Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy

[No More Sorrow]

Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez (c) vs. Pat Healy
Lightweight bout: Josh Thomson vs. Caros Fodor
Welterwieght bout: Jorge Santiago vs. Quinn Mulhern
Light Heavyweight bout: Guto Inocente vs. Gian Villante
Lightweight bout: Isaac Vallie-Flagg vs. Adriano Martins
Light Heavyweight bout: Mike Kyle vs. Dion Staring

This show is about a month away. Glad to see Melendez getting a new challenger, but at the same time i think it's fairly easy to say he'll win this fight. Really hoping Thomson/Fodor isn't a number one contenders fight. Santiago/Mulhern is a number one contenders fight though with the winner getting a shot against Nate Marquardt.​

 

[Troy]

Don't know too much about Pat Healy, he has a good record in Strikeforce but I have seen so few of their events. I wonder how long Melendez will have to keep fighting for Strikeforce, Dana talked about bringing him over a couple of challengers ago but still he hasn't moved. Would be nice to see him face the top guys in UFC and add even more strength to the Lightweight division.

 

[No More Sorrow]

The UFC has been saying they'd help out getting competition for him for like the last year : It never happens, and it's shitty because Melendez is part of the Showtime deal that they've got so he's kind of stuck their with no real options.