Months ago, while waxing poetic about his newly-signed Bellator contract, Melvin Guillard divulged that the deal included provisions which would give him the ability to fight when he wanted against who he wanted. While the remarks sounded overly optimistic in theory, they turned out to be prophetic in reality.
Guillard is now scheduled to debut this Friday in the main event of Bellator 141. When he does so, the man standing across from him will be Brandon Girtz, a rugged Division II wrestler who the veteran lightweight says he handpicked from a variety of possible opponents presented to him by Bellator matchmakers.