Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le

A poster or logo for Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le.
Information
Promotion Strikeforce and EliteXC
Date March 29, 2008
Venue HP Pavilion at San Jose
City San Jose, California, United States
Attendance 16,326
Event chronology

Strikeforce: At The Dome 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.[1]

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.[2]

Nick Diaz was also scheduled to fight but was pulled from the card due to undisclosed reasons.[3]

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

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Cung Le def. Frank Shamrock (c) TKO (stoppage) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight Gilbert Melendez (c) def. Gabe Lemley TKO (punches) 2 2:18 [lower-alpha 2]
Heavyweight Wayne Cole def. Mike Kyle Submission (armbar) 1 0:45
Middleweight Joey Villasenor def. Ryan Jensen KO (punch) 1 4:45
Preliminary card
Catchweight (162 lb) Billy Evangelista def. Marlon Sims KO (punch) 3 0:39
Welterweight Drew Fickett def. Jae Suk Lim Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:14
Welterweight Tiki Ghosn def. Luke Stewart Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Darren Uyenoyama def. Anthony Figueroa Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:27
Catchweight (180 lb) Jesse Jones def. Jesse Gillespie TKO (punches) 1 0:35

Fighter salaries

Below are the disclosed purses for each of the fighters :

MAIN CARD FIGHTERS

PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS

DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $667,850

See also

References

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