The Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California is the site of tonight’s Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal event.
The preliminary card is set to kick off at 8pm EST (5pm PST), with the Showtime broadcast beginning at 10pm EST. Check your local listings for telecast timings for those fans living on the West Coast.
The television broadcast features a four fight main card and is headlined by a lightweight championship bout with title holder, Gilbert ‘El Nino’ Melendez defending his title against Jorge ‘Gamebread’ Masvidal. The co-main event sees female featherweight champion Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos square off against Japanese fighter Hiroko Yamanaka.
For those fans looking for ‘Round-by-Round’ coverage visit Sherdog.com.
The full ‘Quick Results’ for Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal are as follows:
Main Card (Showtime)
Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez def. Jorge Masvidal via Unanimous Decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)
**Women’s Featherweight Championship bout: Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos def. Hiroko Yamanaka via Technical Knockout (Punches) – R1 @ 0:16
Light heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi def. Ovince St. Preux via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: K.J. Noons def. Billy Evangelista via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: Caros Fodor def. Justin Wilcox via Knockout (Punches) – R1 @ 0:13
Catchweight (179 lbs) bout: Roger Bowling def. Jerron Peoples via Knockout (Punches) – R1 @ 0:42
Heavyweight bout: Devin Cole def. Gabriel Salinas-Jones via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Middleweight bout: Eddie Mendez def. Fernando Gonzalez via Split Decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Welterweight bout: Herman Terrado def. Chris Brown via Submission (Armbar) – R3 @ 4:05
** ‘Cyborg’ won by TKO and not KO, despite the announcement during last nights broadcast that it was by “Knockout”. Not the first time Strikeforce has done that during the result announcement. **