Strikeforce results: Thomson upsets Melendez!
June 28, 2008 by Dave Carpinello
Josh Thomson came out and didn’t care if he was fighting a friend and training partner. Thomson won all five rounds with his accurate striking that most fans have never seen. Melendez was unable to counter the relentless left body kicks, straight right kicks, punch combos and seven takedowns that Thomson featured!
Here are the quick results:
Strikeforce World Lightweight Title:
Josh “The Punk” Thomson def. Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez via Decision (unanimous) - R5, 5:00 (Thomson claims the Strikeforce lightweight championship)
Lightweight:
Billy Evangelista def. Nam Phan via Decision (split) - R3, 5:00
Strikeforce World Light Heavyweight Title:
Bobby Southworth def. Anthony “El Toro” Ruiz via Decision (unanimous) - R5, 5:00 (Southworth successfully defends his Strikeforce light heavyweight championship)
Meisha Tate def. Elaina Maxwell via Decision (unanimous) - R3, 3:00
Jeremiah Metcalf def. Raymond Daniels via Submission (rear naked choke) - R2, 0:59
Chris Cariaso def. Anthony Figueroa via Submission (rear naked choke) - R2, 4:34
Bobby Stack def. Jose Palacios via Decision (unanimous) - R3, 5:00
Brian Caraway def. Alvin Cacdac via Submission (rear naked choke) - R1, 1:39
Undercard:
Cyrillo Padhillo def. Jesse Jones via Unanimous Decision
Eric Lawson def. Jesse Gillespie via Submission - RNC Round 1 (1:03)
Jorge Interiano def. Travis Johnson by TKO - Doctors Stoppage Round 2 (3:00)
Alexander Trivino def. Eric Jacob via Submission - Armbar Round 1 (0:37)
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HAH! Knew Thompson was gonna pull this one out, Melendez has been in a spiral lately!
Dave Carpinello?
I don’t think i’ve ever seen you post..
anyway,
I’m so happy for Thomson. I knew he would win. I haven’t seen any of his fights aside from the ones he had back with the UFC, but those were enough to make me confident..
great job to Thomson, he really deserved this..
ps- i hope you don’t catch any flack for putting a result in the headline.. there’s a few guys that crazy over that stuff
There’s some inaccurate info here. My boy Eric Lawson was fighting Jesse Gillespie and won by rear naked choke only 1:03 into Round 1.
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=13463