Benson Henderson vs Gilbert Melendez targeted for UFC on FOX on 4/20

UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson and Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez have been penciled in for the main event of UFC on FOX 7 on 20th April according to MMAFighting.

Melendez is 20-2 in his professional career, with wins over tough opponents like Josh Thomson, Jorge Masvidal, Shinya Aoki, Clay Guida and others.

According to MMAFighting, the bout is not final at this time but the UFC hope to stage the event in Melendez’s backyard of San Jose, California.

GIlbert, who is also a former WEC lightweight champion, originally won the Strikeforce belt back in 2006 with a razor close decision victory over Clay Guida. He then lost the belt in 2008, in the first of three bouts with Josh Thomson. Eventually Gilbert won the interim belt and successfully unified the lightweight belts against Thomson in 2009.

Benson Henderson, also a former WEC lightweight champion and current UFC champion, is 18-2 in his professional career, with notable victories over Frank Edgar, twice, Clay Guida, Nate Diaz, Jim Miller, Donald Cerrone, Jamie Varner and more.