Melvin Guillard to Meet Joe Lauzon at UFC 136

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The breakneck pace of fight announcements for UFC 136 continues with another lightweight clash, this one matching surging contender Melvin Guillard against the always-exciting Joe Lauzon.

This is a fight both men have talked about in recent days, after Guillard said he would like to face Lauzon in his next fight.

The social-media savvy Lauzon made the announcement on his website.

Guillard has captured five straight wins, most recently knocking out Shane Roller in the first round of their UFC 132 fight. He's finished three of his last four opponents in improving to 29-8-2 with one no contest. He's been one of the hottest lighteweight in the UFC for a while now, taking eight of his last nine overall.

Because of a logjam at the top of the division, however, Guillard will have to bide his time against Lauzon, a frenetic fighter who has won nightly bonus awards in six of his last seven fights. Lauzon (20-6) has alternated wins and losses in his last five fights.

Lauzon's last bout came at UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry, when he overwhelmed Curt Warburton, finishing with a kimura submission in 1:58.

UFC 136 takes place on October 8 from Houston. As first reported by MMA Fighting, a lightweight championship rematch between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard will headline the card.

 

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Roller interview: Former All-American wrestler says Guillard not in his grappling class

Shane Roller is adding to his game with each fight. The former All-American wrestler at Oklahoma State really needed to work on improving his hands. He's getting there.

In his last fight against Thiago Tavares at UFC on Versus 3, Roller scored the second KO of his career. Now he's got Melvin Guillard saying he's out of his class.

The 31-year-old, now based in Texas, joined RawVegas for a conversation and laughed off Guillard's claim that he's also a better wrestler than Roller.

Guillard and Roller are part of UFC 132's Spike telecast. Guillard, riding a four-fight win streak, is a huge minus-330 favorite.

You can watch UFC 132 right here on Yahoo! Sports

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UFC embraces Sonnen, looks like he?ll return in Texas against Stann

After all the commission drama, we know where the UFC stands on Chael Sonnen and licensing issues.

Heavy.com and MMAjunkie are reporting that Sonnen will face Brian Stann at UFC 136 in Houston. The wrestler vs. striker matchup will be the lead-in to what could be a mega-card.

His spot in California purgatory expired at the end of June. A few days later, he was featured in a video on UFC.com speaking about the Wanderlei Silva-Chris Leben fight and now it looks like the controversial Sonnen is due to return to the Octagon in October.

It's unclear if Sonnen will ever return to California to have his license re-instated. In the meantime there's always Texas, the new home for fighters banned by the Golden State. Antonio Margarito spurned California by landing the Manny Pacquiao fight in Dallas and MMA's Josh Barnett just did the same so by fighting Brett Rogers in Big D.

Two title matchups have been rumored for Oct. 8. If Gray Maynard can get cleared, his trilogy fight with UFC lightweight champ Frank Edgar could go down. Health is also a concern for Jose Aldo. If the 145-pound champ is over his back issues, Aldo may face Kenny Florian. The UFC is also planning a fan expo around the Oct. 8 card.

It'll be interesting to see how Sonnen handles the lead up to the fight. Could he possibly come up with an angle to trash the Iraq-war veteran Stann?

Do you like the matchup? The first comment on UFC.com's story trashed the fight.

Tim Daraitis- This fight makes no sense stylistically, for marketing, or to advance either to a better spot. Stylistically, Stann's wrestling defense isn't the best, and Chael will have an easy fight. For marketing, the UFC needs Sonnen to trash talk, which he shouldn't/can't do against American Hero Brian Stann. Both fighters won't advance because what does either beating the other prove? Odds makers will undoubtedly make this another -600 Chael to +400 Stann or something ridiculous, like they do with other bad matchups.

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