Guillard Feels Like a New Fighter
Posted by Chris Lansdell on 02.07.2010
Credits Coach Jackson with the turnaround...
Melvin Guillard is treating his win over Ronys Torres at UFC 109 as his first career victory. "As far as I'm concerned, I'm a 1-0 fighter," Guillard said after the fight. "The fights before this I relied on my talent, but now I have a great coach and a great team."
Having previously shown a weakness for submission defence - all but one of his losses have come via tapout - Guillard feels he owes his new attitude to his new coach. "I think with Coach Greg, it's the way he comes off in the mental part of the game," Guillard said. "He's a sentimental-type guy. He has that approach like, 'We're going to do this. This is the gameplan.' Just the way that he talks to you and the way he gives you that respect – not only as a fighter, but as a person and a man – it's phenomenal. I'm not taking anything from Coach Saul (Soliz). When I was with Coach Saul in Houston, I had a good run. Training was good. I was able to keep afloat in the UFC. But Coach Jackson just takes it to a whole new level."
