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ANAHEIM, Calif. — UFC president Dana White, Cain Velasquez, Junior dos Santos, Clay Guida and Benson Henderson addressed the media following Saturday night’s UFC on FOX event. Below are the press conference highlights.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — UFC president Dana White, Cain Velasquez, Junior dos Santos, Clay Guida and Benson Henderson addressed the media following Saturday night’s UFC on FOX event. Below are the press conference highlights.
Tonight at UFC on Fox 1 Clay Guida and Ben Henderson will face off for the No. 1 contender spot in the lightweight division. The fight is sure to be exciting and is extremely hard to predict. Clay Guida has been a contender in the division for quite so…
Tonight at UFC on Fox 1 Clay Guida and Ben Henderson will face off for the No. 1 contender spot in the lightweight division.
The fight is sure to be exciting and is extremely hard to predict. Clay Guida has been a contender in the division for quite some time but has really started to shine since joining Greg Jackson’s gym.
If Guida walks away with the victory, it will be the first time he’s had a shot at the title. Many people don’t expect it to happen, but it would certainly set up some exciting events in the lightweight division.
If Henderson losses this fight, it could very likely set up another fight between himself and Anthony Pettis. Henderson and Pettis met in an extremely exciting fight in the former WEC organization.
It was a fight that many people missed, and a second one would be great to see.
If Clay Guida wins and gets the title shot against Frankie Edgar, it could very well be the first time we see a fighter who actually outpaces the champ.
Guida has insane pacing in his fights and never stops moving around making him hard to hit, even for a great boxer that is Edgar.
Edgar is known for having great conditioning, but putting him up against Guida would be a test unlike any other he’s had in the past. Edgar would most likely need to utilize his great wrestling if he couldn’t get Guida’s timing down.
A win from Guida would also mean that one of the UFC’s biggest fan favorites would finally be in title contention. Edgar would very likely be receiving more boos than he’s accustomed to.
No matter what happens, no one should miss this fight, but a win from Clay Guida would certainly set up some extremely interesting situations in the division.
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ANAHEIM — UFC president Dana White showed up to the post-fight press conference after his organization’s network debut on FOX looking more relieved than elated.
“I feel great,” he insisted almost defensively, before the question was even finished. “It’s behind me. I’ve been waiting for this.”
In fairness, this was the end of an incredibly stressful period in White’s life. The Cain Velasquez–Junior dos Santos bout he’d hyped as “the biggest fight in UFC history” had ended in just one minute and four seconds after a hard right hand from dos Santos sent Velasquez on the path toward defeat. As many viewers of the post-fight show on FOX noted, White’s commentary about Velasquez’s performance didn’t make him sound terribly pleased about the effort he’d gotten from his champion on the big night.
“I said it in the first press conference: this thing could go 30 seconds or this thing could go 25 minutes. We’ll see. Either way it’ll be a great fight and it was. That’s what happens when you put two heavyweights in there who bang. Anything can happen. …As soon as those fights start, whatever happens happens. There’s nothing you can do about that. We can’t control the fights.”
As for his remarks about Velasquez’s game plan, questioning why he didn’t try harder to use his wrestling skills and get dos Santos to the mat, White painted himself as just another observer with his own take on the proceedings.
“I wouldn’t say that I was critical,” said White. “I had an opinion. When we went back to the post[-fight] show, I said, you know, I don’t understand why Cain wouldn’t have shot, gone in for the shot, try to work, pressure him, and not stay in his range and try to bang with Junior in the early rounds. But what the hell am I? I’m not anybody’s coach or trainer. It was just my impression about the fight.”
A soft-spoken Velasquez admitted he’d strayed from his own strategy, brief though the fight was, saying his original goal had been to establish his striking game and “if the takedown is there, take it.”
“It was my fault,” said the former champion. “I didn’t pressure him enough. The game plan was to go in there and pressure.”
