Melvin Guillard tells our host, Steve Cofield that he’ll settle for the bonus cash right now over the title shot. Hey, he’s trying to buy a house! Guillard is planning on winning some more of.
Melvin Guillard tells our host, Steve Cofield that he’ll settle for the bonus cash right now over the title shot. Hey, he’s trying to buy a house! Guillard is planning on winning some more of that KO money this Saturday night against Shane Roller like he did in his fight with Evan Dunham. He says Roller will wake up with a splitting headache if he tries that “wrestling crap”.
Guillard also likes to go out and look for his fans after weigh-ins, so get your autograph books to MGM on Friday night!
One preliminary fight that could steal the show at UFC 132 will pit the striking ability of “The Young Assassin” Melvin Guillard against the wrestling ability of Shane Roller. This match is extremely valuable for both individuals because a win places o…
One preliminary fight that could steal the show at UFC 132 will pit the striking ability of “The Young Assassin” Melvin Guillard against the wrestling ability of Shane Roller. This match is extremely valuable for both individuals because a win places one of them at the top of the lightweight rankings with a possible positioning for a top contender spot.
Shane Roller possesses the one attribute that has been the Achilles heel of Melvin Guillard which of course is the ability to take the fight to the ground. Roller was a three-time Division 1 All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State University and captained the 2003 NCAA championship team.
Roller has proven his ability to finish fights once he gets his opponent to the ground and will look to do the same to Guillard. Out of Roller’s 10 wins, six of them have come via either guillotine or rear-naked chokes.
Though he has won the majority of his fights when they have touched the ground, Roller displayed knockout punching power also. Against Thiago Tavares, Roller threw a straight right hand that ended Tavares’ night which earned his third win by knockout in his UFC debut.
Don’t expect Roller to stand and trade with Guillard because if we are talking about punching power, make no mistake, Melvin Guillard is the most dangerous striker in the lightweight division. Guillard blends a mixture of power and speed that is unmatched in the division.
Guillard has proven this by posting 18 wins by form of knockout in 28 wins. This all depends on which record you reference of course as the UFC has him listed at 45-9-3 with one no-contest.
Of his eight professional losses, Guillard has been submitted seven times. This has been seemingly the only weakness that he displays but where there is a weakness, there is a solution.
The solution for Guillard is the fact that he has acknowledged this fact and taken the proper steps to improve upon it. Guillard joined up with Greg Jackson after a submission loss to Nate Diaz and hasn’t looked back since.
Guillard has won all four fights since joining with Greg Jackson. Not only has his submission defense improved but his all-around game has too. Guillard has shown greater patience and probably turned in the best performances of his career during his tenure with Jackson.
A win for either fighter puts them in the most congested title picture possibly ever seen. Contenders such as Ben Henderson, Dennis Siver, Jim Miller, Clay Guida and Gray Maynard are all awaiting their chance at lightweight champion Frankie Edgar.
A win for Roller puts him right in the mix with the contenders previously mentioned but a dominant win for Guillard could leap-frog him to the very top of the division.
Even if you aren’t looking forward to the main event of Saturday’s UFC 132: Faber vs. Cruz this upcoming long weekend, there is much more to excite you about this card even with BJ Penn and Jon Fitch out with injuries.
Check out what goodness 132 has in store for you and the remainder of the countdown show after the jump.
(Video courtesy of YouTube/IronForgesIron)
Even if you aren’t looking forward to the main event of Saturday’s UFC 132: Faber vs. Cruz this upcoming long weekend, there is much more to excite you about this card even with BJ Penn and Jon Fitch out with injuries.
First you have the “Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robot” competition between Wanderlei Silva and Chris Leben. What’s not to love about watching these two go balls to the wall trying to knock the other’s head off?
Then you have Tito Ortiz’sretirement party possible last UFC fight against Ryan Bader. Tito claims he’s in better shape and healthier physically than he’s been in years, which will dramatically reduce his options when it comes to excuse-making after the bout, so he better hope he wins, especially when he calimed in the preview show that “he’s fighting for his legacy, his family and his life” against Bader.
You’ve also got a sure-to-please welterweight match-up between undefeated (sorry Karo) Korean fighter Dong Hyun Kim and Carlos Condit. When have we ever seen either of these two fight conservatively or boring? I can’t remember either, but it must not be often if at all or else we’d know it.
Even the prelim card is worth watching.
George Sotiropoulos vs. Dos Anjos probably would have been on the main card in place of Denis Siver-Matt Wiman if G-Sots hadn’t lost to Siver in his last bout at UFC 127. And Shane Roller vs. Melvin Guillard has the potential for either Submission of the Night or Knockout of the Night, depending on who wins it.
