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Dana White: Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez is headed to the UFC, ASAP
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10.02.2011 | 8:43 AM ET
Who would you like to see welcome hin to 155?
I would like to see how he would handle Jim Miller.
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10.02.2011 | 10:58 PM ET
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10.02.2011 | 11:01 PM ET
@Benjamin,
He gets hit by the showtime kick, and isn't KO'ed, he constantly is put in guillotine after guillotine only to escape in amazing ways. He gets put in a kneebar by Jim Miller, and escapes, simply because his leg is stronger than both of Miller's arms!!! The guy is legit for sure.
* Edited at 10.02.2011, 11:01 PM ET *
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10.02.2011 | 11:05 PM ET
I think about the triangle/kimura Cerrone had him in. I thought his damn arn was gonna tear off.......(gif if anyone has it).
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10.02.2011 | 11:08 PM ET
@benjaminbrandt
Exactly what I was gonna say.Its a deep division and the only reason it hasn't changed hands in the last while is because its been stuck between Edgar and Maynard. Once there are some new challengers I see it becoming a hot potato.
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10.02.2011 | 11:32 PM ET
10.02.2011 | 11:34 PM ET
i don't really fault the UFC. they said what they had to say publicly when they bought strikeforce, but in the end it doesn't make any sense to keep a totally separate brand running.
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10.02.2011 | 11:39 PM ET
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10.02.2011 | 11:46 PM ET
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10.02.2011 | 11:54 PM ET
I love all this Ben Henderson love :) He is without a doubt one of my favorite fighters of all time. I think he'll definately hold UFC gold sometime soon. As for Melendez, I've always thought it wrong to take a fighter from a fight and I think it would be really unfair for Masvidal, although I'm really excited to see him fight in the UFC I think he should first honor his committments.
10.03.2011 | 12:04 AM ET
overeem, henderson, shields, diaz, and now melendez. SF champion = ufc contender
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10.03.2011 | 1:14 AM ET
I expected it. It was clear from the beginning that they would operate Strikeforce as a separate promotion only as far as they were contractually required to. They are diluting it so that Showtime won't opt to extend their contract with Strikeforce.
I seem to remember Dana White saying at the time that they bought Strikeforce that they were doing it essentially to acquire talent. They have only been running Strikeforce as a separate promotion because they are contractually obligated to.
* Edited at 10.03.2011, 1:17 AM ET *
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10.03.2011 | 1:15 AM ET
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