Tag: Evan Dunham

‘UFC Fight for the Troops 2’ Aftermath: Screw It, How About a 10-Man Battle Royale for the Lightweight Title?

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Credit where credit is due: Melvin Guillard absolutely steamrolled Evan Dunham last night. He came out and simply blitzed the former lightweight golden boy …


(We don’t really have to crack a joke about this position, do we? PicProps: Yahoo Sports)

Credit where credit is due: Melvin Guillard absolutely steamrolled Evan Dunham last night. He came out and simply blitzed the former lightweight golden boy with his speed, clipping him with an early right hand that Dunham never appeared to recover from. By the time Guillard put a fork in him a couple minutes later with a trio of knees along the fence – the last, clearly illegal one “just a technicality” the broadcast team immediately assured us – he’d managed to further scramble the already muddy lightweight ranks. Now watch Anthony Pettis lose to Clay Guida at the “TUF 13” finale and George Sotiropoulos lose to Dennis Siver at UFC 127 and we’ll really be in trouble.

However — (*clears throat*) – let’s not get carried away here. Let’s not get too crazy. Let’s not do the thing we seem to always do when a guy wins a big fight and start to completely overvalue Guillard based on this one performance. What he proved with his beating of Dunham on Saturday night was either one of two things. One, it could be that Greg Jackson is helping him to finally harness the physical tools he’s possessed from the beginning and has Guillard on the verge of becoming something special in the lightweight division. Or two, he was just a terrible match-up of styles for Dunham.

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UFC Fight for the Troops 2 Live Blog: Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard Updates

Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC live blog for Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard, the main event of tonight’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event in Fort Hood, Texas.

29-year-old Dunham (11-1) is coming off the first loss of his career, a widely disputed lo…

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This is the UFC live blog for Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard, the main event of tonight’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event in Fort Hood, Texas.

29-year-old Dunham (11-1) is coming off the first loss of his career, a widely disputed loss to Sean Sherk at UFC 119. Guillard (26-8-2) has won his last three fights, but is in search of a win over a ranked opponent.

The live blog is below.

UFC Fight for the Troops 2 Live Blog: Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard Updates

Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC live blog for Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard, the main event of tonight’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event in Fort Hood, Texas.

29-year-old Dunham (11-1) is coming off the first loss of his career, a widely disputed lo…

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This is the UFC live blog for Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard, the main event of tonight’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event in Fort Hood, Texas.

29-year-old Dunham (11-1) is coming off the first loss of his career, a widely disputed loss to Sean Sherk at UFC 119. Guillard (26-8-2) has won his last three fights, but is in search of a win over a ranked opponent.

The live blog is below.

Melvin Guillard Brutalizes Evan Dunham

Filed under: UFC, NewsMelvin Guillard has started 2011 looking the best he’s ever looked.

Guillard destroyed Evan Dunham at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event at Fort Hood, winning in a first-round technical knockout in dominant fashion, with hard p…

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Melvin Guillard has started 2011 looking the best he’s ever looked.

Guillard destroyed Evan Dunham at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event at Fort Hood, winning in a first-round technical knockout in dominant fashion, with hard punches and brutal knees knocking Dunham to the canvas and forcing the referee to stop the fight at 2:58 of the first round. The last of the knees Guillard landed appeared to come after Dunham had already gone to the ground — which would have made the knee illegal — although Guillard already had Dunham all but finished before that.

“I’m very happy,” Guillard said afterward, thanking the troops at Fort Hood who had turned out to watch the fight and noting that he comes from a military family.

‘UFC Fight for the Troops 2’ Live Results and Commentary

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The fighters are locked and loaded. We can only assume that by now Evan Dunham has eased off the bender he no doubt went on after his beloved Ducks shit the bed in the BCS championship. Obviously, Melvin G…


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The fighters are locked and loaded. We can only assume that by now Evan Dunham has eased off the bender he no doubt went on after his beloved Ducks shit the bed in the BCS championship. Obviously, Melvin Guillard has found a suitably enormous wristwatch to complement his main event status. The troops have surely been drinking all day and we the audience have once again collectively decided to ignore the obvious irony of benefitting the survivors of traumatic brain injury with a show where the desired outcome often includes closed head trauma. In other words, as Bruce Buffer might say, it’s time.

We’ll be live starting at 9 p.m. EST. Be sure to hit refresh early and often for the latest updates.

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UFC Fight for the Troops 2 Breakdown: Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard

Filed under: UFCEven upon losing a split decision in his last fight, Evan Dunham’s stock managed to rise. Many people watching the UFC 119 fight against Sean Sherk thought he deserved the judges’ nod, and the UFC agreed, treating Dunham as though he wa…

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Even upon losing a split decision in his last fight, Evan Dunham‘s stock managed to rise. Many people watching the UFC 119 fight against Sean Sherk thought he deserved the judges’ nod, and the UFC agreed, treating Dunham as though he was still unbeaten by giving him a main event slot on the upcoming UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event.

Dunham was supposed to meet Kenny Florian, but a knee injury knocked Florian from the bout, giving Melvin Guillard the welcome opportunity to prove he’s rounded into a fully matured fighter.