Melvin Guillard vs. Thiago Tavares at UFC 114

by Scott Haber on Feb 13, 2010 11:50 AM EST in MMA Events

Fresh off his UFC 109 victory over Ronnys Torres, Melvin Guillard is jumping right back into training and will face another dangerous Brazilian in May according to MMA Junkie:

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned from sources close to the organization that Guillard and Brazilian Thiago Tavares (14-3-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) have verbally agreed to meet at UFC 114.

Thiago Tavares last saw action at UFN 20 in January where he fought to a rare draw with Nik Lentz.

UFC 114 now includes:

- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Rashad Evans
- Forrest Griffin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Amir Sadollah vs. Dong Hyun Kim
- Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway
- Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow
- Cyrille Diabate vs. Luiz Cane
- Chris Leben vs. Aaron Simpson
- Melvin Guillard vs. Thiago Tavares
- Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon
- Jesse Forbes vs. Ryan Jensen

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After getting submitted twice in the UFC, they’re really giving Melvin lots of high quality grapplers- Tibau, Diaz, Torres, and now Tavares.

"He hit like a bitch."

by SMC on Feb 13, 2010 12:02 PM EST reply actions

Tavares is a great grappler but I don’t think he has good enough wrestling to take down Guillard and keep him down.

Guillard by UD

by IRodC on Feb 13, 2010 12:13 PM EST reply actions

I’m setting the Over/Under at 6.

by madiq on Feb 13, 2010 12:16 PM EST reply actions

300,000 on the over

by Austin Martin on Feb 13, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions

Tavares looked like a monster when he arrived in the UFC a couple of years ago, but he has looked awful ever since Matt Wiman knocked him silly. Even his win over Manny Gamburyan was lackluster.

I think this is a ‘win or go home’ fight for Tavares.

by Steve4192 on Feb 13, 2010 12:50 PM EST reply actions

He’s probably going home then. Guillard is looking much better, Tavares is looking much worse.

Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.

by lowellthehammer on Feb 13, 2010 1:01 PM EST up reply actions

why does joe silva hate the fans?

i have an irrational love for melvin like leland does for manhoef, why can’t they match him up with someone who wants to brawl. Although. iffff he manages to win this, and then they put him against another upper tier guy (he won’t fight daddy, i don’t think guida either, maybe soto if he wins? i don’t see that happening. But a good upper tier matchup, if he wins i can see a guillard vs bj in the future. I would LOVE THAT. Someone who is just as fast and dangerous as bj.

by Austin Martin on Feb 13, 2010 1:06 PM EST reply actions