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Date
  
March 29, 2008

Attendance
  
16,326

Promotion
  
Strikeforce and EliteXC

Venue
  
HP Pavilion at San Jose

City
  
San Jose, California, United States

Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Le
  
Strikeforce Melendez vs. Thomson

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by Strikeforce and EliteXC. The event took place on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

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Background

The main card aired live on the Showtime premium cable channel.

The event originally featured the anticipated Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson, but it was called off because Thomson injured himself training.

Nick Diaz was also scheduled to fight but was pulled from the card due to undisclosed reasons.

Referees assigned for the event were Mario Yamasaki, Herb Dean and Jon Schorle.

Fighter salaries

Below are the disclosed purses for each of the fighters [1]:

MAIN CARD FIGHTERS

  • Frank Shamrock: $300,000 (no win bonus listed)
  • Cung Le: $200,000 (no win bonus listed)
  • Gilbert Melendez: $50,000 (defeated Gabe Lemley; no win bonus listed)
  • Joey Villasenor: $36,000 (defeated Ryan Jensen; win bonus was $18,000
  • Wayne Cole: $10,000 (defeated Mike Kyle; win bonus was $5,000)
  • Drew Fickett: $10,000 (defeated Jae Suk Lim; win bonus was $5,000)
  • Mike Kyle: $10,000 (lost to Wayne Cole)
  • Gabe Lemley: $7,000 (lost to Gilbert Melendez)
  • Billy Evangelista: $10,000 (defeated Marlon Sims; win bonus was $5,000)
  • Jae Suk Lim: $3,000 (lost to Drew Fickett)
  • Ryan Jensen: $6,000 (lost to Joey Villasenor)
  • Marlon Sims: $2,500 (lost to Billy Evangelista)

    • PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS

  • Tiki Ghosn: $8,000 (defeated Luke Stewart; win bonus was $2,000)
  • Luke Stewart: $6,000 (lost to Tiki Ghosn)
  • Darren Uyenoyama: $4,000 (defeated Anthony Figueroa; win bonus was $2,000)
  • Jesse Jones: $2,150 (defeated Jesse Gillespie; win bonus was $500)
  • Anthony Figueroa: $2,000 (lost to Darren Uyenoyama)
  • Jesse Gillespie: $1,200 (lost to Jesse Jones)

    • DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $667,850

    References

    Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le Wikipedia
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