Post by The Sandmen on May 10, 2013 10:31:02 GMT -5
Yves Edwards looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Melvin Guillard looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Nice punch by Yves Edwards
that nearly tags Guillard.
Edwards misses a step and Melvin Guillard sees an opportunity to counter him!
Guillard is holding Yves Edwards's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yves Edwards loses balance and goes to the ground.
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards attempts to trap Melvin Guillard in his guard.
Yves Edwards manages to switch to full guard.
Melvin Guillard is in open guard over Edwards
Guillard moves on the ground
Melvin Guillard moves to side mount
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards attempts to trap Melvin Guillard in his guard.
Yves Edwards manages to switch to half guard.
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Not a desiderable position that Edwards is in now. Melvin Guillard is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Guillard breaths deeply while on the ground
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Guillard's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Guillard tries to cover his face,
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Guillard is taking this opportunity to rest.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Edwards measures the resilience of Guillard's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Guillard blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Edwards misses a step and Melvin Guillard sees an opportunity to counter him!
Guillard gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Yves Edwards! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Yves Edwards doesn't defend himself!
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Edwards measures the resilience of Guillard's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Guillard blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Guillard sits over his knees and pushes away Edwards's leg!
Melvin Guillard is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Guillard tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
2:12 Round 1 and Guillard is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Melvin Guillard wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Guillard drills Yves Edwards's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Guillard's cheek from the guard.
Melvin Guillard uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Guillard's moves.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
That Armbar from Melvin Guillard appears to be unbreakable
Edwards breaks the lock showing some skills...
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to roll on the ground...
He makes a reversal!
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Yves Edwards is in closed guard over Guillard
Edwards is in closed guard... Guillard tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Yves Edwards!
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard tries to open Edwards's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Melvin Guillard. Edwards is unable to cover himself now!
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Edwards is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
Guillard misses a step and Yves Edwards sees an opportunity to counter him!
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Guillard's cheek from the guard.
Melvin Guillard uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Herb Dean stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Guillard jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Melvin Guillard pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Terrible one sided match... Edwards was not ready to fight a fighter of Melvin Guillard caliber.
Edwards launches a few hard punches to Melvin Guillard's ribs!
Guillard struggles and protects himself.
Herb Dean separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Yves Edwards launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Guillard blocks and tries to circle around his opponent looking for angles.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Guillard is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Guillard pushes Yves Edwards and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
A right hand from Melvin Guillard
makes Edwards stumble back!
Edwards has a small cut in his Mouth
Melvin Guillard launches a body shot
Edwards evades.
Poorly executed technique. Melvin Guillard looks to counter!
Guillard goes to the body...
He punishes Edwards's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Yves Edwards is taking out his mouthpiece to breathe...
Edwards is holding Melvin Guillard's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Melvin Guillard shows great balance while pushing away Yves Edwards
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Guillard pushes Yves Edwards and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Edwards fires low kicks
that fail to land.
Edwards misses a step and Melvin Guillard sees an opportunity to counter him!
Guillard goes to the body...
He punishes Edwards's ribs with a couple of hooks.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 2
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Melvin Guillard launches a rapid series of punches
taking Edwards from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
Edwards has a small cut in his Left cheek
Yves Edwards goes with a looping right hand while Melvin Guillard jumps back and jabs
Edwards only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Edwards avoids a dangerous strike from Guillard
and fends him off with feel-out punches.
Nice punches from Melvin Guillard.
Edwards staggers backwards. Guillard wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Melvin Guillard leans forwards and tries to grapple with Edwards
Guillard shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Edwards launches a few hard punches to Melvin Guillard's ribs!
Guillard struggles and protects himself.
Yves Edwards gets sloppy and Melvin Guillard tries to take advantage...
Guillard gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Guillard blocks Yves Edwards's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
Melvin Guillard is in closed guard over Edwards
Guillard is in closed guard... Edwards tries to roll on the ground!
Melvin Guillard uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Melvin Guillard is in closed guard over Edwards
Guillard tries to escape from closed guard...
Guillard struggles to liberate his leg and jumps to half guard!
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Yves Edwards attempts to move to full guard
Melvin Guillard keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Guillard tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard tries to open Edwards's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Melvin Guillard. Edwards is unable to cover himself now!
