Comments on: CBSSports.com: Melendez wants to fight Calvancanti http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gilbert Melendez: Return of the Champ http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/comment-page-1/#comment-2913 Gilbert Melendez: Return of the Champ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:57 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/#comment-2913 [...] he puts his Strikeforce Lightweight title on the line against Tetsuji Kato at the Playboy Mansion. Sam Caplan from CBSSports.com recently caught up with Melendez for a brief Q and A [...] [...] he puts his Strikeforce Lightweight title on the line against Tetsuji Kato at the Playboy Mansion. Sam Caplan from CBSSports.com recently caught up with Melendez for a brief Q and A [...]

]]> By: Jeremy http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 Jeremy Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:49:28 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/#comment-2905 Nice article Sam, Gilbert is probably my favortie fighter out there not signed with a major organization. I think we will probably see a good battle(maybe more war of words) between EliteXC and UFC on his negotiations. Nice article Sam, Gilbert is probably my favortie fighter out there not signed with a major organization. I think we will probably see a good battle(maybe more war of words) between EliteXC and UFC on his negotiations.

]]> By: LR http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/comment-page-1/#comment-2904 LR Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:19:46 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/#comment-2904 People thought Ribiero was a tough fight, and it hardly made Calvancanti break a sweat. I think it'd be a great fight, but I agree, K-1 doesn't have much reason to risk the potential benefits of having Calvancanti fight interorganization talent that he can obviously beat. People thought Ribiero was a tough fight, and it hardly made Calvancanti break a sweat. I think it’d be a great fight, but I agree, K-1 doesn’t have much reason to risk the potential benefits of having Calvancanti fight interorganization talent that he can obviously beat.

]]> By: Zach Arnold http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/comment-page-1/#comment-2901 Zach Arnold Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:41:45 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/#comment-2901 When I refer to Calvan as the first true home-grown gaijin, I'm referring to him in the mold of an 'ace' - like a potential Bob Sapp-type figure, not like a Melvin Manhoef-type figure. When I refer to Calvan as the first true home-grown gaijin, I’m referring to him in the mold of an ‘ace’ – like a potential Bob Sapp-type figure, not like a Melvin Manhoef-type figure.

]]> By: Zach Arnold http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/comment-page-1/#comment-2899 Zach Arnold Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:56 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/27/cbssportscom-melendez-wants-to-fight-calvancanti/#comment-2899 What's the incentive for K-1 to book that match? None. Melendez is not a marketable (read: household) name currently right now in Japan. He's already got heat with them over a past contract dispute (the whole 'signature' deal), which led to him working in PRIDE. There's zero reason that HEROs would consider booking the match. The casual MMA fan in Japan wouldn't care a bit. Calvan's going to be the first true homegrown gaijin talent they've produced and they are not going to waste it by booking a tough fight with Melendez. What’s the incentive for K-1 to book that match? None.

Melendez is not a marketable (read: household) name currently right now in Japan. He’s already got heat with them over a past contract dispute (the whole ‘signature’ deal), which led to him working in PRIDE.

There’s zero reason that HEROs would consider booking the match. The casual MMA fan in Japan wouldn’t care a bit. Calvan’s going to be the first true homegrown gaijin talent they’ve produced and they are not going to waste it by booking a tough fight with Melendez.

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