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August 19, 2009 Carano earns $125k from Strikeforce event: Gina Carano, who lost her fight with Cris Cyborg, was the highest earner with $125,000 at the Strikeforce event in San Jose on Saturday. Cyborg earned $20,000 plus a $5,000 win bonus from the event. Salary figures [+] August 19, 2009 Minotauro Nogueira’s brother to join the UFC: Former UFC heavyweight champions Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira has revealed that his brother Antonio Rogerio ‘Minotoro’ Nogueira is set to join the UFC. Rogerio has defeated the likes of Kazushi Sakuraba, Dan Henderson and Alistair Overeem during [+] August 18, 2009 Baroni not surprised by UFC return: MMA veteran Phil Baroni insists he is not surprised to have signed a new deal with the UFC. Baroni made his debut for the UFC at UFC 30 in February 2001, but later moved to a rival [+] August 18, 2009 Mir could still give Lesnar “some problems”: Randy Couture believes Frank Mir could still give UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar ‘some problems’ despite his defeat to the former WWE star at UFC100. Couture was recently asked by MMA FanHouse what the best way to [+] August 18, 2009 UFC star to appear at Dancing With The Stars: Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell will appear on the next season of American TV show Dancing With The Stars. Liddell will star alongside other celebrities such as Donny Osmond, Kelly Osbourne and Macy Gray in the [+] August 17, 2009 Mousasi planning 205 pounds stay: New Strikeforce champion Gegard Mousasi is planning to stay at 205 pound for ‘two or three years’. Mousasi managed to win the title after beating Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral by knockout on Saturday. The 24-year-old will compete in [+] August 17, 2009 Aurelio added to UFC 102 card: The UFC’s official addition of Marcus Aurelio have completed their fight card for the ‘UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira’ event later this month. Aurelio will return to the UFC to replace Matt Veach for the fight with [+] August 17, 2009 WWE diva making move to MMA: World Wrestling Entertainment ‘diva’ Lisa Marie Varon, known as Victoria, is heading to the world of mixed martial arts. Varon plans to make her pro MMA debut in the next year, according to her manager, J.T. Stewart. Stewart confirmed the news in an interview in the Dayton Daily News. Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley are two other WWE stars that have made the move from Wrestling to MMA in recent years. [+] August 16, 2009 Cyborg knocks out Carano: Cris ‘Cyborg’ Santos was delighted after winning her fight against Gina Carano at Strikeforce main event last night. The referee stopped the fight after a five-minute mauling of Carano by Cyborg. Carano failed to answer Santos’ power [+] August 16, 2009 Mousasi delighted with win: Gegard Mousasi was delighted with his win over Strikeforce light-heavyweight title-holder Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral last night. Mousasi won the fight and became the new champion in exactly one minute. “It feels good,” he said after the fight [+]