{"id":92036,"date":"2014-04-02T12:09:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=92036"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:54:32","slug":"wsof-wants-melvin-guillard-promises-title-shot-within-two-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/world-series-of-fighting\/wsof-wants-melvin-guillard-promises-title-shot-within-two-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOF Wants Melvin Guillard, Promises Title Shot Within Two Wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/melvin-guillard-vs-mac-danzig-first-bout-booked-for-julys-ufc-on-fox-in-seattle\/guillard-mad-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33710\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33710\" title=\"guillard mad\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guillard-mad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guillard-mad.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guillard-mad-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After his unfortunate UFC release, Melvin Guillard, is on the outside and looking for a new fighting home for the first time in nearly 10-years.<\/p>\n<p>His storied UFC career started in 2005 and saw many ups-and-downs, but for sure, the one thing you could always count on with Guillard is, entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s probably why the WSOF brass is so vocal about their ambitions to acquire the lightweight MMA star.<\/p>\n<p>Check it:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I have big interest in Melvin. The guy is exciting and he always puts on great fights win, lose or draw. And I got the chance to train with him and spar with him, and the guy if he&#8217;s focused, and he&#8217;s training, Melvin Guillard is dangerous. I&#8217;d like to maybe get him a couple of wins, and maybe he can fight for the title one day. [Melvin] said he wanted to be a champion, and he fought in the UFC five or six times and didn&#8217;t get a title shot. Listen, get two wins in here and you get a title shot.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Vice President Ali Abdel-Aziz (via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/4\/2\/5570370\/wsof-has-big-interest-in-longtime-ufc-vet-melvin-guillard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After his unfortunate UFC release, Melvin Guillard, is on the outside and looking for a new fighting home for the first time in nearly 10-years. 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That&#8217;s probably why the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":33710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5806],"tags":[92,606,2814],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WSOF Wants Melvin Guillard, Promises Title Shot Within Two Wins | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/world-series-of-fighting\/wsof-wants-melvin-guillard-promises-title-shot-within-two-wins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WSOF Wants Melvin Guillard, Promises Title Shot Within Two Wins | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After his unfortunate UFC release, Melvin Guillard, is on the outside and looking for a new fighting home for the first time in nearly 10-years. 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