Melvin Guillard Wants a Fight With Paul Daley

Melvin Guillard spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of his fight with Chidi Njokuani at Bellator 171. Some highlights are below:

On looking for a fight with Paul Daley: “Back in July, I called out Paul Daley. He’s a good friend of mine, and I think that would be a great fight for the division. That’s still a fight that I’m looking to want to take. Hopefully I can have Paul Daley by April or maybe summertime.”

On Njokuani: “He’s all right. I have nothing exciting to say about him. He’s just an average fighter. He’s tall. He’s lanky. He uses his reach pretty well. But I’ve fought a lot of tall people. I’ve fought a lot of short people. The only thing I think I haven’t fought is a midget. I hope I get to fight a midget before my career is up. But at the end of the day, a fight is a fight. I’ve got judo. I’ve got wrestling. I’ve got striking. I can strike with the best of them, so I’m not worried one bit – not in any aspect of this fight.”

On his suspension for testing positive for a non-performance-enhancing banned substance: “It’s behind me. It’s done. I got reinstated, so that’s all that matters. Had it been something really severe, I probably wouldn’t be reinstated. That’s all I’m going to go on with that.”

On being a veteran inb the sport: “These years are flying by so fast – before I know it, five years will have passed by. I’m just ready to end on top. I don’t want to be like most fighters and end by getting my ass kicked or something like that. I want to end on top. I watched poor B.J. get his face kicked in the other night, and all I could think to myself is, ‘Damn, man. He should have probably stayed retired.’ I’m not going to quit it anytime soon. Like I tell people, when it’s over, it’s over. I want to be one of those fighters that when it’s over, I’m not going to look back and want to come back to it. I’m going to make sure I’m completely done with competing. I think that’s what’s wrong with a lot of fighters now. They’re retiring too young, and they feel like they’ve still got something left in them. It’s kind of hard to jump back on the horse when you fall off.”