{"id":141225,"date":"2015-04-30T11:31:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T18:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=141225"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:31:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:31:18","slug":"melvin-guillard-released-from-wsof-looking-for-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/melvin-guillard-released-from-wsof-looking-for-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvin Guillard Released From WSOF, Looking For New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Melvin-Guillard.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Melvin-Guillard.png\" alt=\"Melvin Guillard\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Melvin-Guillard.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Melvin-Guillard-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Melvin-Guillard-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Melvin-Guillard-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It looks like the relationship between World Series of Fighting and Melvin Guillard has officially ended. Guillard&#8217;s manager sent out a tweet this morning confirming the release of &#8220;The Young Assassin&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just received what I asked for from wsof which is the release for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Young__Assassin\">@Young__Assassin<\/a>&#8230; Should have a new home for him shortly. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Frm?src=hash\">#Frm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; malki kawa (@malkikawa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/malkikawa\/status\/593841622858801152\">April 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Guillard and WSOF&#8217;s relationship got off to a rocky start. Guillard <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wsof-15-branch-vs-okami-weigh-results-guillard-misses-weight-title-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">missed weight<\/a> toward the end of 2014 and proceeded to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/guillard-happy-wsof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rip into the company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Guillard remained with the company despite their differing point of views and was booked on WSOF&#8217;s twentieth card. However, Guillard did not submit his medical information on time and was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/breaking-news-melvin-guillard-pulled-wsof-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled from the card<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>WSOF President Ray Sefo took great disrespect to this and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/sefo-goes-guillards-issues-wsof-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flipped out<\/a> on how the Guillard situation was being handled on the conference call for &#8220;WSOF 20&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the release was expected and is far from a surprise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH! 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