Friday, April 8, 2011

Josh Thomson Wants Kawajiri, Melendez, Strikeforce Lightweight Belt in Order

Bleacher Report's Danny Acosta reports.

No one has greater interest in Strikeforce?s Saturday night 155-pound tilt between champion Gilbert Melendez and challenger Tatsuya Kawajiri on Showtime than former Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson.

?The Punk? hopes for one more run at the title and ideally, it?s a two-fight deal with Kawajiri and Melendez?two opponents he?s met before?that earns him the crown.

Healing from a small ligament tear in his left hand and multiple fractures he describes more as ?bone bruising,? the UFC veteran told Bleacher Report in a sit down interview expects his road of redemption to start in August. The rest of his body is holding up fine asserts the fighter plagued by injury in recent years, so once his hand is ready, he will be too.

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