HOUSTON – There have been strong indications that Gilbert Melendez’s run in Strikeforce is over and that his UFC run is just beginning.
Following Saturday’s UFC on Versus 6 event, UFC president Dana White said he wanted the lightweight champ in the UFC “ASAP,” which prompted speculation that Melendez’s headliner with Jorge Masvidal at a December Strikeforce event had been dissolved,
Masvidal and his representatives say the bout is still a go, and while White said today that he isn’t sure when Melendez will make the jump.