Strikeforce weigh-in results for 'Melendez vs Thomson'

by James Iannotti on Jun 27, 2008 1:25 AM EDT

Strikeforce weigh-in results

The weigh-ins for Strikeforce: "Melendez vs Thomson" are in the books.

And eventually, after one fighter (Riggs) was told he would not be cleared to fight, and others took multiple attempts to cut a few extra pounds, everybody finally made weight.

After what has been a hectic day for some of the fighters on this card, we're now through with the last of the formalities and a matter of hours away from show time.

The under card bouts will begin around 9:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m local) at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. HDNet will begin its broadcast an hour later at 10:30 p.m ET (7:30 p.m local) and the main card action will begin about a half hour later.

Here are the final weights for each of the fighters competing tomorrow night:

Main card (televised portion):

155 lbs.: Lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez (155) vs. Josh Thomson (155)
145 lbs: Miesha Tate (145) vs. Elaina Maxwell (146)
205 lbs: Light Heavyweight Championship: Bobby Southworth (205) vs. Anthony Ruiz (203)
185 lbs: Jeremiah Metcalf (185) vs. Raymond Daniels (184)
155 lbs: Billy Evangelista (155) vs. Nam Phan (154)
135 lbs: Chris Cariaso (135.5) vs. Anthony Figueroa (134.5)

Under card (may not be televised):

185 lbs: Jesse Gillespie (186) vs. Eric Lawson (185) (swing bout)
155 lbs: Bobby Stack (155) vs. Jose Palacios (155)
155 lbs: Eric Jacob (156) vs. Alexander Trivino (156)
205 lbs: Jorge Interiano (201) vs. Travis Johnson (205)
170 lbs: Cyrillo Padhillo (169) vs. Jesse Jones (169)
140 lbs: Bryan Caraway (140) vs. Alvin Cacdac (141)

Note: fighters are allowed one extra pound in non-title fights for clothing

It should be an action packed night of fights tomorrow night from San Jose. We'll have all the updates and results for you right here on MMAmania.com before, during and after the show.

Check in early and often.

Thanks as always to Tracy Lee at CombatLifestyle.com for the weigh-in pics. To check out the entire gallery click here.

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Come on Gilbert!!

by ( (Adam G) ) on Jun 27, 2008 2:04 AM EDT reply actions

Drew Fickett has been pulled off of this CARD!!!

by john on Jun 27, 2008 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions

gilbert has this fight easy.

by ~Stinky~fingers~ on Jun 27, 2008 2:14 AM EDT reply actions

quite a few fighter’s on here I don’t know… is this a good card?…. anyone know?

by THORAZINE on Jun 27, 2008 2:24 AM EDT reply actions

IT’S DEF WORTH WATCHING! WATCH OUT FOR THE FICKETT FIGHT!!!

by LOTTOWINNER on Jun 27, 2008 3:18 AM EDT reply actions

I’ll just be watching the Main Event.
Riggs is off of the card for now
but ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……….

by RipTheSystem on Jun 27, 2008 3:23 AM EDT reply actions

no riggsy?… no watchy…

by Andiesel on Jun 27, 2008 4:27 AM EDT reply actions

REALLY??? Joe Diesel has hardcore fans? That comes as a surprise to me. If you are not watching the card because Riggs is not on it, I would guess that you only watch the UFC and Riggs is the only name that you recognize, even though a couple of other fighters on the card have fought in the UFC… And Gilbert is was of the TOP fighters in all weightclasses!

I am getting HDnet next Sunday. I am really mad that I can’t get it for today, WTF! My brother gets the channel so I can get him to DVR it. My 50 yr old stoner neighbor has the channel too, so maybe I’ll have him dvr it and then I’ll watch it tomorrow and smoke him up. That’ll work for me, and I KNOW it’ll work for him.

Does anyone know odds for the main event? Is it being offered any where? Melendez would no doubt be the favorite. But the question is, how big a favorite? If I could get Da Punk at +400 I’d throw a very small amount of money on him. Gilbert is a fighter that has been flying under the main stream radar, since, forever – because he’s never fought in the UFC. He is an absolute, can’t miss, stud.

ALSO, everybody be on the look out for Raymond Daniels. As long as he has worked on his sprawl and has it down really good, he will indeed prove to be The Real Deal.

Drew Fickett is a joke and a complete waste of talent. Turns down a title fight on CBS to fight in his cousin’s, classmate’s uncle’s house. I am happy to hear that he is no longer on the card. He doesn’t deserve to ever to on a televised card again, unless its against Jake Shields so Jake can beat him senseless.

by ViolentMike on Jun 27, 2008 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Very cool. BetUs has the odds for this event, but Thomson is only +285. Not good enough for me…

The below is copy/pasted from the BetUs site:

Fri 6/27 713 Miesha Tate +220

10:00PM (EST) 714 Tim Sylvia -300

They have Tim Sylvia fighting in a 145 female fight! LOLOLOL

by ViolentMike on Jun 27, 2008 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions

Gilbert Melendez -385
Josh Thomson +295

Joe Riggs -360
Luke Stewart +270

Bobby Southworth -250
Anthony Ruiz +190

Nam Phan -150
Billy Evangelista +120

Elaina Maxwell -285
Miesha Tate +225

DREAM 5 Odds

Tatsuya Kawajiri -135 Eddie Alvarez +105

Shinya Aoki -325
Caol Uno +250

by john on Jun 27, 2008 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions

JOHN. was it the real you or the fake john saying that fedor broke his arm in practice on the josh thompson interview thread. that dude needs to get a life.

by b.w on Jun 27, 2008 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions

it was really me!

by john on Jun 27, 2008 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

great investment

by roy on Jun 27, 2008 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Fickett is out

by luke on Jun 27, 2008 7:03 AM EDT reply actions

yep he’s out, his contract with MFC out of canada is preventing this fight because he fights ryan ford on there card july 25th…

by Dubyac on Jun 27, 2008 7:42 AM EDT reply actions

Thanks for the info!

by chefdaddy on Jun 27, 2008 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Sad when Bobby Southworth is a champion…What does that say for the division.

by FukStyck on Jun 27, 2008 8:18 AM EDT reply actions

I hope to god bobby gets his ass beat and we never see him again.

by Matt A on Jun 27, 2008 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions

I would bet money that Bobby Soutworth was one of the fighters that had to continue to cut weight. Remember that moron on TUF 1? Koscheck was dragging him into the sawna and Bobby really thought he was going to die, lol.

by ViolentMike on Jun 27, 2008 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes I remember his stint on Season 1 of TUF.
What a moron, why would you come in that much over weight knowing you had to fight, then be a HUGE baby about it when he had to get in the sauna.

Props to Kos for being an awesome teammate and helping him out.

by Matt A on Jun 27, 2008 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions

Bobby and Kos were complete dicks on season one, constantly screwing with Leben. Bobby is an ass clown.

by Jabroni Jones on Jun 27, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Im pumped to see Daniels… and interested in seeing how he is gonna adapt he’s style to MMA.

Cocky arrogant bastard, but damn he is awesome to watch.

by cmon_chokehim on Jun 27, 2008 9:05 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah from the clips that I watched that Violentmike provided for us, I am looking forward to watching this fight for sure!

by john on Jun 27, 2008 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

WOW

by the_mexicutioner on Jun 27, 2008 9:06 AM EDT reply actions

Boycott one-word posts! Also, two things that should never appear in the same sentence are “Bobby Southworth” and “title fight.” Except, of course, for the sentence I just wrote.

by PW on Jun 27, 2008 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions