Strikeforce held its most important fighting event to date on CBS. Three championship fights were contested with the light heavyweight belt exchanging hands.
But it was the melee that happened after a fight that's making headlines. Middleweight champion Jake Shields had just fought veteran Dan Henderson for five rounds. As Shields was being interviewed in the ring by ringside announcer Gus Johnson after, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, who fought earlier on the card, came into the ring and interrupted the interview.
Mller said to the champion Shields, "Where is my, rematch buddy?" Shields pushed Miller away and the fighting began with Shields' entourage swinging punches at Miller. In the middle of the melee was Nick Diaz, who trained with Shields. Diaz, who has the shortest fuse of any fighters in MMA, once fought at the hospital after seeing an opponent he had just fought in the ring.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White twittered a smiley face :) on his twitter account after the brawl. It's just like White to sink to the level of the competition. Jason Miller wrote on his twitter account "whoops," Clearly realizing this was a huge mistake to enter the ring uninvited.
As for the fights, Shields' win over Henderson had one exciting round and that was the first round. Henderson looked as if he would win by knockout over Shields. But, the champion Shields kept his composure and won the next four rounds for a unanimous decision as he retains his Strikeforce middleweight championship. Henderson said on Bleachreport.com, "Thanks to all the fans for tuning in and watching. I had a good round and a half. I got tired for whatever reason, and Jake did a good job."
Shields' training partner and Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Menlendez retain his belt with a five-round unanimous decision over Japan's Dream champion Shinya Aoki.
Aoki is considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in Japan. He said on mmabay.co.uk before the fight, "If I lose this fight, MMA in Japan is over. Japan will become a colony of the USA. He thought the future of Japanese MMA was on his shoulders. And he had to perform well to show the world that Japan has some of the best fighters in MMA. He is the second highly regarded Japanese fighter to fight in America in the last month. Japan's veteran Takanori Gomi loss to American Kenny Florian in Charlotte, N.C., in last month's UFC card on Strike TV.