{"id":136031,"date":"2015-04-06T12:05:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T19:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=136031"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:39:08","slug":"breaking-news-melvin-guillard-pulled-wsof-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/world-series-of-fighting\/breaking-news-melvin-guillard-pulled-wsof-20\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Melvin Guillard Has Been Pulled From WSOF 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/guillard.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136032\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/guillard.png\" alt=\"guillard\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/guillard.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/guillard-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/guillard-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/guillard-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It appears the relationship between the World Series of Fighting and Melvin Guillard isn&#8217;t going to be repaired any time soon. News just came out that the lightweight fighter has been pulled from WSOF 20 set for this Friday. Here&#8217;s what WSOF president Ray Sefo had to say.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cObviously, we would have liked to have seen Melvin compete at this weekend\u2019s event. But it\u2019s Monday, four days away from the fight, and we don\u2019t have his medicals, nor have we heard from him. He has not responded to any of requests from our PR team to help promote the show, and we alerted his management team that if we did not receive his medicals by 10 a.m. today, we would have no choice but to pull him from the card, and unfortunately, that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been forced to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWith Melvin missing weight in his two previous WSOF bouts, not hearing from him this close to the fight gives us serious concerns as to whether or not he would make weight for this fight either. But ultimately, we\u2019re really in a bind because he hasn\u2019t turned in his medicals yet, and that becomes an issue with the commission. So we\u2019re not even sure he\u2019d be able to fight. With all that in mind, we decided we had to make a move today to protect our event.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/04\/melvin-guillard-pulled-from-fridays-wsof-20-co-headliner-dugulubgov-meets-montoya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. Miller<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryancmiller1630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ryancmiller1630<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH! Luke Rockhold, Daniel Cormier Jump their coach in this exclusive all-access footage. <\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JVqgkMIK7kQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears the relationship between the World Series of Fighting and Melvin Guillard isn&#8217;t going to be repaired any time soon. News just came out that the lightweight fighter has been pulled from WSOF 20 set for this Friday. 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