{"id":163044,"date":"2015-08-28T11:57:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T18:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=163044"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:55:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:55:20","slug":"melvin-guillard-the-reebok-deal-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/melvin-guillard-the-reebok-deal-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvin Guillard: &#8216;The Reebok Deal Is A Slap In The Face To Veterans&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Melvin-Guillard.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141226\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Melvin-Guillard.png\" alt=\"Melvin Guillard\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" 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>Former UFC and WSOF lightweight Melvin Guillard is now set to make his Bellator MMA debut Friday night against Brandon Girtz in the main event.<\/p>\n<p>Guillard&#8217;s brief stint with WSOF did not go well and there still seems to be a little bad blood between himself and the promotion, however, his departure from the UFC was drama free. He was simply let go, and now, looking back and seeing what&#8217;s going on now, Guillard is happy it went that way.<\/p>\n<p>He told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/8\/27\/9208833\/melvin-guillard-hears-teammate-discontent-with-ufc-reebok-deal-theyre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Guys aren&#8217;t happy with how things are going as far as the Reebok deal, obviously. Guys are losing money with sponsorships because they can&#8217;t make any money with sponsors. I never ever understood when I was with the UFC and they started charging companies to be in the UFC. That&#8217;s when everything started affecting our money. I never understood that, but I was always optimistic to think that maybe they would pay us more money on the back-end because we were losing money on this end, but it never happened. 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