The weigh-ins for Friday night’s Strikeforce: “Melendez vs. Thomson” event will be held this Thursday (June 26) at the Dave and Busters in the Great Mall Plaza of Milpitas, Calif. The fighters will begin to tip the scales at 5:30 p.m. local time.
The HDNet televised event will be headlined by the long-awaited Strikeforce lightweight championship bout between champion, Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez (14-1) and number one contender, Josh “The Punk” Thomson (14-2).
The Strikeforce light heavyweight title will also be on the line Friday night, as champion and “The Ultimate Fighter 1″ (TUF) alum Bobby Southworth (8-5) will defend his strap against the hard hitting Anthony “El Toro” Ruiz (20-10).
If you’re in the area and want to get an up close and personal look at these competitors as they go through with the last of the formalities before fight time, make sure and stop by and check it out.
Here’s the Strikeforce: “Melendez vs. Thomson” card in its entirety:
Main card (televised portion):
155 lbs.: Lightweight champion Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez (14-1) vs. Josh “The Punk” Thomson (14-2)
205 lbs.: Light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth (8-5) vs. Anthony “El Toro” Ruiz (20-10)
178 lbs. (catchweight): Luke Stewart (5-1) vs. Joe “Diesel” Riggs (27-10)
185 lbs.: Raymond “The Real Deal” Daniels (0-0) vs. Jeremiah Metcalf (8-4)
155 lbs.: Billy Evangelista (6-0) vs. Nam Phan (14-4)
150 lbs.: (women’s match): Miesha Tate (1-1) vs. Elaina Maxwell (2-2)
135 lbs.: Chris Cariaso (6-1) vs. Anthony “Antdawg” Figueroa (4-2)Under card (May not be broadcast):
190 lbs.: Jesse Gillespie (1-1) vs. Dave Martin (0-1)
155 lbs.: Bobby Stack (4-1) vs. Jose Palacios (3-0)
140 lbs.: Brian Caraway (4-2) vs. Alvin Cacdac (4-3)
170 lbs.: Cyrillo Padhillo (1-2) vs. Jesse Jones (2-0)
155 lbs.: Eric Jacob (1-3) vs. Alexander Trivino (1-0)
190 lbs.: Jorge Interiano (0-0) vs. Travis Johnson (0-0)
The HDNet broadcast will start at 10:30 p.m. ET, airing live from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. MMAmania.com will be the place to check in before, during and after for all the updates and results.
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For those that have not yet seen Melendez fight, climb out frm under the rock u r living under and check this kid out! iMO, he is easily a top 5 lightweight fighter, able to give anyone a run for their money except for BJ Penn. Nobody BEATS PENN!!
i was going to comment the same thing.
listen to this guy.
melendez is a monster at lw
he is a ceaser gracie kid. trust me this man is for real.
he’s a good boxer too… he dominated clay guida for 5 rounds just on his takedown defense and striking skills… i think he’ll dominate the punk in the same fashion…
I am taking Thomson. I know Melendez is bar none a top 4 lightweight in the world, I just think Thomson will have his number.
Anyone know if this will air in Canada? The Fight Network has no listing for it. Can’t find it on TheSource or SportsNet either.
it’s on hdnet. most networks in Canada have it
Thanks. I have Rogers Digital, I’ll have a look for it. Not sure if it’s included in my package. Thanks again.
Bobby Southworth him and his buddy Koscheck giving Leban a hard time. I bet Leban is laughing now. What an @sshole making Dana look like a complete idiot. He is probably barred from every UFC event.
theres an article on sherdog about thomson not being 100% from shoulder surgery that he had couple months ago.
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=13416
im a the only one who is really really looking forward to seeing Raymond “The Real Deal” Daniels in his first MMA-fight?
He’s standup is unreal!
I’m looking forward to it. He’s got some crazy kicks! We’ll see how he does on the ground though.