Melvin Guillard has recently called it a career in combat sports after going out on a win with an Irish bare knuckle legend who fought Melvin Guillard twice weighing in on that news. That fighter in question was Jimmy Sweeney who reflected back to his pair of gloveless bouts with Guillard in 2017. Those clashes came at BKB 6 and BKB 7 in championship affairs that saw Sweeney notch two impressive wins over former UFC vet Melvin Guillard.
When touching on his thoughts on Guillard’s retirement after he earned a win that snapped a lengthy losing skid, Sweeney said [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Like 11 years or something.