LilBrockonmychest - Since resigning with the UFC, Melvin is 8-5. Guys like Hardy almost lose 5 in a row. Dana's prob just racist.
How can someone almost go 5 losses in a row when he lost 4 then had 2 dominant victories?? 
GayGuardMooseSaucy -Himinahomina - To all those people talking about Hardy, look at his 4 consecutive losses:
GSP (the champ and probably the greatest welter of all time)
Condit (just lost to GSP and was the interim champ)
Johnson (fights at light heavyweight now for fucks sake)
Lytle (a bad loss for Hardy but it was a legends retirement fight)
Take away his 'marketability' and they're not bad losses in comparison to those who have been cut following 3 losses. Melvin is in the same boat in that his losses aren't to bad names and shouldn't be cut now.
TL;DR : Hardy shouldn't of been cut and neither should MelvinIf you're going to nit pick his losses then look at his wins
Gono-Close fight some think he lost. Cut
Markham-Glass jaw, all loses by ko. Cut
Davis-Another close fight that could've gone either way. Cut
Swick-Good decision win but a gift contender fight, Swick was never healthy
These 4 fights shouldn't get you a shot at the WW Goat.
His 4 losses unlike most of his wins were all dominate.
It was exciting to us british when he got the title shot. Do I think he deserved it? No, was he ready? No. Did he beat all the opponents in front of him? Yes.
2 of his losses were to good wrestlers.
Condit was 50/50 could have gone either way. Lytle was a beating put on by lytle.
Even though im english im not really a fan of hardy, mainly cos he blocked me on twitter and his shitty attitude, so all my points are unbiased lol
DaddyO4 - I was Melvin's high school wrestling coach,worked with him for some early fights,and was his primary coach for his 2nd UFC fight with Rick Davis. If you watch that fight you will see Melvin in his best shape ever. I remember wishing he was fighting a bigger name fighter that night.I moved him in with my family,we trained every morning prior to taking him to my school teaching job w/ me as well as evenings, I monitored his every meal getting him from a stacked 185 down to 55 for the first time,and he was sleeping by ten o'clock every night.
We did something I am pretty sure he really has not done much of in quite a while...takedowns (drilling and live) and sessions concentrating on grappling. Whenever I speak to him he only mentions working to get back up from the ground. He has been doing this for so long he should be a force on the ground by now but instead he continues to struggle.I think he trains just to try to win the next fight instead of also trying to improve overall as a fighter.
I am a wrestler originally but have gotten pretty good on the ground w/ a nice blend of wrestling and submissions and we had a guy named Mitch Mcelroy who soon after received BJJ blackbelt,Rich Crunkilton UFC vet,and Jose Figueroa M-1 champ working with us. I think he falls into a trap that many fighters fall into-training what they are best at or what they like best.
He has come out fast and looked good in some fights but seems to get overconfident and drops hands Ali This costed him v Cerrone and Miller among others. If he would come out aggressive throwing straight punches and KEEP HIS HANDS UP his speed would be accentuated.
While he was in high school we would have college wrestlers come through and he would have success in takedowns against them b/c we worked so much on that. He would struggle top and bottom though.We concentrated on takedowns,escapes unless he could take them down directly to back. He probably missed more practices than he came to Fr and So year and quit team twice so I had to streamline his training Jr and Sr year.
I hope they keep him around as he has name recognition and his fights are usually entertaining.Whether people like him or not they will tune in to see him fight. With a few simple adjustments to his game he can have a decent chance against most fighters.
Thanks for the insight. Is Melvin's day to day persona any different than the one he's shown since being in the UFC? If so is it for the better or the worse? 
Billytk - Is Melvin still with Jackson? If so what he should do is announce he's leaving Jacksons camp so he can try to get away from the playing it safe style and back to his explosive all out type of fighting.
No matter if jackson is making him too safe or not by saying this publicly and leaving jackson I guarantee it will by him a grace period from Dana cutting him and give him at least a couple more figths to get back on Dana's good side.
He already left Jacksons a year ago, and his most exciting wins and finishes were when he was still with them.
Maybe Dana should keep him if he agrees to go back to the camp that gave him the most success.
Ryann Von Doom -Outlaw'd by Lytle -Ryann Von Doom -Considering what Marcus Davis said about Melvin last week? He can go back to the regionals for all I care anymore. He can cheat all he likes there, there's a reason why Varner said check him for greasing.
