World of MMA #26

Written by Administrator Saturday, 19 December 2009 17:35

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"El Nino" Gilbert Melendez appears on the World of MMA show to discuss his Lightweight title bout against Josh Thomson.  For those who are unaware about the history betweent these two fighters, they have already fought once before.

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In fact, Melendez only has a couple scratches on his record and one of them is from Thomson when he took the Strikeforce Lightweight Title away from the former Santa Ana resident.

This is their third attempt at a rematch for the belt.  Thomson has had to pull out of the previous fights due to past injuries.  Those injuries almost prevented him from everattempting to defend his title.

This should be a action packed matchup even if it goes the distance of five rounds.  Look for some aggressive striking from Melendez while Thomson may look to take the fight to the ground and attempt to tame the storm that is "El Nino".

This fight will air live on Showtime during thier December 19th event in San Jose, California labeled, "Evolution".  This event will compete with a Zuffa owned Word Extreme Cagefighting event that is being aired on Versus with Donald Cerrone fighting in the main event.

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