MMA Quick Quote: Gilbert Melendez mulls move to UFC

Gilbert is the Man! He wants to come to the UFC, the UFC at least better offer him whatever strikeforce was paying him and get him in the octagon ASAP! If not we will have to keep watching him fight Josh THompson or Kawajiri over and over again….because there is no one else in strikeforce tro challenge him

Basically he wants to come to the UFC if the money is right! Get-r-Done Dana!

I get the feeling that he wouldn’t cut it in the UFC or at least won’t win his first match. No particular reason or insight just a gut feeling. Very talented though.

I get the same feeling. He hasn’t done well against wrestlers (Ishida and Thompson) and the lightweight division is full of wrestlers (Maynard, Guida, Edgar, Griffin, Sherk, Pelligrino, and a bunch more)

FYI, Melendez use to fight at 145lbs and moved up to 155lbs, I think he’s an average sized 155lbs and I personally would like to see how he does at 145lbs in the WEC. However, the $$ is in the UFC and I can see why he wants to go there.

ehoglund??? WTF? are u confusing Melendez with Philipe Nover??… go online study more about the UFC & MMA.. comeback on this forum in a few mths’ when u learn something..lol,

quoting john from above

“Speaking of the WEC 145 lb division, does anyone think that Phillipe NOver might be too small for 155 in the UFC? Or does he just need to improve on his wrestling?”

 i was just pointing out that it was nover’s first time down at 155, forget what interview i read it in though.

ehoglund..lol… sorry there guy… I scrolled to see if u might be responding to someone, I missed John’s ques about Nover… again, sorry.

I do agree that Nover is a good size 155lbr, he really looked like a 1st yr JV wrestler I do some assistance coaching for wrestling so it’s obvious to me. The good news is that if Nover applies himself in wrestling he should show ‘great improvement’ in his 1st 2 yrs.

haha its all good, and yeah he had nothing on efrain’s wrestling, he just needs to get to a better camp where there will work on those things. i think he could make waves pretty soon but is def not the “next silva” (maybe in a loooong time but i doubt it)

I think Edgar, Guida, Griffin and Nate will never make serious runs at a title shot but will always make cards worth watching and sparks will always be flying with any of them, gauranteed! Kind of like a Karro situation, some good wins but not the ones that really count. As soon as one of them gets close enough to the top that they can smell the leather from the belt around Penns gut they will lose and fall back down the ladder, like Guida/Huerta, Griffin/Sherk, Edgar/Maynard, Diaz hasnt got caught yet butonce he fights a real killer like a Florian, Sanchez or Sherk. I dont see any of those 4 seeing Penn in the ring cause they wont make it through the long road it takes to get there but will always be exciting.

That list is perfect exept for melendez… deff shouldnt be #5… and how can you put melendez over thompson?

Because Bert wasnt himself in that fight, ive never seen him like that. And i havent seen enough of Thomson against other opponents like Gilbert but all the guys above him i know are credible and great fighters.