A Look At the Numbers for Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson in Columbus, OH

Added on Mar 09, 2011 by Brian Blake in

UFC & MMA

This past Saturday night at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH Strikeforce presented a championship double-header featuring resulting in the crowning of Dan Henderson as the new Light Heavyweight champ when he mauled “Feijao” Cavalcante in his initial defense. That was preceded by Women’s Welterweight champion Marloes Coenen of the Netherlands and her dramatic come from behind submission win over the game late replacement challenger in Liz Carmouche.

The televised portion of the card got off to a bit of a slow start as Jorge Masvidal took a unanimous decision over Billy Evangelista. The crowd certainly got back into it when Tim Kennedy survived the hard striking game of Melvin Manhoef when he secured a rear naked choke under four minutes into the first round of their middleweight clash.

The official attendance for the event was: 7,123

The event was televised live by Showtime Sports and drew an average of 412,000 viewers, half of the viewers that reportedly tuned in for last months Showtime televised event for Strikeforce featuring Antonio Silva vs. Fedor Emelianenko.

Fighter salaries for the main card are as follows:

Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante ($28,000) vs. Dan Henderson ($250,000)
Marloes “Rumina” Coenen $10,000 vs. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche $5,000
Tim Kennedy $50,000 vs. “Marvelous” Melvin Manhoef $10,000
Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) vs. Billy Evangelista $20,000

Next up for the San Jose based organization is Strikeforce Challengers 15: Wilcox vs. Damm on April 1 at the Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif. Stay tuned for more Strikeforce coverage in the weeks to come.