Frank Shamrock took home more than half of the total disclosed salaries for Saturday night’s Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz, earning $369,790 for his TKO loss to Nick Diaz. While Diaz only acquired $39,950 (including a $10,000 win bonus) for the victory. The second highest earner on the evening was Scott Smith who took [...]

Nick Diaz defeated Frank Shamrock via second-round TKO on Saturday in the main event of Strikeforce's event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Gilbert Melendez captured the promotion's interim lightweight title with a second-round knockout of Rodrigo Damm in the evening's co-main event.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com's live coverage of Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz, which takes today at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The event's preliminary card kicks off at 8pm ET with the Showtime-broadcast main card beginning at 10pm. Continue reading for live fight results and play-by-play...

Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos weighed-in six pounds over the 146-pound limit for her scheduled bout against Hitomi Akano on Friday in San Jose, California, and must shed an additional 2.5 pounds by 8pm PT for the bout to remain on the Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz card. The remainder of the main card successfully made weight.

The winner of Saturdays bout between Gilbert Melendez and Rodrigo Damm will be crowned the Interim Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and be granted a shot at title-holder Josh Thomson when the injured fighter is ready to return to action, Strikeforce has officially announced.

The winner of Saturday's Strikeforce "Shamrock vs. Diaz" co-headliner between Gilbert Melendez (14-2) and late-replacement Rodrigo Damm (8-2) will be crowned the promotion's interim lightweight champion.

The Fight Network is reporting that Rodrigo Damm (8-2) has been tapped to replace the injured Josh Thomson and square off with Melendez (14-2) at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

Takanori Gomi def. Bang Seung Hwan via unanimous decision
Frank Trigg def. Makoto Takimoto via unanimous decision
Satoru Kitaoka def. Clay French via submission (achilles lock) — Round 1, 0:31
Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
Eiji Mitsuoka def. Rodrigo Damm via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 3:13
Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
Kazunori Yokota def. Bojan [...]

Takanori Gomi (69.9 kg; 154.1 lb)vs. Bang Seung Hwan (70.0 kg; 154.3 lb)
Makoto Takimoto (82.0 kg; 180.8 lb) vs. Frank Trigg (82.9 kg; 182.8 lb)
Satoru Kitaoka (70.0 kg; 154.3 lbs) vs. Clay French (69.9 kg; 154.1 lb)
Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
Eiji Mitsuoka (69.9 kg; 154.1 lb) vs. Rodrigo Damm (69.9 kg; 154.1 lb)
Lightweight [...]

World Victory Road yesterday announced the official fight card for Sengoku 4, which takes place on August 24th at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Sengoku 4 features a main event lightweight bout between former PRIDE champion Takanori Gomi and Bang Seung Hwan. The opening round of the promotion’s 2008 lightweight grand prix is also [...]

World Victory Road has announced that it’s middleweight grand prix will start at Sengoku 5 on September 28th at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuhiro Nakamura, Evangelista Cyborg, Siyar Bahadurzada, and Jorge Santiago are all set to participate in the opening round of the middleweight tournament.
The promotion also announced that Kazuo Takahashi will face [...]

World Victory Road today announced that 1996 Judo Olympic gold medalist Pawel Nastula will fight Korean wrestler Yang Dong Yi at Sengoku 4 on August 24th in Saitama, Japan.
Here is an updated fight card for Sengoku 4:

Pawel Nastula vs Yang Dong Yi
Takanori Gomi vs Bang Seung Hwan
Makoto Takimoto vs Frank Trigg
Peter Graham vs Moise Rimbon
[...]

Hidehiko Yoshida def. Maurice Smith via submission – Round 1, 2:23
Travis Wiuff def. Kazuyuki Fujita via KO – Round 1, 1:24
Kazuo Misaki def. Logan Clark via unanimous decision
Nick Thompson def. Michael Costa via submission – Round 2, 4:13
Sanae Kikuta def. Chris Rice via submission – Round 2, 3:54
Marcio Cruz def. Mu Bae Choi via submission [...]