Billy Evangelista remained undefeated on Friday in the main event of Strikeforce Challengers 4 in Fresno, California, earning a unanimous decision win over veteran Jorge Gurgel at the Showtime-televised card.

In other main card action, Shane Del Rosario, Luke Rockhold, Merrit Warren, and Thomas Diagne all earned victories.

Overshadowed by Saturday’s CBS-televised “Fedor vs. Rogers” event, Strikeforce tonight hosts Strikeforce Challengers 4: Evangelista vs. Gurgel in Fresno, California. The Showtime-televised card is headlined by undefeated lightweight Billy Evangelista vs. UFC veteran Jorge Gurgel.

A lightweight matchup between UFC veteran Jorge Gurgel and undefeated prospect Billy Evangelista will headline a November 6 “Strikeforce Challengers” event, which airs live on Showtime from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.

More Strikeforce news, including the release of heavyweight Paul Buentello, the signings of Brian Travers and Antwain Britt, the debut of Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier, and updates on Robbie Lawler and Jake Shields vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller, are after the jump…

A plea deal by Jeff Monson on charges of painting graffiti on the Washington Capital could force him to withdraw from several scheduled fight abroad, while a trio of bouts has been added to the lineup for the September 2 WEC 43 event in Youngstown, Ohio.

Details on these stories and the latest MMA news and notes in MMAFrenzy.com’s latest quick hits…

Previously unbeaten hometown favorite Billy Evangelista lost by disputed, controversial second-round disqualification to Mike Aina Friday in the main event of the inaugural Strikeforce Challengers telecast on SHOWTIME. At the finish, neither fighter was satisfied with the outcome at the Save Mart Center.

Weigh-ins for ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers 1, Bellator 7, and MFC 21: Hard Knocks took place on Thursday ahead of tonight's fight cards. Complete weigh-in results, which include notables Bobby Lashley, Trevor Prangley, and Billy Evangelista, are available after the jump.

Lightweights Billy Evangelista and Mike Aina will meet in the main event of the first-ever ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers event on May 15th at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. Kim Couture is also slated to return at the event against an opponent to-be-named.

Former UFC light heavyweight challenger Renato “Babalu” Sobrall will take on Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth at Strikeforce at the Mansion 2 on September 20th, according to MMA Junkie.
According to the report Strikeforce lightweight champ Josh Thomson and Billy Evangelista will also be in action at the event, though opponents have not yet been [...]

Strikeforce 10 “Melendez vs. Thomson” took place on Friday, June 27th, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
The event featured a Strikeforce lightweight championship bout between title-holder Gilbert Melendez and challenger Josh Thomson and a Strikeforce light heavyweight championship fight between reigning-champion Bobby Southworth and challenger Anthony Ruiz.
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Gilbert Melendez (155) vs. Josh Thomson (155)
Strikeforce Lightweight Championship
Bobby Southworth (204.5) vs. Anthony Ruiz (203)
Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship
Elaina Maxwell (146) vs. Miesha Tate (145)
Raymond Daniels (184) vs. Jeremiah Metcalf (185)
Chris Cariaso (135.5) vs. Anthony Figueroa (135)
Nam Phan (154) vs. Billy Evangelista (155)
Jesse Gillespie (186) vs. Eric Lawson (185)
Bobby Stack (155) vs. Jose Palacios (155)
Brian Caraway [...]

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STRIKEFORCE “MELENDEZ VS. THOMSON” BETTING ODDS

Gilbert Melendez (-500) vs. Josh Thomson (+350)
Bobby Southworth (-260) vs. Anthony Ruiz (+200)
Nam Phan (-140) vs. Billy Evangelista (+110)
Elaina Maxwell (-330) vs. Miesha Tate (+260)
Luke Stewart (NA) vs. Drew Fickett (NA)

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Undefeated lightweight up-and-comer Billy Evangelista (6-0) will square off against fellow-lightweight veteran Nam Phan (14-4) at Strikeforce “Melendez vs. Thomson” on June 27th in San Jose, California.
The bout was officially announced by the promotion on Monday.
A wrestling and jiu-jitsu fighter, Evangelista has not been defeated in six professional fights. A veteran of both Strikeforce and [...]

Cung Le def. Frank Shamrock via TKO (injury) – Round 3, 5:00
Drew Fickett def. Jae Suk Lim via submission – Round 1, 1:14
Gilbert Melendez def. Gabe Lemley via TKO – Round 2, 2:18
Wayne Cole def. Mike Kyle via submission – Round 1, 0:45
Joey Villasenor def. Ryan Jensen via KO – Round 1, 4:45
Billy Evangelista def. [...]

All 18 fighters participating in tomorrow’s Strikeforce/EliteXC co-promoted event hit the scales earlier today in San Jose at the official weigh-ins for “Shamrock vs. Le”
Though most of the card made weight the event was not without its own share of issues, continuing the show’s string of recent problems. Frank Shamrock, who will be looking to [...]

Main Card

Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le
Drew Fickett vs. Jae Suk Lim
Gilbert Melendez vs. Gabe Lemley
Mike Kyle vs. Wayne Cole
Joey Villasenor vs. Ryan Jensen

Preliminary Bouts

Marlon Sims vs. Billy Evangelista (swing bout)
Tiki Ghosn vs. Luke Stewart
Darren Uyenoyama vs. Anthony Figueroa
Jesse Jones vs. Jesse Gillespie