Melvin Guillard taking a hiatus from the UFC, doesn’t think Rich Clementi won their fight, and so much more…
Pramita Mohapatra of The Baltimore Sun was able to catch up with Melvin Guillard, fresh off of his submission loss to Rich Clementi at UFC 79. This interview is just filled to the brim with gold nuggets of what I like to call “Melvinisms.”
Melvinism #1: Rich Clementi is somehow a coward for exposing Melvin’s weakness.
“Of course, everybody saw that he was the victorious one [at UFC 79] but he sits up there and says, “I’ll stand toe-to-toe with Melvin,” but everybody with their own eyes saw he wasn’t ready to stand up with me. He knew my weakness was my submission game as far as fighting him because he’s a seasoned jiu-jitsu guy — I’ll give him that. As far as me putting my hands on him, I got my respect out of him. So, I’m not even tripping, you know?”
Oh, Melvin. When will you learn? This is MMA. Not boxing. Grab that gi, son.
Melvinism #2: Rich Clementi didn’t win the fight.
“He really didn’t. He didn’t take my heart. I took his heart before he got in the ring. He was scared to fight me before he got in the ring.”
Sure, Melvin. Are we really supposed to believe this garbage? You took his heart? Yeah, it really showed inside the cage. You got punked and you’re salty about it, Melvin. Time to move on.
Melvinism #3: Melvin is working working strictly his jiu jitsu.
“I’m working nothing but my jiu-jitsu. … I got all the good guys around me … so I’m just working the weaknesses in my game. I’m going to give myself six months to a year before my jiu-jitsu is 100 percent.”
I’ll believe it when I see it. And who are “all the good guys.” That tells me nothing. Some schmuck like me could say I’m training with “all the good guys,” but it means nothing.
Melvinism #4: Don’t ever put your nuts on the back of Melvin’s head. That’s just not cool.
“No, I can never understand that and nobody is ever going to make me understand that. He disrespected me after the fight. He put his nuts on the back of my head. When I catch him, I’m going to kick him in his [expletive deleted] nuts.”
I think I have to agree with Melvin, here. Putting your nuts on another man’s head is sort of weird.
Melvinism #5: Melvin’s taking some time off from the UFC.
“I’m going to take a few fights outside the UFC to get back some of my wins. Hopefully, it’s not any all-around chumps. I’m not going to take any fights at 155 [pounds] outside the UFC. I want to fight at 170 [pounds] — a weight class above mine outside the UFC. I’m probably scheduled to fight again in the UFC late March, early April if they bless me with that.
Other than that, I’ll take a lot of side hustles, make some money this year. Being suspended for eight months really hurt my pocket. You can put in the article [that] anybody [who] wants to donate to the Melvin Negro Fund, they can donate to that too because right now my pockets [are] hurting. Being suspended for eight months … I almost had to go work a regular job to survive. I don’t want to have that feeling again.”
Thank God. Melvin needs to get his head on straight before the UFC thinks about bringing him back again. All that natural ability and no focus whatsoever has Guillard falling from grace at an astronomical level. As for the level of competition he’ll be facing in the smaller shows? He better hope he’s fighting all around chumps. He needs to boost his confidence before he thinks about taking on anyone remotely serious.
As for the Melvin Negro Fund? No thanks, dude. So sorry that you might have had to go work a “regular job” like the rest of us poor fools.
Melvinism #6: Melvin backs up his trash talk and has never had his ass beat.
“Yeah, I like to talk [expletive deleted] but I also back it up. I haven’t gotten my ass beat. I haven’t been in a fight yet where somebody has outclassed me or just beat me down. Every fight I’ve been in, the ones I’ve lost have been from submission or a close judges’ decision.”
Guillard still doesn’t realize that he’s fighting in the sport of mixed martial arts and not boxing. Even though he says he’s never been outclassed or gotten his ass beat, that’s exactly what Clementi did to him. This is mixed martial arts, Melvin. Clementi choked you in the cage and he’ll choke you out in the street also.
Melvinism #7: Melvin wants to fight Roger Huerta.
“Well, I wanted to fight Roger Huerta, but they said he’s on vacation right now. So, that fight’s up in the air.”
HAHA! That’s a joke, right? Guillard would need at least four victories in a row over mid to top level competition to even get put in the same locker room as Roger Huerta. Quit, daydreaming, Melvin.
Melvinism #8: If Melvin can’t fight Heurta, he’s praying for strikers.
“Whoever they give me the next fight, I’m hoping and praying it’s a striker … hopefully fight a couple of strikers. Give the crowd what they came to see me do best. The people come to see me stand up and trade punches ‘til I knock someone out. When I’m fighting and struggling to get guys off my back, to try to keep me off the ground, it takes away from what I’m really good at — for the fans.”
“For the fans.” Don’t kid yourself, Melvin. I hope they throw three jiu jitsu guys in a row at you so you finally learn your damn lesson.
The interview is filled with Melvinisms, so I highly suggest clicking here to read the entire thing.
