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[TheNatureBoy]

Nice to see a Strikeforce prospect who came up through the ranks on the Challenger series go out as the last WW champ.

They got Coker out there shilling for Showtime

 

[jackswstd]

Nate always slips up when on the brink.

 

[Mowgli]

Barnett look like hes definately off roids. Turtle neck with a block head.

 

[puppetmaster]

Junior Dos Santos' Doctors Say He Over Trained - FightLine.com



I hate when this stuff gets out.





-P-

 

[jackswstd]

All that muscle he put on.

 

[Jutt]

Junior Dos Santos' Doctors Say He Over Trained - FightLine.com



I hate when this stuff gets out.





-P-

I knew something like this was going to come out eventually. I figured itd be a report of him getting injured in camp or something

 

[Kenny West]

Melendez vs Bendo for UFC on Fox in April!!

 

[puppetmaster]

Melendez vs Bendo for UFC on Fox in April!!

Gil is going to get worked.





-P-

 

[Jutt]

Melendez vs Bendo for UFC on Fox in April!!

Bendo gon wax Gil

 

[bsmooth]

Would be cool if they did a UFC vs SF type of card, especially since I believe the card is in Strikeforce's home territory in San Jose

DC/Mir, Rockhold/Weidman, Tarec/Kampmann

 

[Roman Brady]

Melendez vs Bendo for UFC on Fox in April!!

it aint official is it?

 

[Basik77]

Can't wait for this to go down!!

 

[TheNatureBoy]

it aint official is it?

Not set in stone yet, but that is what the UFC wants to do
UFC on FOX 7 targeted for Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez lightweight title fight - MMA Fighting

I think cats are sleeping on Melendez. I still favor Ben if they fight, but Melendez isn't an easy fight for any LW. I don't see Ben being able to finish him and he has better wrestling than Diaz and his striking has improved over the years. Will probably be a closer fight than the Nate one.

Cormeir training with Segal now too

 

[Ralph Wiggum]

Bendo gon wax Gil

Nick getting bodied in march, melendez getting that work in april....bout to prove them gracie fighters aint shyt but gatekeepers

 

[pez]

Nick getting bodied in march, melendez getting that work in april....bout to prove them gracie fighters aint shyt but gatekeepers

That comment kind of hurt my soul a little bit. I love those guys at that camp. It's mostly about the Diaz bros. They fight like fighters 'pose to fight. But they don't play the game and never fight 'safe'. They're balls out just there to whip ass but obviously, when they collide with someone who is disciplined to not meet them at that level, the Diaz bros will lose.

I think Gil is smarter than the Diaz bros in that aspect but you're right. Bendo's gonna be too good for Gil. Gil had a really good run though. He embarrassed Aoki so bad. I'll never forget how terrible Aoki looked. And how he literally rolled Kawajiri. That was Ether for Japan. 2nd most painful thing to happen to the Japanese since the Atomic bomb hit Hiroshima. Never forget.