(Step 1: Do work. Step 2: Receive bread. Photo courtesy of this set on Sherdog.)

The California State Athletic Commission has released payout figures for Saturday’s Strikeforce event, with headliner Frank Shamrock taking home a full 58% of the $633,445 disclosed payroll. And it looks like Strikeforce had to severely underpay a few of its fighters to make up for F-Sham’s hefty purse. Also, they don’t seem to like round numbers. The salaries are below, with some thoughts after the jump…

MAIN CARD FIGHTERS
– Frank Shamrock: $369,790
– Scott Smith: $49,940 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
– Gilbert Melendez: $49,890 (no win bonus)
– Nick Diaz: $39,950 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
– Brett Rogers: $39,940 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
– Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos: $18,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
– Benji Radach: $16,940
– Rodrigo Damm: $9,190
– Ron "Abongo" Humphries: $3,205
– Hitomi Akano: $1,450 (doesn’t include undisclosed extra cash from 11th-hour negotiations)

PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS
– Luke Rockhold: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus) def. Buck Meredith $1,540
– Eric Lawson $9,950 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Waylon Kennell $1,950
– Raul Castillo $6,890 (includes $3,500 win bonus) def. Brandon Michaels $1,500
– James Terry $3,940 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Zak Bucia $1,500
– Shingo Kohara $940 (no win bonus) def. Jeremy Tavares $940


Underpaid: No wonder Nick Diaz is so pissed off all the time — his to-show salary was just 8% of Frank Shamrock’s. As a headliner (and honestly, just as big an MMA star as Frank), Diaz should have earned at least double what he took home, but maybe there wasn’t any more money left in the coffers after Shamrock’s bloated salary was paid out. (Remember, Strikeforce only earned about $750,000 off the gate.) And can we talk about Hitomi Akano? Holy shit. They bring her in from Japan to get murdered by a woman who’s at least one weight-class above her (and turned out to be two), and they were going to pay her less than $2,000 for her troubles? I hope those final negotiations were fruitful, because that’s freakin’ criminal.

Overpaid: Yeah, I know Frank Shamrock has been carrying Strikeforce on his back for the last three years, but it’s time to start paying him market value, because he’s seriously affecting their profit margin. Plus, being a punching bag for a round-and-a-half shouldn’t entitle you to that much cash. Frank’s headliner days are coming to an end, and it might be time for a Vera-esque renegotiation.