Even though the fight ended with a definitive TKO, White didn’t seem particularly thrilled with how quickly it was over, and with good reason. A 64-second fight leaves little opportunity for ratings to build from the pre-fight show, and might make a poor impression on first-time viewers who haven’t seen the sport before.
Meanwhile, the undercard bout between lightweights Ben Henderson and Clay Guida was a three-round thriller that streamed on Facebook and FoxSports.com rather than airing on the network broadcast. Had FOX opted to air that fight as well, it might have helped ratings reach a greater peak for the main event, though don’t tell that to White, who pointed out that this was a special introduction show — not a part of the UFC-FOX deal.
“For anybody to bitch about this fight and how they didn’t get to see that fight — shut up,” he said. “You should have bought tickets if you wanted to see all the fights and you don’t like to watch it on Facebook. Seriously, shut up. I don’t even want to hear it.”
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Regardless of what the ratings turn out to be in the U.S., White claimed that dos Santos’ home country tuned in to the fast and furious fight en masse, with an estimated viewing audience of 60 million.
“60 million people,” White repeated. “There’s 200 million people in the country. That’s pretty crazy.”
Upon hearing this, a grin spread across dos Santos’ face. “I’m famous,” said the new UFC heavyweight champion.
And regardless of how longtime MMA fans might criticize the UFC’s presentation in its network debut, White termed it “the perfect night” from a production standpoint, and cautioned that broadcasting on FOX isn’t as simple as some might think.
“What you guys have to understand is tonight we were talking to people who had never seen the UFC before. We weren’t talking to the hardcore fans. We weren’t talking to the people who’d been watching for years. We were talking to and trying to educate people who’d never seen it before. Now that we’re on a mainstream platform, many of you don’t realize all the battles we fight behind the scenes. It’s crazy. Every freaking weirdo comes out from everywhere. You know, ‘fighting is on TV!’ We’ve been on TV for six years, coalition of ‘I have nothing better to do.’ We have to ease into this thing.”
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ANAHEIM — UFC president Dana White showed up to the post-fight press conference after his organization’s network debut on FOX looking more relieved than elated.
“I feel great,” he insisted almost defensively, before the question was even finished. “It’s behind me. I’ve been waiting for this.”
In fairness, this was the end of an incredibly stressful period in White’s life. The Cain Velasquez–Junior dos Santos bout he’d hyped as “the biggest fight in UFC history” had ended in just one minute and four seconds after a hard right hand from dos Santos sent Velasquez on the path toward defeat. As many viewers of the post-fight show on FOX noted, White’s commentary about Velasquez’s performance didn’t make him sound terribly pleased about the effort he’d gotten from his champion on the big night.
“I said it in the first press conference: this thing could go 30 seconds or this thing could go 25 minutes. We’ll see. Either way it’ll be a great fight and it was. That’s what happens when you put two heavyweights in there who bang. Anything can happen. …As soon as those fights start, whatever happens happens. There’s nothing you can do about that. We can’t control the fights.”
As for his remarks about Velasquez’s game plan, questioning why he didn’t try harder to use his wrestling skills and get dos Santos to the mat, White painted himself as just another observer with his own take on the proceedings.
“I wouldn’t say that I was critical,” said White. “I had an opinion. When we went back to the post[-fight] show, I said, you know, I don’t understand why Cain wouldn’t have shot, gone in for the shot, try to work, pressure him, and not stay in his range and try to bang with Junior in the early rounds. But what the hell am I? I’m not anybody’s coach or trainer. It was just my impression about the fight.”
A soft-spoken Velasquez admitted he’d strayed from his own strategy, brief though the fight was, saying his original goal had been to establish his striking game and “if the takedown is there, take it.”
“It was my fault,” said the former champion. “I didn’t pressure him enough. The game plan was to go in there and pressure.”
Even though the fight ended with a definitive TKO, White didn’t seem particularly thrilled with how quickly it was over, and with good reason. A 64-second fight leaves little opportunity for ratings to build from the pre-fight show, and might make a poor impression on first-time viewers who haven’t seen the sport before.
