Thomson convincingly won that fight by decision after five rounds

Cung Le vs Scott Smith I give the edge to Le even though he has not been in a fight for almost two years Le is faster and more explosive than Smith. He will use his quickness in the fight and keep the distance with his kicks. Smith wants to use some dirty boxing and get into a slugfest but Le needs to avoid those exchanges as much as possible. Everyone expects a knockout in this fight so it will probably go to a decision just like the Kimbo Slice vs Houston Alexander fight My pick is Le by TKO in the second round Josh Thomson vs. Melendez looks like he has improved since his loss to Thomson in their first match. Thomson convincingly won that fight by decision after five rounds. This is a huge fight for both guys, and the winner might get to face Shinya Aoki next year.

This fight will be a lot more competitive than their first matchup and I give the edge to Melendez because Thomson will get tired in the later rounds I don't think either man will be able to finish the other. This match will go five rounds again and Melendez will get his revenge by split decision Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Matt Lindland This looks to be another competitive matchup Jacare's wins mostly come by submission. The winner of thismiddleweight fight will be closer to a title shot My pick is Lindland by split decision King Mo Lawal vs Mike Whitehead This is the Strikeforce debut for Lawal.

Whitehead weighed 261 pounds at the weigh-ins this afternoon while Lawal was only 218 pounds Lawal will have the quickness edge over Whitehead. Whitehead is a very tough veteran but I am going with Lawal in this fight Lawal wins by KO in the first round.. With an impending blizzard bearing down on the mid-Atlantic region, the Philadelphia KiXX managed to mosey out of Maryland Friday night, before the first snow flake hit the ground, unfortunately their escape coming after a 9-8 loss to the Baltimore Blast .Cape May, New Jersey, native Anthony Maher led Philadelphias attack with a pair of goals while goalkeeper Sanaldo turned away nine shots.After battling to a 4-4 tie at the break, the KiXX (1-4) started the second half with great intensity as a quick Ricardinho to Maher feed at 1:07 of the third stanza gave Philadelphia its first lead of the night, 6-4. An ensuing foul against the KiXX then resulted in a power play three-pointer by Baltimore midfielder Robbie Aristodemo at the five minute mark, and Millwood finished off a hat trick at 6:35 to put the Blast (3-1) on top, 9-6. With his club in need, Philadelphia forward Leo Gibson answered at 8:49 on his team-leading fifth goal of the year, closing the gap to 9-8 but that was as close as Don Di Ambras club would come.By the way, Philadelphia wont have to worry about snow on their next trip as they travel to Monterrey, Mexico to play La Raza on Sunday, January 3rd.