Countdown to UFC 188: Melendez vs. Alvarez (video)

Before Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum unify the UFC heavyweight titles on Saturday night, a battle between two of the greatest lightweights of all-time that screams FOTY will go down inside of the octagon.

Former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez (22-4) will finally meet with former Bellator Champion and 2012 King of Violence Eddie Alvarez (25-4) face to face to squash a half decade of beef. See how it all started and how this fight finally came to fruition in one of the better UFC Countdown segments ever produced below.