Strikeforce : Melendez Thomson III: A Trilogy in the Making

After the first intense battle between Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez, fight fans demanded a rematch. Their second encounter was the dramatic slugfest in which Melendez won the Strikeforce Lightweight Championship belt. Relive both fights and prepare for the third chapter in the Melendez Thomson trilogy! Live on SHOWTIME, Saturday May 19th at 10PM ET/PT. As a prelude to the STRIKEFORCE: World Grand Prix – Heavyweight Tournament Final on Saturday, May 19, SHOWTIME EXTREME will offer replays of STRIKEFORCE fights featuring the four top fighters on the May 19 event -- Josh Barnett, Daniel Cormier, Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson. Additionally, a number of previous fights including all the heavyweight tournament fights are currently available online at http://sports.SHO.com.

The Saturday, May 19, Barnett-Cormier clash for the World Grand Prix heavyweight championship highlights a live four-fight card on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). In the co-feature at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., Melendez defends his STRIKEFORCE lightweight title against former champ and longtime adversary Thomson in the rubber match of an exciting rivalry. Preliminary matches on SHOWTIME EXTREME begin live at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Relive the Excitement of Barnett, Cormier Tournament Fights,

Melendez-Thomson I & II & More, Weeknights on SHOWTIME EXTREME®

STRIKEFORCE World Grand Prix – Heavyweight Tournament Final

Live on Saturday, May 19, on SHOWTIME, Prelim Fights Live on SHOWTIME EXTREME

Melendez vs. Thomson I
http://sports.sho.com/#/mma/videos/980

Thomson vs. Melendez II
http://sports.sho.com/#/mma/videos/981

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Silva
http://sports.sho.com/#/mma/videos/983

Andrei Arlovski vs. Kharitonov
http://sports.sho.com/#/mma/videos/982

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
http://sports.sho.com/#/mma/videos/984

Brett Rogers vs. Barnett
http://sports.sho.com/#/mma/videos/985

Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
http://sports.sho.com/#/mma/videos/986

Barnett vs. Kharitonov
http://sports.sho.com/#/mma/videos/989

Silva vs. Cormier
http://sports.sho.com/#/mma/videos/990

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