{"id":54148,"date":"2015-07-15T11:57:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T16:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54148"},"modified":"2015-07-15T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T16:58:19","slug":"melvin-the-young-assasin-guillard-set-to-make-promotional-debut-in-the-main-event-of-bellator-141-against-brandon-cold-roll-girtz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54148","title":{"rendered":"Melvin &#8220;The Young Assassin&#8221; Guillard Set to Make Promotional Debut In the MAIN EVENT OF BELLATOR 141 AGAINST BRANDON &#8220;COLD ROLL&#8221; GIRTZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=54148\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54149\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/E9775496-8247-4BA6-9693-B250AC3F77D8-300x37.png\" alt=\"E9775496-8247-4BA6-9693-B250AC3F77D8\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Melvin \u201cThe Young Assassin\u201d Guillard\u2019s (32-14-2 2 NC) first bout under the Bellator MMA banner will come in lightweight action against Brandon \u201cCold Roll\u201d Girtz (11-4) on Friday, Aug. 28 at Pechanga Resort &amp; Casino in Temecula, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>The contest serves as the headlining bout of &#8220;Bellator MMA: Guillard vs. Girtz,&#8221; which airs live on Spike at 9 p.m. ET\/8 p.m. CT, while preliminary bouts will stream on Spike.com at 7 p.m. ET. Additional bouts will be announced shortly.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tickets for Bellator 141, which start at just $50, go on sale this Friday at Pechanga.com and the Pechanga Resort &amp; Casino box office. Doors for the event open at 4 p.m. PT local time, and the first contest takes place one hour later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince signing Melvin [Guillard] in May, we have been anxious to get him inside the Bellator cage,\u201d Bellator MMA President Scott Coker said. \u201cBrandon Girtz has performed well for us and will face his stiffest competition to date when he meets the 50-fight veteran. I\u2019m really looking forward to the event, as well as returning to one of our favorite venues in Pechanga Resort and Casino.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At only 32 years of age, \u201cThe Young Assassin\u201d has amassed 50 professional bouts in a career that dates back to 2002. With 21 victories coming by KO, Guillard has generated a large fan base with his exciting fighting style.<\/p>\n<p>Born in New Orleans, the knockout artist has honed his skills at some of the top MMA gyms in the world including: Jackson\u2019s MMA, Blackzilians, Grudge Training Center and American Top Team, where he currently trains. During his 22-fight stint with Ultimate Fighting Championship, Guillard broke MMA great BJ Penn\u2019s record for most KO\u2019s in the lightweight division with eight, an accolade that he still holds to this day.<\/p>\n<p>An NCAA Division II All-American at Minnesota State University, Girtz has competed for Bellator MMA since 2012, accruing a record of 4-2. It\u2019s safe to say that the Northway Martial Arts-product is a \u201csubmission specialist,\u201d with seven of his 11 professional victories coming by way of making his opponent tap out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCold Roll\u201d was officially cleared to return to active competition in May after suffering an ACL injury during training. This return bout will be Girtz\u2019s first appearance in 2015, and will also serve as his first time in a headlining role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melvin \u201cThe Young Assassin\u201d Guillard\u2019s (32-14-2 2 NC) first bout under the Bellator MMA banner will come in lightweight action against Brandon \u201cCold Roll\u201d Girtz (11-4) on Friday, Aug. 28 at Pechanga Resort &amp; Casino in Temecula, Calif. The contest serves as the headlining bout of &#8220;Bellator MMA: Guillard vs. Girtz,&#8221; which airs live on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10374],"tags":[13288],"class_list":["post-54148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mma-2","tag-melvin-the-young-assassin-guillard-set-to-make-promotional-debut-in-the-main-event-of-bellator-141-against-brandon-cold-roll-girtz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54148"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}