By Astrid Bidanec

Gilbert 'El Nino' Melendez showed no mercy when he crushed Gabe Lemley with his endless punches and successfully retained his Strikeforce Lightweight belt at the HP Pavillion in San Jose, Cal. on March 29, 2008.

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Melendez beats up Lemley

He was definitley a man on a mission, never slowing down his attack on Lemley, who was not able to catch his breath. The referree finally stepped in and stopped the fight at 2:18 in round two because Lemley was not defending himself anymore. Melendez earned his victory via T.K.O.

Drew Fickett put his impressive submission techniques on display when he locked Jae Suk Lim into a guillotine choke hold, and then hung onto Lim when he attempted to shake him off by getting off the ground. Fickett was like a Koala baby bear hanging on to Lim who had no choice but to tap out at 1:14 in round one.

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Fickett submits Lim via guillotine choke

Wayne Cole submitted Mike Kyle with a good old fashioned arm bar at 0:42 in round one.

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Cole submits Kyle via arm bar

Joey Villasenor knocked out Ryan Jensen at 4:45 of round one with a swinging hook that would have made any boxing champ proud.

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Villasenor knocks out Jensen

Last but not least Cung Le defeated Frank Shamrock via TKO at the end of round three when Shamrock realized that his arm was broken. Read more details on the main event here . 

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Le kicks Shamrock 

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