Change is good. For UFC lightweight veteran Melvin Guillard it was also necessary.The always affable “Young Assassin” can joke about it now, paraphrasing middleweight boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler when he says “It kinda makes you soft when you’re at home and you’re going to sleep in a king size bed,” but after his UFC 155 loss to Jamie Varner last December, he needed to get out of South Florida, his training home for three fights in 2012.“Living in South Florida is great, but it wasn’t great for training for me,” said Guillard, who defeated Fabricio Camoes but lost consecutive bouts to … Read the Full Article Here
Melvin Guillard: Hungry Again
Change is good. For UFC lightweight veteran Melvin Guillard it was also necessary.The always affable “Young Assassin” can joke about it now, paraphrasing middleweight boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler when he says “It kinda makes you soft when you’re at home and you’re going to sleep in a king size bed,” but after his UFC 155 loss to Jamie Varner last December, he needed to get out of South Florida, his training home for three fights in 2012.“Living in South Florida is great, but it wasn’t great for training for me,” said Guillard, who defeated Fabricio Camoes but lost consecutive bouts to … Read the Full Article Here