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The FSBC has released the fighter payouts for Strikeforce “Miami.” Keep in mind, these figures represent the base contracted pay the fighter receives from the promotion. These figures do not include any additional undisclosed bonuses or sponsorship money, which in many cases exceeds a fighter’s base pay. These numbers also do not account for taxes, insurance, and license fees.

Fanhouse’s Ariel Helwani caught up with the winners and losers of last night’s Strikeforce ‘Miami’ event. Also, Showtime and Strikeforce have post-fight interviews to check out on their YouTube channels.

Strikeforce “Miami” is currently underway at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Fanhouse’s Ariel Helwani caught up with Marloes Coenen, Robbie Lawler, Matt Hughes*, Bobby Lashley, Herschel Walker, Greg Nagy, Jay Hieron and Joe Riggs to talk about their upcoming fights at Strikeforce “Miami.”

* Matt Hughes is cornering Robbie Lawler, but also talked about fighting Renzo Gracie

Unfortunately, CBS didn’t have time to show the Marloes Coenen vs. Roxanne Modafferi fight that earned Coenen a title shot against Cris Cyborg, but thanks to Showtime we get to see it now.

Nick Diaz, Cris Cyborg and Marloes Coenen talk about their respective title fights on Jan. 30 at Strikeforce “Miami”.

Videos via Fanhouse

Fedor Emelianenko underwent surgery yesterday in Los Angeles to repair a dislocated thumb which will leave him in a cast for four-six weeks, not four-six months as initially suspected.

Emelianenko, 33, was initially thought to have sustained tendon or ligament damage in his left thumb during his second-round TKO victory over Brett Rogers at Strikeforce/M-1 Global “Fedor vs. Rogers” at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The potentially serious injury could have called for complicated surgery and might have kept the world’s No. 1 heavyweight out of training for an estimated 4-6 months.

Instead, the fighter’s reps said two pins were placed in Emelianenko’s hand to correct the dislocation, and that the bone had not fractured nor broken through the skin as is possible with this type of injury. The 15-minute procedure was performed under general anesthesia at a Santa Monica hospital, said M-1 Global officials.

It was also confirmed that Fedor’s nose was not broken. He will resume limited training when he returns to Russia and will be ready to headline another card sometime in the first quarter of 2010.

In other Strikeforce news, it appears Marloes Coenen’s swift victory over Roxanne Modafferi has earned her a title shot against Strikeforce women’s champ Cris Cyborg. They’re currently penciled in for Jan. 30 Strikeforce card in Miami, Florida.

Here’s the Strikeforce “Fedor vs Rogers” post-fight interviews courtesy of Fanhouse.

More after the jump.

A few news and notes coming out of yesterday’s Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” pre-fight press conference below and highlights above.

— The winner of the Fedor-Rogers fight and the Werdum-Silva fight may square off next according to Scott Coker.

“You see the matchup potential between the winner of the Silva-Werdum fight and the winner of the Fedor vs. Rogers fight, so I think it would make sense for those two to fight each other depending on how it goes,” said Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker.

But what about Alistair Overeem? Coker says he’s confident Alistair will return in the first quarter of 2010, so I’m guessing he’s floating this idea out there in case he doesn’t. Overeem last said he would be ready to fight Fedor in April 2010. Speaking of Fedor, he says he has two fights remaining on his contract following the Rogers fight and intends to fulfill them in the US in 2010. He’s not sure what will happen after that.

— The winner of the Coenen-Modafferi will “definitely” fight Cris Cyborg for the Strikeforce 145lbs. women’s title according to Scott Coker.

—Strikeforce’s December 19 event on Showtime will be called “Evolution” and it will take place in San Jose, California. A rumored middleweight match-up between Matt Lindland and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza has been signed. King Mo’s participation on the card has also been confirmed. The main event is currently being negotiated.