Meanwhile, the undercard bout between lightweights Ben Henderson and Clay Guida was a three-round thriller that streamed on Facebook and FoxSports.com rather than airing on the network broadcast. Had FOX opted to air that fight as well, it might have helped ratings reach a greater peak for the main event, though don’t tell that to White, who pointed out that this was a special introduction show — not a part of the UFC-FOX deal.
“For anybody to bitch about this fight and how they didn’t get to see that fight — shut up,” he said. “You should have bought tickets if you wanted to see all the fights and you don’t like to watch it on Facebook. Seriously, shut up. I don’t even want to hear it.”
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Regardless of what the ratings turn out to be in the U.S., White claimed that dos Santos’ home country tuned in to the fast and furious fight en masse, with an estimated viewing audience of 60 million.
“60 million people,” White repeated. “There’s 200 million people in the country. That’s pretty crazy.”
Upon hearing this, a grin spread across dos Santos’ face. “I’m famous,” said the new UFC heavyweight champion.
And regardless of how longtime MMA fans might criticize the UFC’s presentation in its network debut, White termed it “the perfect night” from a production standpoint, and cautioned that broadcasting on FOX isn’t as simple as some might think.
“What you guys have to understand is tonight we were talking to people who had never seen the UFC before. We weren’t talking to the hardcore fans. We weren’t talking to the people who’d been watching for years. We were talking to and trying to educate people who’d never seen it before. Now that we’re on a mainstream platform, many of you don’t realize all the battles we fight behind the scenes. It’s crazy. Every freaking weirdo comes out from everywhere. You know, ‘fighting is on TV!’ We’ve been on TV for six years, coalition of ‘I have nothing better to do.’ We have to ease into this thing.”
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Ben Henderson and Clay Guida fought furiously for three full rounds and were awarded Fight of the Night honors at Saturday’s UFC on FOX 1 event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
In the scrappy fight, Henderson defeated Guida by unanimous decision to become the next challenger in line for champion Frankie Edgar.
All post-fight award winners on Saturday earned a $65,000 bonus.
For Submission of the Night, featherweight Ricardo Lamas attached a tight arm-triangle choke to submit Cub Swanson in the third round. The was one other submission finish on the card, a D’arce choke applied by featherweight Dustin Poirier over Pablo Garza.
According to UFC president Dana White, UFC on FOX 1 drew a gate of $1.1 million and 14,019 in attendance.
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Ben Henderson and Clay Guida fought furiously for three full rounds and were awarded Fight of the Night honors at Saturday’s UFC on FOX 1 event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
In the scrappy fight, Henderson defeated Guida by unanimous decision to become the next challenger in line for champion Frankie Edgar.
All post-fight award winners on Saturday earned a $65,000 bonus.
For Submission of the Night, featherweight Ricardo Lamas attached a tight arm-triangle choke to submit Cub Swanson in the third round. The was one other submission finish on the card, a D’arce choke applied by featherweight Dustin Poirier over Pablo Garza.
According to UFC president Dana White, UFC on FOX 1 drew a gate of $1.1 million and 14,019 in attendance.
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Alright Nation, we are on the brink of what is possibly the most important event in human history since ever. We stress the word “possibly” in that sentence, so no silly hate mail about Steve Guttenberg inventing the bench press, or whatever. And please, don’t talk to us about the historic impact of the so-called “moon landing”. Everyone knows that the whole Apollo mission was filmed on a sound stage in Arizona.
This historic event will be broadcast live on a major network to a bajillion people, so it’s not even really a contest. Two large men will fight for money and everyone and their Nana can watch; if Jesus shows up tonight in a tuxedo t-shirt we wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest. It’s such a huge deal that the UFC is basically giving Fox just the tip to see how it feels, airing just one fight off of a pretty sweet ten-fight lineup.
Come around and hang out with us for all the fights, because you know we’re going to have you covered, Nation. Fights start at 4:45ET on Facebook and FoxSports.com, the big-deal television show kicks off at 9ET.
Oh, and hit “Refresh” frequently, since everyone seems to tell people to do that.
