Thomson shuts down Melendez to become the new Strikeforce LW Champion

On a side note MMAweekly.com Mike Afromowitz of Strikeforce said that there is a chance Le's first title defense may be against former PRIDE star and Middleweight Grand Prix Champion Kazuo Misaki in the fall. This would be a great test for Le as a first title defense as Misaki is known for beating fighters who take him lightly. Misaki has wins over Denis Kang and former PRIDE Welterweight Champion Dan Henderson.

“You know, it’s a possibility he might wind up fighting (Kazuo) Misaki, who we were hoping he’d fight last November, but there was scheduling conflicts on Misaki’s side, so it didn’t happen,” Afromowitz commented on potential opponents. “Misaki’s a fighter that we recently signed, so Cung may wind up fighting him or he may just go back and fight Frank (Shamrock) again for his next fight, but he’ll be back.”

Misaki has not fought since his win over Logan Clark at Sengoku WVR : Third Battle.

Picture from MMAjunkie.comFor those of you who were fortunate enough like myself to have HDnet we got to watch Strikeforce's "Melendez Vs Thomson". Who would have known that Thomson would come out in yesterday's main event and shut down Melendez five rounds to none. Thomson's mouth piece for the fight had the word "Champ" on it. Which showed Thomson's confidence after being out for 9 months with a shoulder injury. Congratulations to Thomson on his win over Melendez.

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