Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal

Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal

Main card (Showtime)

• Lightweight Championship bout:  Gilbert Melendez vs.  Jorge Masvidal

Melendez defeated Masvidal via unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) to retain the Strikeforce Lightweight Championship.

• Women’s Featherweight Championship bout:  Cristiane Santos (c) vs.  Hiroko Yamanaka

Santos defeated Yamanaka via TKO (punches) at 0:16 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout:  Gegard Mousasi vs.  Ovince St. Preux

Mousasi defeated St. Preux via unanimous decision. (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• Lightweight bout:  KJ Noons vs.  Billy Evangelista

Noons defeated Evangelista via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

Preliminary card

• Lightweight bout:  Caros Fodor vs.  Justin Wilcox

Fodor defeated Wilcox via KO (punches) at 0:13 of round 1.

• Catchweight (181 lbs) bout:  Jerron Peoples vs.  Roger Bowling

Bowling defeated Peoples via KO (punches) at 0:42 of round 1.

• Heavyweight bout:  Devin Cole vs.  Gabriel Salinas-Jones

Cole defeated Salinas-Jones via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

• Middleweight bout:  Fernando Gonzalez vs.  Eddie Mendez

Mendez defeated Gonzalez via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28).

• Welterweight bout:  Herman Terrado vs.  Chris Brown

Terrado defeated Brown via submission (armbar) at 4:05 of round 3.