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Adam you left out the best damn quote. He referred to all jiu jitsu practicioners as “MAT RATS”.
He basically shows in that statement why he gets tapped like a bitch all the time. He has absolutely no respect for Jiu Jitsu.
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Guillard has already fought Huerta and it got a ruled a NC after he got done for greasing.
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hes an amusing punk to say the least. i forget what ufc it was exactly but id guess and say it was his last win. he gets on the mic and rants about how wrestlers rule in mma, and how great his wrestling is and why no1 can beat him because of it. pretty funny in retrospect to his latest rant. and lets not forget his most famous melvinism to date off the ultimate fighter series. “Do you know who I am???!!”
yeah i do, ur that guy who talks mad shi* and 9 times out of 10 gets your ass beat in spectacular fashion. ill miss the comedy but im done rooting for this knucklehead
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Does he seriously think that he can be 100% effcient in jiu jitsu in 6 months to a year? He’s high on coke.
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Go sign on with K-1! Or better yet go to Holland and maybe you can stand toe to toe with their kickboxers without getting choked out!!
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don’t spare him any more exposure man.
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The guy is so over the top and out of his ever lovin’ mind that I think he’s hilarious. Mind you, I’m laughing at him, not with him. He reminds me of a few kids with whom I went to school. They’d say something outrageous and we’d laugh at them, and they’d get even more excited and say something more outrageous. Eventually you’re laying on the ground actually crying with laughter and they’re yelling incomprehensibly. For me, Melvin is that guy in the UFC. Can’t we just keep provoking him for the entertainment value? For whatever it’s worth, I think Clementi’s pelvic move was a Halo-style “teabag”.
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What a moron.
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The way he talks, he tries to make it sound like losing by submission isn’t a loss at all. Personally, I believe that of the many ways you can lose a fight in MMA, submission’s by far the most humiliating. By tapping or getting submitted into unconsciousness, you’d basically have to admit that the other guy’s got some semblance of skill. A tap (verbal or otherwise) is pretty much an admission: “You got the better of me tonight.” It wasn’t a lucky punch. You didn’t get kneed in the face while you tried to shoot for that take down. You tapped.
And how he doesn’t realize all that is completely beyond me.
(I wasn’t trying to say that strikes don’t take any skill, either. Just that subs are one of the most clear cut ways of identifying who won or who lost in a match)
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yea, i read about his earlier today. sad. he’s obviously got some pretty serious issues he needs to get a handle on in his life. it’s hard to have any sympathy for him though. he needs to get himself some help or he’s going to end up in a bad bad way. people that rock that kind of negativity don’t get far in life.
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with thoughts like these melvin definitely has been hit in the head too many times
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“Guillard has already fought Huerta and it got a ruled a NC after he got done for greasing.”
So that’s the real reason for the NC? Melvin was the greaser? I watched that fight the other night and couldn’t figure anything out from the video. By the way, that fight is worth watching just for the redneck announcers.
Oh yeah, Melvin’s a nut.
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Guillard was greased up #12 … he originally beat Huerta but was ruled a no contest due to excessive Grease lmao
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Same thing happened to Houston Alexander in his fight against parmelee.
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i said it once and i’ll say it again. Send this idiot to Japan to fight in K1. He’ll wreck house, make some money, do something really stupid and get arrested, go to prison. Later, Melvin.
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He’s like a miniature Kevin Randleman
He belongs in Felony Fights and that’s about it.
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How about a fight to the death between Melvin and Krazy Horse? Winner gets to go to jail.
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HAHAHAHAHAH
Drew you just made my day bro!
That was the funniest comment ever!
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too funny
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Mix Martial Arts ain’t no accident
Step in this ring and your gonna get your ass kicked
But don’t tap out what ever you do
So much shame your kids won’t even look at you
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Juice Juice, the Marijuana string is over under the Kendall Grove entry.
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Drew, don’t mind Juice Juice. It’s just Cava under a fake name reverting back to his Vanilla Ice phase.
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No actually Sam it’s the bass player in my band.
We’re writing a song about MMA and he thought he’d post it on here.
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Vanilla Ice phase? In that case, ‘word’ to your mother.
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Dizzle, I was just joking.
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#12
Watch the fight again. Right at the staredown, Melvin’s whole body has a sheen reflecting off the house lights. He was one greased up mofo for that fight.
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adam i thought melvin just greased up the back of his knees for that fight
of course still illegal and a punk move in my book. i could be wrong but just goin off info i read after that fight happened.
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Screw,
Check the vid:
http://bloodyelbow.com/story/2008/1/5/153159/2249
Melvin looks like he’s got pro wrestler oils on him.
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your 100% right, he was def body greased. I guess melvin only ‘admitted’ to doing the back of his knees but after watching that, more than obvious. thanks
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“As far as the fight, though, honestly, I was going to be the bigger man about it and give him that victory — congratulate him on his win — but let him know that we’re still not friends and we’re going to fight again. ”
WAR WTF??
TOO FUNNY!!
Jay K.
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