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QUINTET Ultra: Gilbert Melendez

Don’t call it a comeback. Call it another takeover.

Launching in 2006, Strikeforce was another promotion trying to get off the ground. To the untrained eye Strikeforce was another promotion serving as a home for women’s mixed martial artists and fighters who didn’t find themselves in the UFC. Those who spent any time watching saw quickly that Strikeforce was a force to be reckoned with, chalk-full of stars and future household names.

Strikeforce put a whole different spark into mixed martial arts with a professional touch to a crew full of brawlers that had not been seen yet outside of the Octagon.