Fresh off his UFC 109 victory over Ronnys Torres, Melvin Guillard is jumping right back into training and will face another dangerous Brazilian in May according to MMA Junkie:
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned from sources close to the organization that Guillard and Brazilian Thiago Tavares (14-3-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) have verbally agreed to meet at UFC 114.
Thiago Tavares last saw action at UFN 20 in January where he fought to a rare draw with Nik Lentz.
UFC 114 now includes:
– Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Rashad Evans
– Forrest Griffin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
– Amir Sadollah vs. Dong Hyun Kim
– Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway
– Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow
– Cyrille Diabate vs. Luiz Cane
– Chris Leben vs. Aaron Simpson
– Melvin Guillard vs. Thiago Tavares
– Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon
– Jesse Forbes vs. Ryan Jensen