UFC lightweight Melvin “The Young Assassin” Guillard (25-8-2) is set to headline his third UFC event on January 22 against Evan Dunham at the upcoming UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 event.
Guillard is happy to be headlining another event, as it’s one step closer to the UFC title. In a recent interview with MMAWeekly.com, “The Young Assassin” talked about his upcoming fight and the current situation with the UFC lightweight championship. He disagrees with the promotion for giving both BJ Penn and Gray Maynard back-to-back title bouts and feels fans deserve to see a new face in the octagon fighting for UFC gold.
“Everybody keeps seeing the same guys fight for titles, and at the end of the day we need to give the fans and you guys something different. There’s so much more talent out there, why keep having the same guys fight for the title? Unless it’s the middleweight class where they’re running out of guys to fight Anderson Silva, the 55 class shouldn’t be that way. There should be a new guy fighting for the title every fight,” he stated.
“Even with B.J. (Penn), you know B.J. was the champion and he got an immediate rematch, I didn’t feel he deserved that immediate rematch. I felt he fell off the horse and he lost, and he should have accepted the loss, but because it was controversial and people thought he did win, they ended up giving him another title shot,” said Guillard.
Guillard is on a three fight win streak and has won six of his last seven bouts. He’s earned three wins in 2010, recently earning a split decision victory over Jeremy Stephens at UFC 119, TKOing Waylon Lowe at UFC 114, and winning a unanimous decision against Ronny’s Torres at UFC 109. His overall UFC record stands at 8-4.