I missed that, what did he say about him? <img alt="Phone Post" border="0" src="/images/phone/apple.png" style="vertical-align:middle;" /></blockquote>
on TUF2 he gave him his tips on how he greased for the fights. I'll link you to the direct episode.
Time?
LilBrockonmychest -TheHaunted2 -LilBrockonmychest - Since resigning with the UFC, Melvin is 8-5. Guys like Hardy almost lose 5 in a row. Dana's prob just racist.How can someone almost go 5 losses in a row when he lost 4 then had 2 dominant victories??
Did you just ask how someone can almost lose 5 in a row and then go on to tell me he lost 4 in a row? Well, the answer to your difficult query would be that 4 is almost 5. Hope that helps, partner.
No he lost 4 and had 2 dominant victories after. If he almost lost 5 that would mean he would have been losing the 5th then pulled off the win. Derp, partner
newjack900 - with the amount of shows the UFC puts out these days you have to keep an entertaining fighter like Melvin on the roster.. I still get excited to watch him fight, which I can't say for all the guys who are on the roster. As long as the price is right, I would think Melvin has to stick around.
I don't particularly like him, but this is a fair point. A win over him still carries some weight IMHO.
TheHaunted2 -GayGuardMooseSaucy -Himinahomina - To all those people talking about Hardy, look at his 4 consecutive losses:
GSP (the champ and probably the greatest welter of all time)
Condit (just lost to GSP and was the interim champ)
Johnson (fights at light heavyweight now for fucks sake)
Lytle (a bad loss for Hardy but it was a legends retirement fight)
Take away his 'marketability' and they're not bad losses in comparison to those who have been cut following 3 losses. Melvin is in the same boat in that his losses aren't to bad names and shouldn't be cut now.
TL;DR : Hardy shouldn't of been cut and neither should MelvinIf you're going to nit pick his losses then look at his wins
Gono-Close fight some think he lost. Cut
Markham-Glass jaw, all loses by ko. Cut
Davis-Another close fight that could've gone either way. Cut
Swick-Good decision win but a gift contender fight, Swick was never healthy
These 4 fights shouldn't get you a shot at the WW Goat.
His 4 losses unlike most of his wins were all dominate.It was exciting to us british when he got the title shot. Do I think he deserved it? No, was he ready? No. Did he beat all the opponents in front of him? Yes.
2 of his losses were to good wrestlers.
Condit was 50/50 could have gone either way. Lytle was a beating put on by lytle.
Even though im english im not really a fan of hardy, mainly cos he blocked me on twitter and his shitty attitude, so all my points are unbiased lol
Much respect for not being biased. I'm the opposite, American but I fucking love Bisping. VTFU later
Love Guillards fighting style, but dislike his attitude sometimes. Being from La, some of us tend to have that attitude unfortunately. Some don't ei Cormier, Poirier, and the one and only Pat Barry of course. That said, I don't think guillard should be cut just yet. I mean Dana's given fan favorites multiple oppurtunities.
Win or lose, Melvin's a talent and I hope to see him in the cage again.
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HeHitsMeBecauseHeLovesMe -Ryann Von Doom -Outlaw'd by Lytle -Time?Ryann Von Doom -Considering what Marcus Davis said about Melvin last week? He can go back to the regionals for all I care anymore. He can cheat all he likes there, there's a reason why Varner said check him for greasing.
I missed that, what did he say about him? <img alt="Phone Post" border="0" src="/images/phone/apple.png" style="vertical-align:middle;" /></blockquote>
on TUF2 he gave him his tips on how he greased for the fights. I'll link you to the direct episode.
i forget the exact time but it was fairly early. like 7-9 minutes into the broadcast
Loxly -HeHitsMeBecauseHeLovesMe -Ryann Von Doom -Outlaw'd by Lytle -Time?Ryann Von Doom -Considering what Marcus Davis said about Melvin last week? He can go back to the regionals for all I care anymore. He can cheat all he likes there, there's a reason why Varner said check him for greasing.
I missed that, what did he say about him? <img alt="Phone Post" border="0" src="/images/phone/apple.png" style="vertical-align:middle;" /></blockquote>
on TUF2 he gave him his tips on how he greased for the fights. I'll link you to the direct episode.
i forget the exact time but it was fairly early. like 7-9 minutes into the broadcast
Davis said "Melvin told me how he greases. He told me he will rub vaseline on his body the night before a fight and sleep with it all over his body. Then towel off in the morning. But by then it is in his poors and he it comes out when he sweats during the fight."