When K.J. Noons steps back in the cage on June 18 to face Jorge Masvidal in Strikeforce it won't just be any fight. With a win he gets Gilbert Melendez for the Strikeforce lightweight title....
It has been more than a year since Dana White first declared Gilbert Melendez was making the move to the Octagon. A lengthy, torturous wait is likely to result in an immediate title shot.
It's almost impossible now for Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez to conceal his true feelings. A few months after the promise of a UFC contract seemed as real as the cage...
Jorge Masvidal picked K.J. Noons apart at Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum on Saturday night in Dallas. Now he's hoping that he's done enough to get a shot at Strikeforce lightweight champion...
Welterweight, catchweight or lightweight? It doesn't really matter to K. J. Noons. He's a competitor. Give him an opponent and a weight cap, and he appears up for any challenge. Frankly, ...
All the talk surrounding K.J. Noons vs. Jorge Masvidal is about the title shot that may loom overhead for the winner, but Noons knows that it all goes away if he doesn't beat Masvidal Saturd...
When talking about finding the next contender at lightweight for Gilbert Melendez, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker mentions a few names, but the one that may be at the top of the list is former ...
The competition continues to stiffen for lightweight Ryan Couture. Sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com that Couture is set to meet onetime welterweight title challenger ...
Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez won't need surgery to repair a bad tear to his AC joint, though a timetable for his return is unknown. Melendez's manager and father, Gilb...
For the second time in a month, a Zuffa-affiliated mixed martial arts card has been canceled.