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard looks to pass to mount...
Guillard slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Yves Edwards.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Melvin Guillard rolls Yves Edwards to his stomach and takes his back!
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Guillard is in rear mount over Edwards
Edwards has given his back to Melvin Guillard who is trying to get one hook in!
Melvin Guillard has one hook in!
Guillard is in rear mount over Edwards with one hook in
Melvin Guillard isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Edwards's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Armbar looks tight...
Guillard is locking that Armbar...
That Armbar from Melvin Guillard appears to be unbreakable
Edwards struggles to free himself
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
Punishing hold!
Edwards struggles to free himself
Edwards locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Melvin Guillard unil he can pull his arm free! Guillard lost his dominant position.
Yves Edwards is in closed guard over Guillard
Edwards tries to open up Melvin Guillard's defense faking a few punches.
Melvin Guillard wraps his arms around Edwards's arms and counters the punches.
Yves Edwards gets sloppy and Melvin Guillard tries to take advantage...
Edwards is in closed guard... Guillard tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Yves Edwards!
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to roll to his side and trap Melvin Guillard in his guard...
Melvin Guillard keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Guillard tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Melvin Guillard controls the situation despite Yves Edwards efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Edwards cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Guillard can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Guillard tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Melvin Guillard controls the situation despite Yves Edwards efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Guillard catch Yves Edwards's left arm and tries a kimura
Punishing hold!
Guillard is locking that kimura...
You can see the pain reflected in Edwards's eyes...
Edwards struggles to free himself
That kimura looks tight...
Herb Dean breaks Melvin Guillard's lock! This is over! Edwards didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Melvin Guillard by Submission (kimura) at 3:38 Round 2
Statistics: Yves Edwards
Punches 0/10 (0%)
Kicks 0/3 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/8 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/17 (12%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 344 s
Statistics: Melvin Guillard
Punches 25/27 (93%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 14/18 (78%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 344 s
Edwards could use some toughness - that was his downfall in this one. He took some shots and was too damaged too fast to really get any offensive groove going. Destruction resulted.
Melvin Guillard looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Nice punch by Yves Edwards
that nearly tags Guillard.
Edwards misses a step and Melvin Guillard sees an opportunity to counter him!
Guillard is holding Yves Edwards's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yves Edwards loses balance and goes to the ground.
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards attempts to trap Melvin Guillard in his guard.
Yves Edwards manages to switch to full guard.
Melvin Guillard is in open guard over Edwards
Guillard moves on the ground
Melvin Guillard moves to side mount
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards attempts to trap Melvin Guillard in his guard.
Yves Edwards manages to switch to half guard.
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Not a desiderable position that Edwards is in now. Melvin Guillard is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Guillard breaths deeply while on the ground
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Guillard's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Guillard tries to cover his face,
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Guillard is taking this opportunity to rest.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Edwards measures the resilience of Guillard's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Guillard blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Edwards misses a step and Melvin Guillard sees an opportunity to counter him!
Guillard gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Yves Edwards! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Yves Edwards doesn't defend himself!
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Edwards measures the resilience of Guillard's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Guillard blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Guillard sits over his knees and pushes away Edwards's leg!
Melvin Guillard is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Guillard tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
2:12 Round 1 and Guillard is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Melvin Guillard wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Guillard drills Yves Edwards's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Guillard's cheek from the guard.
Melvin Guillard uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Guillard's moves.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
That Armbar from Melvin Guillard appears to be unbreakable
Edwards breaks the lock showing some skills...
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to roll on the ground...
He makes a reversal!
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Yves Edwards is in closed guard over Guillard
Edwards is in closed guard... Guillard tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Yves Edwards!
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard tries to open Edwards's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Melvin Guillard. Edwards is unable to cover himself now!
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Edwards is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
Guillard misses a step and Yves Edwards sees an opportunity to counter him!
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Guillard's cheek from the guard.
Melvin Guillard uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Herb Dean stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Guillard jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Melvin Guillard pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Terrible one sided match... Edwards was not ready to fight a fighter of Melvin Guillard caliber.
Edwards launches a few hard punches to Melvin Guillard's ribs!
Guillard struggles and protects himself.
