Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II, also known as Strikeforce: San Jose, 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 held 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...

 on October 9, 2010 at the HP Pavilion

HP Pavilion

The HP Pavilion at San Jose, formerly known as Compaq Center at San Jose and San Jose Arena is an indoor arena, located at 525 West Santa Clara Street, in San Jose, California....

 in San Jose, California

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

, United States

United States

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. The event aired live on the Showtime cable network.

Background

This event featured the rematch of Nick Diaz

Nick Díaz

Nicholas Robert Diaz is an American mixed martial artist. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian...

 and KJ Noons after the first bout was stopped because of a cut on the head of Diaz for the Elite XC 160lbs championship.

As part of the undercard, Strikeforce hosted the Bay Area Regional Finals of the California Amateur MMA Organization.

Strikeforce debuted their current logo and branding at this event.

The event drew an estimated 350,000 viewers, with a peak at 509,000 on Showtime.

Main Card

• Welterweight Championship bout:   Nick Diaz
  Nick Díaz
  Nicholas Robert Diaz is an American mixed martial artist. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian...
  
   (c) vs.   KJ Noons 

Diaz defeated Noons via unanimous decision (48–47, 49–47, 49–46) to retain the Welterweight Championship.

• 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.   Gesias Cavalcante

Thomson defeated Cavalcante via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).

• Women's Welterweight Championship (135 lbs) bout:   Sarah Kaufman (c) vs.   Marloes Coenen
  Marloes Coenen
  Marloes Coenen is a Dutch mixed martial artist. She has competed professionally since 2000 and is a former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion....
  
  

Coenen defeated Kaufman via submission (armbar) at 1:59 in round 3 to win the Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Championship.

• Welterweight bout:   Tyron Woodley
  Tyron Woodley
  Tyron Woodley is an American former amateur wrestler for the University of Missouri and is now a professional mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to a deal with Strikeforce.-Early life:...
  
   vs.   André Galvão
  André Galvão
  André Luis Galvão is a Brazilian grappler and professional mixed martial artist. He has won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and IBJJF Pan American Championships multiple times and has also taken third place in the 2007 ADCC World Championship at both -77 kg and openweight...
  
  

Woodley defeated Galvão via TKO (punches) at 1:48 of round 1.

Preliminary Card

• Welterweight bout:   James Terry
  James Terry (fighter)
  James Terry is an American mixed martial artist from San Jose, California.. James has an extension college wrestling background. He moved to Northern California in 2005 when he began to sharpen his kickboxing under the guidance of Cung Le. James now trains in MMA and work as an instructor and...
  
   vs.   David Marshall

Terry defeated Marshall via unanimous decision.

• Middleweight bout:   Ron Keslar vs.   Josh McDonald

McDonald defeated Keslar via unanimous decision.

• Lightweight bout:   Jess Bouscal  vs.   Luis Mendoza

Bouscal defeated Mendoza via submission (arm triangle choke) at 3:00 of round 2.

Salary

• Nick Diaz: $50,000 (no win bonus) def. K.J. Noons $10,000
• Josh Thomson: $50,000 (no win bonus) def. Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante: $40,000
• Marloes Coenen: $3,000 ($1,000 win bonus) def. Sarah Kaufman: $20,000
• Tyron Woodley: $15,000 ($7,500 win bonus) def. André Galvão: $10,000

• James Terry: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. David Marshall: $1,500
• Josh McDonald: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Ron Keslar: $1,500
• Jess Bouscal: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus) def. Luis Mendoza: $1,500