In preparation to face Strikeforce lightweight Pat Healy, current Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez, was practicing wrestling with UFC middleweight Jake Shields. During a scramble...
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Gilbert Melendez Injured, Saturday’s Strikeforce Event CANCELED
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September 24, 2012
For the second time in a month, Zuffa, LLC has been forced to cancel a show. This time, the injury bug has taken a bite out of reigning Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez (Pictured).
The mixed marital arts promotion didn’t report what wound forced Melendez out of Saturday’s event, only that “El Nino” suffered the injury during training. Melendez was set to...
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September 24, 2012
Showtime Issues Statement on Canceled ‘Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy’ Event
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September 24, 2012
Less than 24 hours after Strikeforce announced the cancellation of Saturday’s event, Showtime has issued a press release explaining why the network decided to pull the plug on the show.
As expected, lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez’s (Pictured) abrupt exit, parlayed with the card’s overall lack of star power, was the reason Showtime deleted the card from its lineup.
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Photo: Gilbert Melendez’ separated shoulder
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September 24, 2012
This afternoon, Jake Shields tweeted a picture of the injury that led to the cancellation of this weekends Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy event.
Late last night, Strikeforce officials announced that Saturday’s Strikeforce card was cancelled. “When SHOWTIME informed us that it would not be airing the event, we made the difficult decision to cancel Saturday’s card in Sacramento...
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September 24, 2012
Strikeforce Forced To Cancel Melendez Versus Healy Event
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September 24, 2012
Younger siblings like to copy their older counterparts. Late last night it was announced that Gilbert Melendez was injured during his training camp and had to pull out of his upcoming fight with Pat Healy. The result of this was Showtime letting Zuffa know that they would no longer be airing the Strikeforce event, and [...]
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September 24, 2012
Gilbert Melendez opens up about his shoulder injury
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September 24, 2012
Current Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez, recently suffered a dislocated shoulder injury during his training camp preparing to fight Strikeforce lightweight number one contender...
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Gilbert Melendez injured, Strikeforce event in Sacramento canceled
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Oh boy, here we go again. Current Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez, has suffered an undisclosed injury during training camp which has forced the lightweight champion to pull out...
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Strikeforce announces cancellation of Saturday’s event in Sacramento
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Las Vegas, Nevada – STRIKEFORCE announced this evening that its event planned for Saturday, Sept. 29 at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, Calif. has been cancelled. STRIKEFORCE lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez, who was set to defend his title against Pat Healy, sustained an injury in training that forced his withdrawal from the card.
Without the Melendez-Healy title...
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Showtime issues statement in the wake of Strikeforce event cancellation
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Last Night, Strikeforce, the UFC's sister company, released a statement informing the public that current Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez, suffered a shoulder injury during...
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