Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie was the inaugural 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 at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose

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...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 on March 10, 2006. The main event was the long awaited match between Frank Shamrock

Frank Shamrock

Frank Shamrock is a retired mixed martial arts fighter. Shamrock was the first to hold the UFC Middleweight Championship and retired as the four-time defending undefeated champion...

, returning to the sport after a 3-year absence, and Cesar Gracie

Cesar Gracie

Cesar Gracie is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt who trains a number of top fighters in Pleasant Hill, California. Gracie is a member of the Gracie family, the son of Sonja Gracie-Gronning and not to be confused with his cousin also named Cesar Gracie who is the son of Reylson Gracie.- Biography...

. The show is also notable for featuring the MMA debut of Cung Le

Cung Le

Cung Le is a Vietnamese-American Sanshou kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor from Saigon, Vietnam currently competing in the UFC. He is the former IKF Light Heavyweight San Shou World Champion and has a professional San Shou record of 16-0 before moving to mixed martial arts...

. This was the first 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...

 event.

Results

• Middleweight bout:   Crafton Wallace vs. Harris Ray Routh

Wallace defeated Routh by KO (knee) at 0:35 of round 2.

• 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.   Jesse Fujarczyk
  Jesse Fujarczyk
  Jesse Fujarczyk is an American mixed martial artist.-MMA career:On December 16, 2006 at Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello, Fujarczyk lost to Cain Velasquez by First round T.K.O. At Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie Jesse received his second loss to undefeated heavyweight prospect Daniel...
  
  

Puder defeated Fujarczyk by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:54 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Brian Ebersole
  Brian Ebersole
  Brian Ebersole is an American mixed martial artist. He is currently fighting under the Ultimate Fighting Championship as of February 2011. Ebersole is a veteran of the mixed martial arts world with a total of 64 professional fights. He has been known to have an iron chin, never being knocked out...
  
   vs.   Matt Horwich
  Matt Horwich
  Matthew Peter Horwich is a journeyman American mixed martial artist. Previously fighting for the Portland Wolfpack of the International Fight League where he held the middleweight championship in 2007, BAMMA and in the UFC, he holds notable wins over past and present UFC fighters Jake Rosholt,...
  
  

Ebersole defeated Horwich via Unanimous Decision.

• 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.   Harris Sarmiento

Melendez defeated Sarmiento by TKO (strikes) at 0:44 of round 2.

• Heavyweight bout:   Mike Kyle
  Mike Kyle
  Mike Kyle is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a light heavyweight and heavyweight. He fights primarily for Strikeforce and King of the Cage. He is the King of the Cage Light Heavyweight champion...
  
   vs.   Krzysztof Soszynski
  Krzysztof Soszynski
  Krzysztof Soszyński is a Polish-Canadian mixed martial artist. He fought for the Los Angeles Anacondas of the International Fight League . After the demise of that organization, he moved to the UFC, appearing on season 8 of The Ultimate Fighter...
  
  

Match was ruled a draw due to an accidental thumb to Soszynski's eye at 2:02 of round 1.

• Lightweight Championship bout:   Clay Guida
  Clay Guida
  Clayton Charles Guida is an American mixed martial artist and currently fighting in the UFC as a lightweight. Guida was the first Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and held the title until being defeated by Gilbert Melendez at Strikeforce: Revenge...
  
    vs.   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...
  
  

Guida defeated Thomson via Unanimous Decision (49–46, 49–45, 49–45) to become first Strikeforce Lightweight Champion.

• Middleweight bout:   Frank Shamrock
  Frank Shamrock
  Frank Shamrock is a retired mixed martial arts fighter. Shamrock was the first to hold the UFC Middleweight Championship and retired as the four-time defending undefeated champion...
  
   vs.   Cesar Gracie
  Cesar Gracie
  Cesar Gracie is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt who trains a number of top fighters in Pleasant Hill, California. Gracie is a member of the Gracie family, the son of Sonja Gracie-Gronning and not to be confused with his cousin also named Cesar Gracie who is the son of Reylson Gracie.- Biography...
  
  

Shamrock defeated Gracie by KO (Punch) at 0:20 seconds of round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   Cung Le
  Cung Le
  Cung Le is a Vietnamese-American Sanshou kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor from Saigon, Vietnam currently competing in the UFC. He is the former IKF Light Heavyweight San Shou World Champion and has a professional San Shou record of 16-0 before moving to mixed martial arts...
  
   vs.   Mike Altman

Le defeated Altman via KO (Punch) at 3:51 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   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...
  
   vs.   Jorge Ortiz

Jackson defeated Ortiz via Unanimous Decision.

• Middleweight bout: Scott Graham vs. Chris Yee

Graham defeated Yee by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:37 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Nate Diaz
  Nathan Diaz
  Nathan Donald Diaz is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing for the UFC in the welterweight and lightweight divisions. He is well known as the Ultimate Fighter Season 5 champion and has amassed victories in Strikeforce, Pancrase, and the World Extreme Cagefighting promotions...
  
   vs. Tony Juares

Diaz defeated Juares by TKO (strikes) at 3:23 of round 1.