Josh Burkman returns to action after a 13 month layoff to face fellow TUF vet Brandon Melendez at Throwdown Showdown 5 in Utah.
Josh Burkman returns to action after a 13 month layoff to face fellow TUF vet Brandon Melendez at Throwdown Showdown 5 in Utah.

Saturday June 23
The Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
Under Card Results starting around 7pm EST
Televised Spike TV Fights starting at 9pm EST
First we have the rematch between Jens Pulver vs. BJ Penn. Penn is a compliantly different fighter since these two first meet and if he comes in well conditioned, he should take the win. Pulver is a little small even for the lightweight division. He weighted in at 152lbs, he might be better suited for the lighter divisions of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Roger Huerta is taking on Doug Evans and Thales Leites is taking on Floyed Sword. Huerta and Leites are both top up and comers in the lightweight division and depending on the outcome of tonight’s fights, they should be facing each other in the near future.
********LIVE RESULTS*********
BJ Penn defeats Jens Pulver by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:12 of the second round.
Nathan Diaz defeats Manvel Gambaryan by Submission (Injury-Dislocated Shoulder) in the second round.
Thales Leites defeats Floyd Sword by Submission (Triangle Choke) at 3:50 of the first round.
Rodger Huerta defeats Doug Evens by TKO (Strikes) at 3:30 of the second round.
Joe Lauzon defeats Brandon Melendez by Submission (Triangle Choke) at 2:09 of the second round.
Cole Miller defeats Andy Wang by TKO (Strikes) at 1:10 of the first round.
Fight is ruled No Contest after Maynard slams Emerson and forces an injury submission. Maynard knocks himself out as a result of the slam in the second round.
Leonard Garcia defeats Allen Berube by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:22 of the first round.
Matt Wiman defeats Brian Garaghty by TKO (Strikes) at 2:09 of the first round.
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