*Official* Strikeforce: Melendez vs Thomson Thread - Tonight on HDNet

[LEONARD]

Strikeforce: June 27, 2008 in San Jose, California (on HDNet)

-Gilbert Melendez (#6 LW) vs. Josh Thomson
-Bobby Southworth vs. Anthony Ruiz
-Jeremiah Metcalf vs. Raymond Daniels
-Nam Phan vs. Billy Evangelista
-Elaina Maxwell vs. Meisha Tate
-Chris Cariaso vs. Anthony Figueroa
-Jesse Gillespie vs. Dave Martin
-Bobby Stack vs. Jose Palacios
-Alvin Cacdac vs. Brian Caraway
-Cyrillo Padhillo vs. Jesse Jones
-Eric Jacob vs. Alexander Trivino
-Josh Neal vs. Travis Johnson

Promo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shVdGCeVK6s

Previews/Pics
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=13437
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=6591
http://mmajunkie.com/news/4670/melendez-fight-with-thomson-could-be-better-than-shamrock-vs-le.mma

Weigh-in Results
http://mmamania.com/2008/06/27/strikeforce-weigh-in-results-for-melendez-vs-thomson/
Pics - http://www.combatlifestyle.com/pics/view_album.php?id=990
Video - http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1661

Josh Thomson articles
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=13416
http://mmamania.com/2008/06/27/ready-or-not-mmamaniacom-exclusive-interview-with-josh-thomson/

Raymond Daniels article…he’s supposed to have something…probably a prime candidate to get taken down and sub’d early though…
http://mmajunkie.com/news/4636/the-next-cung-le-raymond-daniels-debuts-friday-with-strikeforce.mma

KO highlight reel and other videos of Daniels…a little too cocky maybe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrHIHaBiGkc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKNxKWQqyqs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4hVMfi_5cU

Odds (Riggs out, Fickett in, Fickett out, nobody in)
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/6/26/559170/strikeforce-melendez-vs-th

[Evan]

Affliction needs to put on cards like these if they want to stay in business.

[LEONARD]

Miesha Tate :fro

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/2616031159_a8c56706ba.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2616031169_7d70576d62.jpg

http://www.cagepotato.com/2008/06/27/another-reason-to-watch-strikeforce-tonight/

[Evan]

oh wow!!!!!!!!!

[LEONARD]

Turd...

Melendez vs Thomson wasn't bad, but overall, not much to see...

Nicely put together event but the fights didn't deliver...

[Evan]

Yeah it’s a shame, they have such good production and they put on sucha good show but the fights were mildly interesting at best. Not their fault, good card and I have seen a few of their shows who had no names yet were incredible fights…just bad luck.

I can't believe I fell asleep in round 1…I haven't fallen asleep watching TV since I was in high school.

Gilbert has a lot of work to do.

[djohn14]

Glade I didnt order it....I still dont know if I want to order Affliction or watch UFC on Spike. I dont have Tivo and my dvd recorder is broken. I know it will be replayed later on Spike, but by then Ill already know who won and that takes the fun out of it. Anyone want to help me decide?

[Evan]

Glade I didnt order it

This was free on HDnet


....I still dont know if I want to order Affliction or watch UFC on Spike. I dont have Tivo and my dvd recorder is broken. I know it will be replayed later on Spike, but by then Ill already know who won and that takes the fun out of it. Anyone want to help me decide?


I spend so much already on MMA PPV I'm now going with spike for free and I was going to order affliction.

[dallaskd]

wtf melendez? hes dropped 2 out of 3

[SAtoDallas]

Melendez was totally outclassed that night props to Thomson.