UFC Fight for the Troops 2 results: Melvin Guillard takes out Evan Dunham
by Geno Mrosko on Jan 22, 2011 11:47 PM EST
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After Evan Dunham dropped a controversial decision to Sean Sherk at UFC 119, there were many that believed that one in the loss column was deserving of an asterisk next to it.
You can go ahead and remove that now.
That's because Melvin Guillard absolutely blitzed his way to a first round knockout win over Dunham at UFC Fight Night 23: "Fight for the Troops 2" in Fort Hood, Texas.
From the very beginning of the fight it was clear that Dunham would have trouble dealing with the speed of "The Young Assassin."
After eating a big shot, "3-D" tried to turn the fight into a grappling match, clinching and shooting for a takedown. He got it but it didn't last, and when Guillard got back to his feet it was only a short time before fireworks were let off.
Since moving to the Greg Jackson camp, Guillard has looked like a much more polished striker and that showed itself in this fight.
A big right hand rocked Dunham and he was hurt enough that "The Young Assassin" knew it was time to pounce.
And like a young hungry lion, that's exactly what he did.
To Dunham's credit, he pushed forward and continued to battle for as long as he could, but a few big knees, not to mention countless unanswered shots, and he was unable to continue.
Guillard has said he wants to fight for the title by the end of 2011 after going undefeated in 2010.
Is he on his way to doing just that?
If his performance tonight was any indicator, he just might be.
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uh oh
A focused hungry melvin with hands like that is very dangerous for the lw division…..
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 22, 2011 11:49 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Dude looked like a beast tonight.
Very impressive.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
by Geno Mrosko on Jan 22, 2011 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
Happy for him, looks like he is working real hard and improving...hope he can stay on the straight and narrow
nothing worse than wasted potential
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told the world melvin gets it in
by mistahsupahyphy on Jan 22, 2011 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
im also happy for melvin... I really thought he would lose this fight, although he has a world of potential, and when he is firing on all cylinders, he can bang with the best of them.
Happy to see him step his game up and not choke in a main event fight.
Melvins stock is on the rise for sure….he has all the talent in the world, but lcks mental fortitude…if he can be mentally sound and not make mistakes, he will be a contender for sure
Melvin looked great!
Can’t wait to see who they match him up with next.
With the win over the legend Matt Hughes the gates are slowly being greased. Soon it will be time to open the Shit gates once again.
Awesome showing from Melvin
he looked calm and relaxed when taken down too. And those punches with one leg in the air my god he has power!
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by Rampagelangford on Jan 22, 2011 11:54 PM EST reply actions
+1
He was just very impressive against a top guy. Great job Melvin.
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way to finish a rival via illegal knees
no respect for that fucker, he was winning? sure, did he deserved the win? absolutely not
Watching it on slow motion it was very close. And the fight was being waved off. Wasn’t intentional calm down
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 23, 2011 12:00 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
completely agree
It was not intentional, and from the slow mos I saw, he was not downed yet when the knee landed. We need a GIF on here.
They should change the rule. It should be you cannot knee your opponent while they are on their back. Too many people abuse the rule (DHK, kos) and there’s too much controversy. Fighters should learn to defend themselves when having low posture such as while getting up or kneeling. On the other hand, defending knees on the ground in a position such as north-south or side control is much more difficult and I would rather see this the only way knees on the ground are illegal. A standing knee is the same as a standing knee with a finger on the ground. But a knee while the back of your head is stuck in the corner of the fence is different.
i wanna believe man
but it was so close and after the sherk fight i kinda wanted to see dunham succeed
It's not like Dunham is going anywhere.
He’s not getting cut, he’s very young and will improve….no doubt top 10 potential fighter. The sherk fight should have thought him about fighting smart but it didnt. He still did the same mistakes as in the Per Eklund and Efrain fights. He’s a slow first round fighter and tends to try to walk through punches to get to the body. Just a bad way to do it against a hitter like Melvin but there arent too many at LW. Though i dont want to discredit him in the Sherk fight – sean has looked just dreadful and his t rex arms didnt force Evan to fix those initial problems. So the main lesson he probably took away coming into this fight were judging sucks and dont go for guillotines over and over because bottom means losing in MMA.
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by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Jan 23, 2011 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
i respectfully ask what fight you were fucking watching
In my opinion the ref was on his way in to stop the fight before/while he was throwing that last knee, Dunham was literally out in his feet after Melvin threw the first knee that connected, and how do you define rivals? I think a little history/skack talk/bad blood must exist for that term to be used.
by WallyBallz on Jan 23, 2011 12:03 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Well opinions dont count for shit only facts..And the fact id Melvin landed a vicious knee while Evan was on his butt which is ILLEGAL!!!
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illegal strike or not....
Dunham was done…
by DADEAL1 on Jan 23, 2011 1:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Glad to see the Dunham hypetrain derailed he lost against Sherk and I was tired of the he’s still undefeated claims. Melvin is still a few wins aways considering how there are several other guys in front of him but now he can say he’s in the mix for a title shot.
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