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By FCF Staff

After much speculation and debate over the last few months, as to who Gilbert Melendez will fight next, Strikeforce has announced that he will defend his lightweight title against the resurgent Pat Healy on September 29^th… Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

After Pat Healy tapped out rising lightweight Caros Fodor in March, to score his fourth straight win under the Strikeforce banner, it didn’t take long for the speculation to begin as to who the surging veteran would … Read More

By FCF Staff

Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez is a talented fighter isolated to a dying promotion, Strikeforce, and only has one challenger left.

After his recent split decision victory against Josh Thomson, in a trilogy fight that didn’t garner … Read More

By FCF Staff

The California State Athletic Commission has released the payroll figures for Strikeforce’s latest event on Saturday in San Jose, and not surprisingly, former UFC champion Josh Barnett and current lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez were among the leaders.… Read More

By FCF Staff

Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez will battle for a third time, as  a rubber match between the two men has been booked for Strikeforce’s upcoming May 19^th card.

Following his unanimous decision win over KJ Noons … Read More

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Caros “The Future” Fodor talks with Full Contact Fighter correspondent Scott Corl about Fodor’s stunning 13 second KO of fellow Strikeforce lightweight rising star Justin Wilcox on Dec. 17 in San Diego, Calif.

Fodor discusses a potential showdown with … Read More

By FCF Staff

The California State Athletic Commission has released the payroll figures for Strikeforce’s latest event Saturday night in San Diego, and lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez and Gegard Mousasi led they way.

According to the CSAC figures, Melendez earned … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Caros “The Future” Fodor couldn’t have asked for a better way to demonstrate that he is a considerable threat in the here-and-now Saturday night, as the lightweight knocked out fellow Strikeforce contender Justin Wilcox in just 13 … Read More

Says Jorge Masvidal Can “Beat Anyone on Any Given Night”

By Kelsey Mowatt

Several weeks ago, it seemed like for many observers throughout the MMA world, Gilbert Melendez’s bout with Jorge Masvidal Saturday was somewhat of an afterthought. After all, … Read More

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Strikeforce lightweight superstar Josh Thomson talks with Full Contact Fighter correspondent Jimmy Smith about his recent injury, his future plans, the recent UFC championship defeat suffered by his teammate, heavyweight Cain Velasquez, and gives a breakdown of next month’s … Read More

By FCF Staff

After weeks of speculation as to whether Gilbert Melendez would compete for Strikeforce or the UFC next, the former has announced this afternoon that indeed the lightweight champion will fight Jorge Masvidal on December 17^th.… Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

It’s looking like Jorge Masvidal’s impressive, unanimous decision win over KJ Noons in June has earned him a title fight Gilbert Melendez, a match-up that the Strikeforce Lightweight Champion recently told FCF he would welcome. While Melendez … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez is arguably the best 155 pound fighter in the world.  So news that his next title defense may be against Jorge Masdival, who is not a top 10 ranked fighter according to … Read More

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Former Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Josh Thomson talks about his health, his upcoming fight with Maximo Blanco on Sept. 10, and his rivalry with the man who took his title – Gilbert Melendez.

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After recapping his teammate Alexis Vila’s win at Bellator last weekend, lightweight superstar Jorge Masvidal talks with Full Contact Fighter about his highly-anticipated showdown with Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez on Dec. 17.

Masvidal also discusses how he feels … Read More

By Press Release

SANTA MONICA, CALIF (October 19, 2016) – The anticipated mixed martial arts debut of flyweight Keri Melendez will come against Sheila Padilla (2-0) during the main card of “Bellator 165: Chandler vs. Henderson” at the SAP Center … Read More

By FCF Staff

The MMA world is still buzzing from the news that Gilbert Melendez is not Bellator bound after all, but  instead, the lightweight contender has resigned with the UFC and will fight champ Anthony Pettis later this year. … Read More