Following tonight's UFC on FOX 7 main card keep it locked to MMASucka.com for the post-fight press conference.
Expected to meet with the media are main event fighters Benson Henderson and Gilbert Melendez.
The lightweight title was on the line in the main event as Benson Henderson took on Strikeforce Champion Gilbert Melendez.
Melendez was very calm in the first stanza of the championship fight. He landed nice leg-kicks and punches on the champion. Henderson however seemed fairly tentative to start the fight.
The former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and Strikeforce Grand Prix Champion Daniel Cormier battle in the co-main event.
Mir began the round by throwing four to five head-kicks that missed within the first minute of the fight. For the better part of the round Cormier had Mir pushed up against the fence and he landed nasty punches and knees which slowed Mir down.
In what could be Nate Diaz's last lightweight battle, he entered the octagon against Josh "The Punk" Thomson.
The taunting from Diaz began right when the referee told the two men to fight. Thomson switched from orthodox to southpaw with almost every step he took in the first few minutes of the round.
With two 2013 Pearls SFL events in the books, Super Fight League’s Friday Fight Nights series returns with another amazing fight card for the April 26 Pearls SFL 16 event. Two fighters will make their promotional debut in the night’s Main Event as India’s Sascha Sharma goes toe-to-toe against Spain’s Marca Gomez Sariol in a lightweight battle.
On Saturday night in the co-main event at UFC on FOX 7 former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir will square off against Strikeforce Grand Prix Champion Daniel Cormier.
Cormier hasn't been doing too much talking, but Mir has been talking a lot and tonight he continued.
Tomorrow night live on the FOX network MMA fans will be treated to one of the best (on paper) UFC cards this year.
The four fight main card is headlined by a lightweight title fight between UFC champ Benson Henderson and Strikeforce kingpin Gilbert Melendez. In the co-main event Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion Daniel Cormier will step in the cage against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir.
