Friday nights see's one of the most highly anticipated Strikeforce card which matches Gilbert Melendez against. Josh Thomson.
Gilbert MelendezHe has a record of 14-1. He defeated Clay Guida to become the Strikeforce Lightweight Champion. Melendez holds victories over legendary Japanese fighters Rumina Sato and Tatsuya Kawajiri. Melendez suffered his only professional loss at Yarennoka!, losing to Mitsuhiro Ishida via unanimous decision. In his most recent fight, he successfully defended his Strikeforce Lightweight title against Gabe Lemley at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le.
Josh Thompson holds a professional MMA record of 12 wins and 2 losses. He defeated Nam Pham via unanimous decision at Strike Force's Triple Threat event on December 8, 2006. In his last fight, he defeated Nick Gonzalez with a rear naked choke at Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni.
So you can see just why many fight fans are rubbing thier hands at the prospect of seeing these two fighters face each other. The rest of the card is:
Bobby Southworth vs. Anthony Ruiz
Joe Riggs vs. Luke Stewart
Nam Phan vs. Billy Evangelista
Elaina Maxwell vs. Miesha Tate
Luke Stewart vs. Joe Riggs
Bobby Stack vs. Jose Palacios
Jeremiah Metcalf vs. Ray Daniels
Cyrillo Padilha vs. Jesse Jones
Sunday see's the opening round of the K-1 World GP.
We will as always keep you informed of all the results, Until then have a great weekend and dont forget to visit.
