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Gilbert Melendez, Gegard Mousasi Top Lightly-Attended Strikeforce Event Payouts
Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez and former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi each made $150,000 for their efforts last Saturday at the promotion's event in San Diego, each nearly topping what the show generated in ticket sales. The California State Athletic...
Frankie Edgar Is the Underdog to Gilbert Melendez
UFC lightweight champ Frankie Edgar gets no respect. When he took the title from B.J. Penn, Penn got an immediate rematch and was favored by odds makers. After beating Penn definitively in the rematch, Edgar was next the underdog to Gray Maynard at UFC 125. Now Edgar, despite being the #1...
Nick Diaz Sparring With Andre Ward, "Will Do Just Fine" In Boxing Says 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": "I...
Gilbert Melendez: "I Think It's Time We Unify Some Titles"
Showtime Poll: Do you want to see UFC fighters vs. Strikeforce fighters? 96% say 'Yes'. Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley coverage
Gilbert Melendez's Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley Video Blog
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...
Can a Fighter Who Isn't in the UFC Be the World's Best?
When Frankie Edgar upset BJ Penn, not once but twice, it was a real paradigm shift in the way many fans view the sport's lightweight division. We had collectively anointed Penn the best fighter in the world at 155 pounds and assumed he was unbeatable in that division. For whatever reason, despite...
Gilbert Melendez Calls Out Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante
"I don’t want MMA to become boxing, with boring fights and fighters who throw one punch the whole round. The winner is the guy who finishes the fight, not caring about what’s on the judges’ scorecards. I feel some guys are afraid to lose and I don’t want that for MMA." "I like watching Maurício...
MMA Live Highlights and Analysis From UFC Fight Night 22
MMA Live Part 1 Of 4 Highlights and analysis from UFC Fight Night 22. Nate Marquardt joins the program following his TKO victory in the main event. MMA Live discusses BJ Penn's next fight against Matt Hughes, and Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez makes his...
If Frankie Edgar, Gray Maynard and B.J. Penn Are Their Best, Does the UFC Really Have the World's Best Lightweights?
Sergio Non makes a strong case that there is a stylistic triangle at the top of the UFC lightweight division: What UFC 118 didn't provide was any reason to favor Edgar in his upcoming rematch with Maynard. Maynard beat Edgar in 2008 by putting him on his back repeatedly, and there's no reason to...
USAT/SBN August MMA Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank 1 Frank Edgar 99 UFC 1 2 B.J. Penn 96 UFC 2 3 Gilbert Melendez 88 Strikeforce 3 4 Kenny Florian 86 UFC 4 5 Shinya Aoki 83 DREAM/Strikeforce 5 6 Eddie...
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