Strikeforce: Miami Results & Paychecks-Walker Makes $600

Nick Diaz (21-7) of Stockton, Calif., won his sixth straight and the first-ever STRIKEFORCE welterweight championship with a 4:38, first-round TKO over Marius Zaromskis (13-4) of London, England, and the first and only STRIKEFORCE Female lightweight champion, Cris Cyborg (9-1) of Curitiba, Brazil, successfully defended her 145-title for the initial time with a third-round TKO over Marloes Coenen (17-4) of Deventer, Holland, in the co-featured matches of an action-packed mixed martial arts card before 8,156 at BankAtlantic Center Saturday on SHOWTIME®.

In other results on the main portion of Strikeforce’s first event in 2010, former pro and college football superstar Herschel Walker of San Jose, Calif., made his pro MMA debut at age 47 a winning one, registering a third-round TKO (2:17) over Hungarian-born Greg Nagy (1-2) of Phoenix, Ariz., former two-time world champion “Ruthless’’ Robbie Lawler (17-5, 1 NC) of Granite City, Ill., rallied from the brink of defeat to score a spectacular 3:33, first-round knockout (punches) over Melvin Manhoef (24-7-1) of Amsterdam and unbeaten Bobby Lashley of Coconut Creek, Fla., won his Strikeforce debut and improved to 5-0 with a 2:06, first-round TKO over Wes Sims (22-13-1, 2 NC) of Lancaster, Ohio.

Main card:

-Nick Diaz def. Marius Zaromskis by TKO at 4:38, R1
-Cris “Cyborg” Santos def. Marloes Coenen by TKO strikes at 3:40, R3
-Herschel Walker def. Greg Nagy by TKO at 2:17, R3
-Robbie Lawler def. Melvin Manhoef by KO at 3:33, R1
-Bobby Lashley def. Wes Sims by TKO (strikes) at 2:06, R1
-Jay Hieron def. Joe Riggs by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Strikeforce paid Diaz and Lawler $100,000 for showing up. Neither received a win bonus, although Diaz won the welterweight title by beating Marius Zaromskis and Lawler knocked out fellow middleweight Melvin Manhoef.

Herschel Walker, making his debut as a mixed martial artist, received a tiny sum of $600, which he donated to charity. The man Walker defeated, the inexperienced Greg Nagy, was paid $5,000.

Women’s champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos received $35,000, including a $15,000 bonus for defeating challenger Marloes Coenen and a $5,000 bonus for defending the title. Coenen got $2,000.

Note that the officially reported purses do not include sponsorship money or unofficial, non-contractual bonuses.

Under card :

-Michael Byrnes def. David Zitnik by majority decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-29)
-Joe Ray def. John Clarke by TKO (strikes) at 3:14, R1
-David Gomez def. Craig Oxley by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
-Pablo Alfonso def. Marcos DaMatta by submission (arm bar) at 1:47, R1
-Hayder Hassan def. Ryan Keenan by knockout at 2:42, R2
-John Kelly def. Sabah Homasi by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:48, R2