Strikeforce has revealed their payout figures for their Strikeforce: Miami event, which took place this last Saturday, January 30th, 2010.

Of interesting note is the discrepancy in pay scales in the co-main event match between champion Cristiane Santos ($35,000 including win bonus) and challenger Marloes Coenen ($2,000), as well as the pay discrepancy for Robbie Lawler ($100,000) and Melvin Manhoef ($5,000). Marloes went on to give Cyborg the most competitive fight she’s had in Strikeforce yet, despite being bullied around the ring by a much more physically dominant Cyborg. In his fight with Lawler, Manhoef was landing repetitiously with thunderous leg kicks before Lawler fed him a fight-ending short hook, one of three he landed the entire fight, to seal the deal and end the fight via knockout.

Also of note is the payout to NFL great Herschel Walker (a whopping $600), who reportedly donated what would’ve been a six-figure payout to charity.

Van Damme as "Guile": Man, did this movie suck.Belgian action movie star Jean Claude Van Damme, whose starred in more than 40 martial-arts themed action movies, recently revealed his motivations to get in the ring for real and mix it up with an Olympic gold medalist.

However, as was reported months ago as a likely outcome to the push to get in the ring, Van Damme was recently denied his license to fight in the state of Nevada, citing concerns for his health and safety, and also a more strict set of guidelines for fighters age 35 and older.

This coming weekend, 45-year old Mark “The Hammer” Coleman will take on 46-year-old Randy “The Natural” Couture in a fight that could’ve (and perhaps should’ve) happened more than a decade prior. This is of relevance in light of the fact that Van Damme recently applied for licensing and was denied at his own age of 49.

Four fighters age 35 or more (Couture, Coleman, Matt Serra, 35, and Frank Trigg, 37) who are competing on the UFC 109 card were asked to submit neurological evaluation for clearance to compete on the card, highlighting the more meticulous guidelines set for aging athletes in combat sport.

Though he took place in some of the most memorable fight scenes on the silver screen in the 80’s, Van Damme, who will turn 50 on October 18th of 2010, has only some point fighting credentials dating back to the 1970's, into 1980.

Yikes.

King of the Cage: The little-big-little-bug promotionKing of the Cage has been a busy promotion, almost since its inception in 1998. 12 years later, a slow start has yielded to an influx of fight card announcements that extend into July, hot on the heels of various whispers of a Mark Burnett and HDnet television deal. I will be cageside for their February 25th show near the promotion's Inland Empire home. But first, a rematch of a bout that was hotly contested last December heads up their New Mexico offering.

The next few KOTC events have been scheduled for Minnesota, New Mexico, Okinawa, and the usual San Manuel Casino venue in San Bernardino, CA. Limited information is available regarding the fight cards but the stock of these events seems to have risen in the past year. The participants in various KOTC events are of a higher caliber since Trebilcock regained control of the promotion from ProElite last year.

These two: Cost Affliction too much moneyWhen the third Affliction event, Affliction: Trilogy was abruptly cancelled immediately following an announcement that one of the main-event fighters had tested positive for anabolic substances, some wondered what the fiscal fallout could yield for those who’d invested time and money with no hope of return in the event’s procurement. Announcements that Affliction has resumed their position as an official UFC sponsor soon after the event’s cancellation lead to further speculation into an already controversial situation.

Today, Affliction attorney Michael Bassiri spoke with well-known MMA new site Sherdog.com regarding the unfortunate situation that has Emelianenko’s management as well as M-1 Global seeking more than $12.5 million in damages. Three separate agreements are outlined in the lawsuit, two of which the Affliction brass states have been expired for months, and one upon which they’ve returned no comment regarding their position.

M-1 Global and Fedor Emelianenko attorney Marc Hines was not immediately available for comment.