Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event promoted by Strikeforce

Strikeforce

Strikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...

. The event took place on September 29, 2007 at the Playboy Mansion

Playboy Mansion

The Playboy Mansion is the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.-History:The house is described as being in the "Gothic-Tudor" style...

 in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. The invitation-only event drew nearly 1,000 spectators who paid $1000 per ticket. The event was supervised by the California State Athletic Commission. Fights 5 to 12 were streamed live on Yahoo Sports for free.

Under Card

• Bantamweight bout: Anthony Figueroa vs. Miguel Linares

Figueroa defeated Linares via TKO (strikes) at 2:09 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout: Luke Stewart
  Luke Stewart
  Luke Stewart is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently competes in Strikeforce, a California based mixed martial arts promotion.-Martial Arts background:...
  
   vs. Sam Liera

Stewart defeated Liera via TKO (strikes) at 3:40 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout: Eddy Millis vs. Daniel McWilliams

McWilliams defeated Millis via Submission (rear naked choke) at 2:09 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Dewey Cooper vs. Adam Smith

Cooper defeated Smith via unanimous decision.

Main Card

• Heavyweight bout:   Daniel Puder
  Daniel Puder
  Daniel Puder is an American professional mixed martial artist, who is currently undefeated in MMA competition, holding a a record of eight wins and zero losses...
  
   vs.   Richard Dalton

Puder defeated Dalton via unanimous decision.

• 195lb Catchweight bout:   Falaniko Vitale
  Falaniko Vitale
  Falaniko "Niko" Vitale is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Middleweight division.He holds notable victories over Matt Lindland, Dave Menne, Kalib Starnes and Yushin Okami....
  
   vs.   Ron Fields

Vitale defeated Fields via submission (strikes) at 3:02 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Bobby Southworth
  Bobby Southworth
  Bobby Southworth is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He fights as a light heavyweight. He has also fought in PRIDE FC and appeared on Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter...
  
   vs.   Bill Mahood

Southworth defeated Mahood via verbal submission (injured ribs) at 1:15 of round 1.

• 160lb Catchweight bout:   Matt Lee vs.   Jorge Masvidal
  Jorge Masvidal
  Jorge Masvidal is an American mixed martial artist of Cuban descent who trains with American Top Team. Currently signed to Strikeforce, Masvidal's record includes notable wins over Yves Edwards, Joe Lauzon, Satoru Kitaoka, Ryan Schultz, Billy Evangelista and K.J...
  
  

Masvidal defeated Lee via TKO (strikes) at 1:33 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Billy Evangelista
  Billy Evangelista
  Billy Evangelista is an American mixed martial artist who has fought for World Extreme Cagefighting and Strikeforce in his career. His most notable wins are over former UFC fighters Luke Caudillo, Jorge Gurgel and current UFC fighter Nam Phan.-Early career:...
  
   vs.   Clint Coronel

Evangelista defeated Coronel via Split Decision.

• Lightweight bout:   Josh Thomson
  Josh Thomson
  Joshua Joseph Thomson is an American mixed martial arts fighter training with American Kickboxing Academy. He has fought in Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships and America's UFC, as well as Strikeforce and the World Fighting Alliance. Thomson is a former Strikeforce World Lightweight Champion...
  
   vs.   Adam Lynn

Thomson defeated Lynn via TKO (strikes) at 4:45 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   Joe Riggs
  Joe Riggs
  Joseph Jonathan Riggs is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He has competed at weights ranging from Heavyweight down to Welterweight. Currently, Riggs fights as a Middleweight.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Eugene Jackson
  Eugene Jackson (fighter)
  Eugene "The Wolf" Jackson is a retired American mixed martial artist. He fought at Middleweight, and is a former Strikeforce U.S. middleweight champion...
  
  

Riggs defeated Jackson via KO (Punches) at 3:56 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Gilbert Melendez
  Gilbert Melendez
  Gilbert Melendez is an American mixed martial artist of Mexican descent. Currently fighting out of San Francisco, California, he formerly competed in the lightweight division of PRIDE Fighting Championships and now competes in Strikeforce...
  
   vs.   Tetsuji Kato

Melendez defeated Kato via Unanimous Decision.

Purses

•Gilbert Melendez $30,000 (no win bonus) def. Tetsuji Kato $6,000

•Joe Riggs $29,500 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Eugene Jackson $15,000

•Josh Thomson $24,500 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Adam Lynn $6,000

•Billy Evangelista $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Clint Coronel $3,000

•Jorge Masvidal $18,182.50 (no win bonus) def. Matt Lee $1,000

•Bobby Southworth $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Bill Mahood $1,000

•Falaniko Vitale $20,000, (no win bonus) def. Ron Fields $7,000

•Daniel Puder $20,000 (no win bonus) def. Richard Dalton $3,000

•Dewey Cooper $500 (no win bonus) def. Adam Smith $500

•Daniel McWilliams $1,000(no win bonus) def. Eddy Millis $4,000

•Luke Stewart $7,500 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Sam Liera $3,000
The total payout totaled $229,183.50.