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Gilbert Melendez and Gegard Mousasi each topped the fighter salaries for sparsely-attended Saturday's Strikeforce event in San Diego.

UFC lightweight champ Frankie Edgar gets no respect - despite being the #1 lightweight in the USAT/SBN Consensus MMA Rankings is now the underdog in a hypothetical bout against Strikeforce champ and #3 in the rankings Gilbert Melendez.

Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez trains under Cesar Gracie with top UFC contender Jake Shields and Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz. Diaz has been talking about doing some pro boxing (which is allowed under his SF contract) and Melendez thinks he'll "do just fine"

Do you want to see UFC fighters vs. Strikeforce fighters? 96%say Yes.

Take a walk with El Nino before his title defense this Saturday against Tatsuya Kawajiri. The fight between Melendez, reigning Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and Kawajiri, a former Shooto welterweight champion, will be a rematch of a fight that Melendez won on a close, unanimous decision on Dec. 31, 2006.

It is assumed that the best fighters in the world compete inside the famed UFC Octagon. But in the lightweight division, almost as many top 10 fighters call other promotions home. Does the top fighter necessarily have to be UFC champ Frankie Edgar? Jonathan Snowden explores the issue.

Coming off big wins over stalwart opponents like Shinya Aoki and Rodrigo Damm aggressive fighter Gilbert Melendez touts Shogun and asks for JZ

MMA Live Highlights and analysis from UFC Fight Night 22. Nate Marquardt joins the program following his TKO victory in the main event

The UFC has long been believed to have the world's best 155lb MMA fighters, that may not be the case.

Fans of big-time lightweight action are in the midst of a delightful August. In just two days at UFC 118, #1 Frank Edgar will rematch #2 B.J. Penn. It's a rematch of their controversial first bout at UFC 112 when Edgar stole the title in a close decision.