Mark Miller vs. Deray Davis update: Miller’s management team speaks on canceled Strikeforce fight

Update 11/10/09 8:00 PM EST: Reports from both Sherdog & Bloody Elbow have confirmed that both Mark Miller and Deray Davis have been paid their win bonuses as well as their appearance fees.

Also, as a show of good faith Strikeforce made attempts to book both fighters at local events. 

Below is ULTMMA's earlier report

ULTMMA (www.ultmma.com) contacted a representative at Knockout Reps which manages Mark Miller

From a email with Mark's management at www.KOreps.com

"He (Mark Miller) obviously wanted to fight. I can't charge his sponsor since he didn't actually fight. We will try and transfer most of them to his next fight. One problem is that 2 of the sponsors were Chicago based, hopefully they will still support his next bout.

Strikeforce did pay him his 'show' money, but they still took out the 'corner man fee'."

Either way we greatly appreciate our partners-Jaco Clothing, Hayabusa, World Fight Shop, Immortal Apparel, Guerrilla Fight, Another Dimension Tatoos and Rockwell Watches. We look forward to Mark fighting in the VERY near future."

An undercard bout between local fighters Mark Miller and Deray Davis was canceled for undisclosed reasons as both men were set to make their walk to the cage.

According to various onsite media reports Miller and Davis were informed their fight was being pushed back until after the main event so that Strikeforce could insure that the Marloes Coenen vs. Roxanne Modafferi was finished prior to the CBS telecast.

Following the Fedor vs. Rogers bout the Miller-Davis was officially canceled by Strikeforce officials. For Miller and Davis this is a tough pill to swallow after putting in a full training camp for your opponent, securing sponsors, and getting amped to compete in the cage.