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Strikeforce "Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" Payroll: Josh Barnett ($250K) tops night's earning, K.J. Noons receives win bonus
Jan 14, 2013 - 12:25:10 PM Strikeforce "Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" Payroll: Josh Barnett ($250K) tops night's earning, K.J. Noons receives win bonus

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The Oklahoma Athletic Commission has released the fighter payouts from Saturday's Strikeforce event, which served as the final event in the organization's history. Topping the payouts were Josh Barnett, who earned $250,000 for his squash match over Nandor Guelmino, and Gegard Mousasi, who earned $175,000 in his win over Mike Kyle.

Other notable payouts went to Daniel Cormier, earning $120,000 for his win over Dion Staring, "Jacare" Souza, earning just over $100K for his submission win over Ed Herman, and K.J. Noons, who was given his win bonus despite a controversial split decision loss at the hands of Ryan Couture.

Full payouts from the event are below (via MMA-Manifesto.com):

Josh Barnett: $250,000

Gegard Mousasi: $175,000

Daniel Cormier: $120,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 win bonus)

Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza: $100,500 ($72,500 to show, $28,000 win bonus)

Roger Gracie: $94,000 ($47,000 to show, $47,000 win bonus)

Tim Kennedy: $80,000 ($55,000 to show, $25,000 win bonus)

K.J. Noons: $77,000 ($41,000 to show, $36,000 win bonus)

Ed Herman: $68,000 ($34,000 to show, $34,000 win bonus)

Pat Healy: $42,000 ($27,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)

Nate Marquardt: $40,000

Tarec Saffiedine: $39,000 ($19,500 to show, $19,500 win bonus)

Mike Kyle: $25,000

Ryan Couture: $22,000 ($15,000 to show, $7,000 win bonus)

Adriano Martins: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Estevan Payan: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)

Nandor Guelmino: $12,000

Jorge Gurgel: $10,000

Anthony Smith: $10,000

Kurt Holobaugh: $9,000

Dion Staring: $8,000

Trevor Smith: $8,000

Mike Bravo: $6,000