After years spent as one of the sport’s premier competitors at 155 pounds, Gilbert Melendez at age 35 has decided to return to the old familiar haunts of the featherweight division.
The two-time Strikeforce champion will downshift to 145 pounds when he squares off with the notoriously heavy-handed Jeremy Stephens in a featured attraction at UFC 215 “Johnson vs. Borg” this Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Their three-round featherweight showcase will buoy a five-fight main card headlined by a pair of title bouts: Demetrious Johnson vs.