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.
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.
FOX UFC Saturday is just around the corner and that means UFC Tonight has some predictions to make. Dominick Cruz and Kenny Florian take the stage to give their predictions for Daniel Cormier vs Frank Mir and Benson Henderson vs Gilbert Melendez.
This weekend marks the death of Strikeforce, and after the promotion's final event most of the fighters are expected to make their way over to the UFC. I say most and not all because there are many who are fighting for their jobs with Zuffa this weekend, but there have already been a few who have been assured that they will move over to the UFC win or lose on Saturday night in Oklahoma City.
The demise of Strikeforce has been a long time coming, but in just a few days it will finally become a reality.
On Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, the promotion that Scott Coker started in 1986 as a kickboxing venture and that later turned into the No. 2 MMA promotion in the world will finally close down its doors after it holds its last event, Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine.
Las Vegas, Nevada – STRIKEFORCE announced this evening that its event planned for Saturday, Sept. 29 at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, Calif. has been cancelled....
LAS VEGAS – Gilbert Melendez, STRIKEFORCE® lightweight champion and top pound-for-pound fighter, will make his next title defense against veteran and red-hot number one...
