Aoki vs Melendez booked for April 17th Strikeforce Lightweight Title fight

Gilbert Melendez, the current Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, is set to face Shinya Aoki, the current Dream Lightweight Champion on CBS in April.
Melendez is been wanting to fight Aoki ever since he regained his title back in December.
“All of a sudden this year, I avenged both my losses. I cleaned my slate. I beat Rodrigo Damm, a tough guy, I’m the champ again, and now they’re talking about me fighting the No. 2 guy in the world.” Melendez stated. “One win away from being top five in the world

Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Final boasts highest ratings of the year

Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final” held the promotion’s highest ratings of 2012. Both fights on the main card drew in 463,000 Showtime viewers according to MMAjunkie.com
This represents a steady rise from this year’s earlier events: “Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine” (January 2012): which drew in 344,000 viewers and “Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” (March 2012) which was taken in by 431,000.
Both Headlining Fights went the distance with lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez defeating