Congrats to Metal Mulisha fighters Nick Diaz and Gilbert Melendez on both kicking ass at the Strikeforce event in San Diego tonight, both with 1st round wins while defending their championships!

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This Saturday, April 9th, Metal Mulisha and Strikeforce hits San Diego along with two of our Mulisha fighters. Metal Mulisha Welterweight World Champion Nick Diaz will defend his title against the Paul “Semtex” Daley. Metal Mulisha’s Gilbert Melendez will make the second defense of his Lightweight Title against Tatsuya Kawajiri. In a potential candidate for Fight of the Year in the main event, sizzling STRIKEFORCE Welterweight (170 pounds) World Champion Nick Diaz (24-7, 1 NC), of Stockton, Calif., will seek his 10th consecutive victory when he defends against the hard-hitting, notorious British striker, Paul “Semtex” Daley (26-9-2), of Nottingham, England.

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Gilbert talks about his shifting priorities trying to balance fighting, school and work and how Jake Shields became a role model for him.

The confrontation between Melendez, a Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu stylist who re-upped with STRIKEFORCE in February, and Kawajiri, a former Shooto welterweight champion, will be a rematch of a fight that Melendez won on a close, unanimous decision on Dec. 31, 2006.

The 5-foot-9 Melendez will be making his first start since scoring a lopsided five-round decision over Aoki on April 17, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn., on SHOWTIME. Melendez has been triumphant in his last four starts, including a unanimous decision over Thomson in a rematch to regain the title on Dec. 19, 2009.

“My hand is healed and I’m 100 percent ready,’’ said Melendez, a highly decorated wrestler and Pride Bushido star who turns 29 on April 12. “I want to prove I’m the No. 1 fighter at 155 in the world. Kawajiri is one of the best anywhere. This is going to be a hard, excellent fight and I am looking forward to it. I don’t want to leave any doubt this time around. I’m ready to rip.’’

On April 9th, Strikeforce hits San Diego along with two Mulisha fighters. Metal Mulisha Welterweight World Champion Nick Diaz will defend his title against the Paul “Semtex” Daley. Metal Mulisha’s Gilbert Melendez will make the second defense of his Lightweight Title against Tatsuya Kawajiri. In a potential candidate for Fight of the Year in the main event, sizzling STRIKEFORCE Welterweight (170 pounds) World Champion Nick Diaz (24-7, 1 NC), of Stockton, Calif., will seek his 10th consecutive victory when he defends against the hard-hitting, notorious British striker, Paul “Semtex” Daley (26-9-2), of Nottingham, England.

Gilbert “El Niño” Melendez (18-2), of San Francisco, by way of Santa Ana, Calif., will make the second defense of his STRIKEFORCE World Lightweight (155-pounds) Title against top-ranked Japanese superstar Tatsuya “Crusher’’ Kawajiri (27-6-2), who unanimously outpointed former STRIKEFORCE lightweight belt-holder Josh Thomson in his last start on Dec. 31, 2010. The championship doubleheader takes place live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, Calif.

Make sure to check out the Nick Diaz walk out tee, Gilbert Melendez new walk out tee, and the rest of our MMA fight gear.

We want to see all the Mulisha Troops head on out this fight so we got a 20% off all ticketmaster sales by clicking this link and type in SFMMA under SUPERGROUPS. Click here to buy your tickets now.

This has been a little over four years since the two most talented 135 pound fighters have faced each other in the octagon. Metal Mulisha MMA UFC Bantamweight World Champion, Dominick Cruz is more than ready to battle is out and take on Faber in this highly anticipated fight. Cruz hasn’t lost a fight since. He has reeled off eight straight victories, twice defending his bantamweight title, once in the WEC and once in the UFC. The two fighters have built something of a rivalry in recent months. But Cruz said the grudge goes back to that first fight – and more specifically, over a official MMA event poster.

“In the beginning it had nothing to do with him at all. In the very beginning, it had to do with the fact that I wasn’t even on the event poster and I was fighting him for a world title. That really got under my skin. So, my way of getting on the poster was to sign where I signed (over Faber’s picture), and it ended up pissing him off. Since then, he’s been the one calling me out. He’s done a million YouTube videos, went on like a media frenzy, and just done a bunch of YouTube videos running his mouth. After that, that’s when everything started up. That’s when I started talking because I’m not just going to let him keep running his mouth about me for no reason“.

Check out this video from cantstopblack on youtube who put together this Dominick Cruz Highlight Video Reel!

On April 9th, Strikeforce hits San Diego along with two Mulisha fighters. Metal Mulisha Welterweight World Champion Nick Diaz will defend his title against the Paul “Semtex” Daley. Metal Mulisha’s Gilbert Melendez will make the second defense of his Lightweight Title against Tatsuya Kawajiri. Make sure to check out the Nick Diaz walk out tee, Gilbert Melendez new walk out tee, and the rest of our MMA fight gear.

The Metal Mulisha MMA team has a bunch of stuff going on. So this week we decided to throw it all together in one section and give the Mulisha troops solid post to check it all out in one post!

Dominick Cruz:

Dominick Cruz: People Believe in Faber & I Want to Be the One to Smash Him

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Check out Dominick’s UFC profile page on their website. Click here to view now.

Nick Diaz

In the main event, top-ranked Nick Diaz (24-7-1) will make his third defense of the Strikeforce welterweight title against heavy-handed British striker Paul Daley (27-9-2). Diaz is more than ready to take down Paul Daley in this April 9th fight!

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Diaz’s teammate Gilbert Melendez (19-2) is back in action after renewing a deal with Strikeforce and he’ll welcome top Japanese lightweight Tatsuya Kawajiri (27-6-2) to the U.S. The fight will be Melendez’s second title defense since unifying the Strikeforce titles in December 2009.

Gilbert Melendez:

Gilbert Melendez vs Tatsuya Kawajiri Strikeforce fight booked for April 9 in San Diego. Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert ” El Nino” Melendez will take on former welterweight champion Tatsuya Kawajiri in a 155-pound clash tentatively planned for April 9, 2011, in San Diego, California.

We recently stocked up the MMA fight clothing, gear and accessories in our store and will be launching Gilbert Melendez’s signature tee and hat soon! Check out the rest of our MMA product in our store and make sure to check back for more MMA updates!

Metal Mulisha MMA fighter Nick Diaz has a new highlight video! Nick is a bad ass and just finished up destroying Cyborg at his last fight in San Jose, CA. He is already going to be fighting again on April 9th with the opponent to be announced soon!

Metal Mulisha MMA fighter Ian McCall shocked fans as he implemented quick in-and-out footwork with speedy combination’s to frustrate consensus #1 flyweight Jussier da Silva in a three-round affair last friday. Check out the fight video and watch McCall take Silva out! We just pumped the whole store full of new Mulisha product and the same fight shorts Ian fought in so check them out here.