Even further down on the card are guys like former WEC featherweight champ Brian Bowles and undefeated prospect Brad Tavares. The card is stacked from top to bottom as is the preview show, which is well worth watching.
Check out the rest of it below, courtesy of our friend Zombie Prophet from IronForgesIron.com.
Even if you aren’t looking forward to the main event of Saturday’s UFC 132: Faber vs. Cruz this upcoming long weekend, there is much more to excite you about this card even with BJ Penn and Jon Fitch out with injuries.
Check out what goodness 132 has in store for you and the remainder of the countdown show after the jump.
(Video courtesy of YouTube/IronForgesIron)
Even if you aren’t looking forward to the main event of Saturday’s UFC 132: Faber vs. Cruz this upcoming long weekend, there is much more to excite you about this card even with BJ Penn and Jon Fitch out with injuries.
First you have the “Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robot” competition between Wanderlei Silva and Chris Leben. What’s not to love about watching these two go balls to the wall trying to knock the other’s head off?
Then you have Tito Ortiz’sretirement party possible last UFC fight against Ryan Bader. Tito claims he’s in better shape and healthier physically than he’s been in years, which will dramatically reduce his options when it comes to excuse-making after the bout, so he better hope he wins, especially when he calimed in the preview show that “he’s fighting for his legacy, his family and his life” against Bader.
You’ve also got a sure-to-please welterweight match-up between undefeated (sorry Karo) Korean fighter Dong Hyun Kim and Carlos Condit. When have we ever seen either of these two fight conservatively or boring? I can’t remember either, but it must not be often if at all or else we’d know it.
Even the prelim card is worth watching.
George Sotiropoulos vs. Dos Anjos probably would have been on the main card in place of Denis Siver-Matt Wiman if G-Sots hadn’t lost to Siver in his last bout at UFC 127. And Shane Roller vs. Melvin Guillard has the potential for either Submission of the Night or Knockout of the Night, depending on who wins it.
Even further down on the card are guys like former WEC featherweight champ Brian Bowles and undefeated prospect Brad Tavares. The card is stacked from top to bottom as is the preview show, which is well worth watching.
Check out the rest of it below, courtesy of our friend Zombie Prophet from IronForgesIron.com.
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber 2 features some incredibly exciting fights throughout the entire card. This isn’t just a night to order the Pay-Per-View—this is a night to sit down for six hours and watch the preliminary fights on Facebook and Spike TV a…
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber 2 features some incredibly exciting fights throughout the entire card. This isn’t just a night to order the Pay-Per-View—this is a night to sit down for six hours and watch the preliminary fights on Facebook and Spike TV as well.
While there are intriguing match-ups throughout, including a Bantamweight title fight, this card, more than any other, will seriously alter the Lightweight Division.
Dennis Siver vs. Matt Wiman, Melvin Guillard vs. Shane Roller, George Sotiropoulos vs. Rafael dos Anjos and Anthony Njokuani vs. Andre Winner are all fights that contain potential major players in the division.
I’ve made my predictions already, but let’s take a look at who could potentially match-up the best with the top of the division.
(Wanderlei Silva: You couldn’t last five minutes in this man’s world.)
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber goes down Saturday night in Las Vegas, and in case you’re feeling some MMA fatigue after five consecutive weeks of events, let us remind you — this card has the potential to be a real son-of-a-bitch. Familiarize yourself with the lineup here, and get your juices flowing again by watching some career highlights from the fighters on the card. Enjoy…
(Ryan Bader vs. Keith Jardine, UFC 110, 2/21/10)
(Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver, UFC 86, 7/5/08)
(Wanderlei Silva: You couldn’t last five minutes in this man’s world.)
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber goes down Saturday night in Las Vegas, and in case you’re feeling some MMA fatigue after five consecutive weeks of events, let us remind you — this card has the potential to be a real son-of-a-bitch. Familiarize yourself with the lineup here, and get your juices flowing again by watching some career highlights from the fighters on the card. Enjoy…
(Ryan Bader vs. Keith Jardine, UFC 110, 2/21/10)
(Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver, UFC 86, 7/5/08)
(Wanderlei Silva vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, PRIDE Total Elimination 2003, 8/10/03)
(Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock 2, UFC 61, 7/8/06; fight starts at the 10:18 mark)
(Carlos Condit vs. Renato “Charuto” Verissimo, Rumble on the Rock 8, 1/20/06)
(Urijah Faber vs. Dominick Cruz, WEC 26, 3/24/07; click image to go to video)
(Shane Roller vs. Thiago Tavares, UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann, 3/3/11)
(Chris Leben vs. Terry Martin, UFC Fight Night 11, 9/19/07)
(Anthony Njokuani vs. Chris Horodecki, WEC 45, 12/19/09)
