TUF 13 Finale Results: Does Clay Guida Deserve a Shot at the UFC Lightweight Title?
Bleacher Report’s Brian Goldsmith:
Fan favorite, Clay Guida, defeated former WEC Lightweight champion, Anthony Showtime Pettis by unanimous decision tonight at UFC Ultimate Finale. Pettis was guaranteed a title shot versus the Frankie Edgar – Gray Maynard winner. That fight went to a draw, so Pettis chose to fight Guida. In the meantime, the rematch between the champion, Edgar, and Maynard was postponed due to injury to both fighters. If Pettis won tonight, in any fashion, he would’ve certainly be granted a title shot.
Instead, Clay Guida won every round on his way to a unanimous decision victory, that, in all honesty, was not near as close as what most experts thought it would be. Guida dominated all three rounds with his wrestling. He did exactly what he wanted to do. He turned it in to an ugly, scrambling, wrestling match, and the former WEC Lightweight Champ did not have much of an answer for it. Pettis, who is extremely skilled off of his back, came close to catching Guida a couple of times, but just did not seem to match Guida’s intensity throughout the fight.