Remember this brain scrambler? Melvin vs Rick Davis

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Yeah I remember that very well, it was such a great KO. Great time for the UFC

 

[witt1021]

guillard. a high school wrestling champion , a 5A MVP in the state. wrestled with honors in college. wanting to stand and bang was a product of his own demise.

 

[mahavishnunj]

Nothing made me laugh louder than when Clementi subbed him. "Go learn some jiu-jitsu Melvin."
Physical and athletic potential gone to waste due to a lack of training, discipline, bad decisions and friends... dude is a total turd.

One of my favorite MMA moments ever. Seeing how pissed Melvin was made it even better. I can't find a gif of it, if someone does please post it.

 

[JustBleed69]

Guillard had great natural talent, but poor fight IQ and mental fortitude. Once his chin got cracked, he was done.

 

[StewDogg11]

I bet money on this guy, and he threw 4 flying knees against Nate Diaz

got taken down and submitted soooooo dumb

Great athleticism and explosivity, but absolutely terrible fight IQ

Pretty sure he had the bright idea to go to the ground with Jim Miller after hurting him as well.

 

[wh4tttt]

i remember a few years ago when salikhov wheel kicked him into the spirit world.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

View attachment 959367 Sweet Jesus man. If this isn’t the most brutal KO ever. It’s at least an HM. Hello shadow realm.

This is why you shouldn't throw naked low kicks

 

[brackis1]

Nothing made me laugh louder than when Clementi subbed him. "Go learn some jiu-jitsu Melvin."
Physical and athletic potential gone to waste due to a lack of training, discipline, bad decisions and friends... dude is a total turd.

Both those guys were terrible humans iirc. Melvin for hitting a woman and Rich for abusing a child.

 

[witt1021]

Holy shit I didn’t know that. See. He had all the talent in the world. He was just a headcase. Didn’t he do prison time to? I can’t remember.

he dodged both cases with probation i believe.

 

[mmaElite53]

MMA is brutal damn

 

[Ace70 V2]

guillard. a high school wrestling champion , a 5A MVP in the state. wrestled with honors in college. wanting to stand and bang was a product of his own demise.

You got to see a glimpse of it when he fought Evan Dunham. That as a beautiful display.

 

[Satchm0]

i remember a few years ago when salikhov wheel kicked him into the spirit world.

LOL, that's not the same black guy.

 

[jeff7b9]

LOL, that's not the same black guy.

A) yeah... it is.

B) on a separate note...

Guillard missed weight more often than he made weight in the last 10 fights or so of his career. What a strange way to downslide.

Wound up going winless in his last 10 mma fights (0-9 1nc) and 1-6 in his last 7 bare knuckle fights, culminating in Joe Riggs KOing him in 59 seconds and leaving him with facial fractures.

Damn. Fighting is a cruel life path.

Most of the time these guys fade into obscurity and end on really rough runs and Melvin is a Prime example of that.

 

[Tweak896]

Still can't believe he fought Adesanya...

 

[regmma123]

The overhead view of that ko is even more dramatic

 

[PrepareForGlory]

Reminds me of this Topuria KO. Headshot. Dead. Another very athletic power puncher.

I always liked watching Melvin. His fights were very unpredictable

 

[dog y]

God. Lost another long, well typed reply. I invested over 10 minutes there. Ffs. Fuck.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

i remember a few years ago when salikhov wheel kicked him into the spirit world.

Retirement Circuit Guillard is one of the saddest Retirement Circuit fighters of all time.

And yet still nowhere near Retirement Circuit Bigfoot Silva.

Some dudes just phone it in, but Guillard was fighting monsters he should've been treating far more seriously...

 

[fightfan70]

mini randleman.

i watched that live.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Imagine if that left would've landed on the way down.

That and also imagine if that fight happened on concrete?