All the fighters slated to participate in tomorrow night’s “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal” event tipped the scales Friday inside the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California.
Saturday’s show will be headlined by a lightweight title bout between champion Gilbert Melendez (Pictured) and Jorge Masvidal. Women’s featherweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos defends her throne against Hiroko Yamanaka in the night’s co-main event.
The Showtime broadcast begins at 10:30PM ET/PT.
Here are the official results from today’s weigh-ins:
Preliminary Bouts:
Herman Terrado (170.5) vs. Chris Brown (170)
Fernando Gonzalez (186) vs. Eddie Mendez (186)
Devin Cole (248) vs. Gabriel Salinas-Jones (265)
Roger Bowling (170) vs. Jerron Peoples (180.5)*
Justin Wilcox (156) vs. Caros Fodor (156)
Main Bouts:
K.J. Noons (156) vs. Billy Evangelista (156)
Gegard Mousasi (206) vs. Ovince St. Preux (206)
Hiroko Yamanaka (145) vs. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (145 – Strikeforce Women’s Featherweight Champion)
Jorge Masvidal (155) vs Gilbert Melendez (155 – Strikeforce Lightweight Champion)
* – Welterweight bout will now be a 181-pound catchweight contest. Peoples was fined 20 percent of his show purse for missing weight.