which takes place on December 31 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and airs live on HDNet.

Strikeforce has added two more names to their growing roster of fighters this week, signing both lightweight fighter KJ Noons, and middleweight combatant Melvin Manhoef.

DREAM recently announced additions and changes to the fight card its October 25 DREAM 12 event, including Kazushi Sakuraba replacing Melvin Manhoef against Zelg Galesic and welterweight champ Marius Zaromskis’ return to action in a non-title bout against Myeon Ho Bae.

Read about the latest Japan fight bookings and news in MMAFrenzy.com’s Rising Sun Roundup…

In this weeks addition of MMAFrenzy.com’s Rising Sun Roundup, our weekly look at the MMA happenings in Japan, we take a look at Takanori Gomi’s “last fight in Japan” as well as the rest of the Vale Tudo Japan card. Also included is a look at the upcoming Sengoku 11 and Dream 12 fight card additions, and more.