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Rodrigo Damm In To Fight Gilbert Melendez at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz

Posted by Kris Karkoski on Apr 6, 2009 at 7:51 pm ET1 Comment
Rodrigo Damm

Rodrigo Damm

On the heels of reports that Lyle Beerbohm and Mitsuhiro Ishida were under consideration to fight Gilbert Melendez on Saturday at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz, The Fight Network is reporting that Rodrigo Damm (8-2) has been tapped to replace the injured Josh Thomson and square off with Melendez (14-2) at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz will headline the Showtime-broadcast event while Melendez-Damm is expected to co-headline the card.

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  • fr702 says:

    Damm has notable wins over: Jorge Masvidal, Kultar Gill and Notable losses to: Luciano Azevedo and Eiji Mitsuoka..
    He was on a 8 fight win streak til his last fight (loss) to Eiji Mitsuoka last August.. Just some info on that stuff I guess…

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