Herb Dean separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Yves Edwards launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Guillard blocks and tries to circle around his opponent looking for angles.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Guillard is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Guillard pushes Yves Edwards and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
A right hand from Melvin Guillard
makes Edwards stumble back!
Edwards has a small cut in his Mouth
Melvin Guillard launches a body shot
Edwards evades.
Poorly executed technique. Melvin Guillard looks to counter!
Guillard goes to the body...
He punishes Edwards's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Yves Edwards is taking out his mouthpiece to breathe...
Edwards is holding Melvin Guillard's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Melvin Guillard shows great balance while pushing away Yves Edwards
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Guillard pushes Yves Edwards and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Edwards fires low kicks
that fail to land.
Edwards misses a step and Melvin Guillard sees an opportunity to counter him!
Guillard goes to the body...
He punishes Edwards's ribs with a couple of hooks.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 2
=========================================
Melvin Guillard launches a rapid series of punches
taking Edwards from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
Edwards has a small cut in his Left cheek
Yves Edwards goes with a looping right hand while Melvin Guillard jumps back and jabs
Edwards only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Edwards avoids a dangerous strike from Guillard
and fends him off with feel-out punches.
Nice punches from Melvin Guillard.
Edwards staggers backwards. Guillard wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Melvin Guillard leans forwards and tries to grapple with Edwards
Guillard shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Edwards launches a few hard punches to Melvin Guillard's ribs!
Guillard struggles and protects himself.
Yves Edwards gets sloppy and Melvin Guillard tries to take advantage...
Guillard gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Guillard blocks Yves Edwards's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
Melvin Guillard is in closed guard over Edwards
Guillard is in closed guard... Edwards tries to roll on the ground!
Melvin Guillard uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Melvin Guillard is in closed guard over Edwards
Guillard tries to escape from closed guard...
Guillard struggles to liberate his leg and jumps to half guard!
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Yves Edwards attempts to move to full guard
Melvin Guillard keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Melvin Guillard is in half guard over Edwards
Guillard tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard tries to open Edwards's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Melvin Guillard. Edwards is unable to cover himself now!
Melvin Guillard is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Melvin Guillard looks to pass to mount...
Guillard slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Yves Edwards.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Melvin Guillard rolls Yves Edwards to his stomach and takes his back!
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Guillard is in rear mount over Edwards
Edwards has given his back to Melvin Guillard who is trying to get one hook in!
Melvin Guillard has one hook in!
Guillard is in rear mount over Edwards with one hook in
Melvin Guillard isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Edwards's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Armbar looks tight...
Guillard is locking that Armbar...
That Armbar from Melvin Guillard appears to be unbreakable
Edwards struggles to free himself
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
Punishing hold!
Edwards struggles to free himself
Edwards locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Melvin Guillard unil he can pull his arm free! Guillard lost his dominant position.
Yves Edwards is in closed guard over Guillard
Edwards tries to open up Melvin Guillard's defense faking a few punches.
Melvin Guillard wraps his arms around Edwards's arms and counters the punches.
Yves Edwards gets sloppy and Melvin Guillard tries to take advantage...
Edwards is in closed guard... Guillard tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Yves Edwards!
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to roll to his side and trap Melvin Guillard in his guard...
Melvin Guillard keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Guillard tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Melvin Guillard controls the situation despite Yves Edwards efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Edwards cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Guillard can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Guillard tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Melvin Guillard controls the situation despite Yves Edwards efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Melvin Guillard is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Guillard catch Yves Edwards's left arm and tries a kimura
Punishing hold!
Guillard is locking that kimura...
You can see the pain reflected in Edwards's eyes...
Edwards struggles to free himself
That kimura looks tight...
Herb Dean breaks Melvin Guillard's lock! This is over! Edwards didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Melvin Guillard by Submission (kimura) at 3:38 Round 2
Statistics: Yves Edwards
Punches 0/10 (0%)
Kicks 0/3 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/8 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/17 (12%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 344 s
Statistics: Melvin Guillard
Punches 25/27 (93%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 14/18 (78%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 344 s
Edwards could use some toughness - that was his downfall in this one. He took some shots and was too damaged too fast to really get any offensive groove going. Destruction resulted.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!