Melvin Guillard Ready to Stand Up With Nate Diaz in UFN 19 Main Event
From UFC.com:
“[Nate Diaz] won the Ultimate Fighter, so even if he gets three or four losses I think he’s going to be around somewhere in the picture. I don’t feel like his job is on the line—though he might have to take a long break. It might make him have to sit down for about six months. I don’t feel any pressure, and fighting guys with pressure never bothers me. A fight’s a fight, and I want to stay busy.
“Nate’s been bothering the UFC about getting somebody to stand up and bang with him, because Clay Guida went in and just took him down and out-wrestled him. Stevenson did the same thing. Everybody knows I am a great wrestler, but I’m also a great striker and I want to have a good stand-up battle. I mean, if he really wants someone to go in there and stand up and bang with him? I’m that guy.
“I know my boxing’s way better than his, and it’ll be a short night for him if he wants to go that route. But man, I know how it goes in a fight. Once a guy gets hit by me, his whole game plan goes out the window. Nobody can withstand my right hand, and I think that he’ll try on a couple of little Jiu-Jitsu moves in that case. But my cardio’s great, and I am prepared to go full-speed, 100% for 15 minutes.”
UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard, who has evolved from a loser of two-straight who served a nine-month suspension for cocaine in 2007 to a UFC Fight Night headliner, talks about his strategy for tonight’s main event matchup against The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner Nate Diaz.
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If Diaz does decide to stand and bang with Guillard, you can throw my prediction for the bout out the window, because he will get put to sleep. I, however, believe Diaz only requested someone to stand and bang so he could get someone that’s not looking to take him down, so that he can be the one looking to take the fight to the ground, instead of getting out wrestled again.
Agreed.
All jokes about Nate Diaz’s “thtupidity” aside, if he starts the fight standing in front of Guillard and stays there, he’ll finish the fight on the floor.
Which would be just fine with me…
Haha you Diaz haters are funny. Watch for Nate to use his reach and timing to get the shoot and the takedown. From there its jitz 101 all the way until Melvin is turbo tapping!
Like i said before i don’t feel it will be wise for Nate to stand and trade with Melvin because although Guillard is reckless, he has improved his technique and if he connects, he connects and his power is above average, he’s ko’d guys in brutal fashion before so Nate better just stick to his bjj because that’s where he’s had his most success.
Don’t count Diaz out on his feet just yet remember is bro was thought not be a striker until he stood and knocked out Lawler and shocked everybody.
nick diaz couldnt do that again…that was the luckiest punch ever…lawler would smash him in a rematch
Gun
I totally agree but the fact still remains it happened.
Nate Diaz is NO NICK Diaz. Nick Diaz has way better overall striking than Nate does. I don’t compare the 2 in terms of striking because Nick is in a whole-nother class than his lil bro. And contrary to what Gun said, i feel that Diaz would still beat Lawlor in a rematch.
If Nate has any sense, he will not try and trade with Melvin. That guys has got some heavy hands and he has the potential to put Nate to sleep if they stand up for hte whole 15 minutes. I agree with Justin on Nate’s reasoning for asking for an opponent that wants to stand and trade.
Melvin is going to smash Nate. If Nate tries to take it to the ground he will get outwrestled at some point. especially if Guillard gets top position and goes for some good old fashioned GnP, which will eventually finish the fight. lets not forget wrestling is his base, although one could easily forget that after his performance against joe stevenson
GunSlinger, Luckiest punch ever? Wow you need to go back and watch the replay buddy, “NICK DIAZ IS OUT BOXING ROBBY LAWLER” Joe and Mike both said that during the two round brawl… Lawler may be better now but that was no lucky punch Diaz had been looking for Robbie to come into that right hook (he threw it multiple times) the whole fight and he timed it to perfection
I just hope this fight goes longer than 1 round. I would hate to see Melvin get submitted in the 1st round, again.