Gilbert Melendez will not follow Jake Shields to the UFC, looking to re-sign with StrikeForce

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“I think he’s going to do great out there,” Melendez said of Shield’s chances in the UFC. “I really want to see him fight Georges St-Pierre. “I know he can beat GSP and I look forward to seeing that happen.”
“Of course I wish he was with me in Strikeforce, but he’s got to do what he’s got to do and I support him 100 percent,” Melendez told MMAWeekly.com. “I think it’s time for him to go for broke. He already cleared out Strikeforce, so now it’s time for him to clear out the UFC.”
“Basically I’m extending my contract with Strikeforce,” he announced. “We’re talking right now and hopefully things work out well and we can move forward and I can be part of Strikeforce for a long time.”

StrikeForce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez tells MMAWeekly.com, that he likes his teammate Jake Shield’s chances in the UFC welterweight division. Melendez also says he will not be following Shields, because he is working on a contract extension with StrikeForce.

he might as well stay and be a champion, while he would be competitive I can't see him beating any of the top ufc lightweights