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Alright Nation, we are on the brink of what is possibly the most important event in human history since ever. We stress the word “possibly” in that sentence, so no silly hate mail about Steve Guttenberg inventing the bench press, or whatever. And please, don’t talk to us about the historic impact of the so-called “moon landing”. Everyone knows that the whole Apollo mission was filmed on a sound stage in Arizona.
This historic event will be broadcast live on a major network to a bajillion people, so it’s not even really a contest. Two large men will fight for money and everyone and their Nana can watch; if Jesus shows up tonight in a tuxedo t-shirt we wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest. It’s such a huge deal that the UFC is basically giving Fox just the tip to see how it feels, airing just one fight off of a pretty sweet ten-fight lineup.
Come around and hang out with us for all the fights, because you know we’re going to have you covered, Nation. Fights start at 4:45ET on Facebook and FoxSports.com, the big-deal television show kicks off at 9ET.
Oh, and hit “Refresh” frequently, since everyone seems to tell people to do that.
Matt “Luke Duke” Lucas vs Aaron Rosa
First round is tentative, with Lucas scoring a easy takedown early. Rosa stands up quickly, and the two spend a couple of minutes clinching. Rosa defends and stays busy with short elbows and punches. Lucas looks slow and tired almost immediately, and spits out his mouthpiece three minutes into the first. With thirty seconds left in the round, Rosa starts putting knees into the mix. No damage, but he’ll take the round.
Second and third rounds look virtually identical, right down to Lucas having issues with his mouthpiece. Rogan has an opinion about that nonsense. Matt Lucas drops his mouthpiece four times during the fight, and referee Big John McCarthy docks him a point in the second. Lucas scores a few takedowns, but he can’t do anything to follow up. Rosa is calm and professional, working offense as Lucas crowds him with knees and elbows, and he takes all three rounds with ease.
The judges have it 28-28, 30-26, and 30-26, giving Aaron Rosa a majority decision over Matt Lucas (whom you’ll not see in the Octagon again any time soon), and there’s a judge who may have a glue-sniffing habit. What the blue hell just happened?
Paul Bradley vs Mike Pierce
These guys have fought once already in the minors, Pierce scored the unanimous decision.
Good action and much more closely contested fight between these two. Pierce appears to get the better of the striking exchanges, and Bradley seems to be more solid in the takedown contests, stuffing Pierce’s attempts and capitalizing on his own. Pierce seems fresher and scores the more visible damage through three rounds.
The judges call it 29-28 Bradley, 30-27 Pierce, and 29-28 Pierce, giving Mike Pierce the split decision win over Paul Bradley in the rematch. It was a close fight, so we can understand how none of the three judges see the fight the same way, but is this a bad sign of things to come?
Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres vs Cole “The Apache Kid” Escovedo
Alex Caceres puts on a striking exhibition in the first round, so he’s definitely getting closer to the final level. Caceres weaves around the vast majority of Escovedo’s offense, while landing front kicks, spinning back fists, and a dope switch kick combo. Escovedo catches a kick close to his man parts with fifteen seconds left in the round, and charges in and lands a high kick, knocking Bruce Leroy off-balance, but the round ends in a flurry before he can mount a comeback. The second round is more of the same, with the Apache Kid looking like he’s in slow motion against the fast and flashy technique of Caceres, who has improved incredibly since last we saw him.
In the third, Caceres even manages a very fun submission chain against the grappling specialist, throwing a triangle-kimura-armbar-omaplata combo that speaks volumes about his progress as a competitor. Escovedo puts in some groundwork, attacking with a submission series of his own, but Bruce Leroy works out of trouble handily. Very, very impressive fight for the twenty three year old. Taimak would be proud.
The judges finally manage to find a consensus, and score the fight 30-27 x3 for Alex Caceres in a unanimous decision win over Cole Escovedo. Expect to see him on the main card next time.
Robbie “Problems” Paralta vs Mackens “Da Menace” Semerzier
Note: Mac Semerzier is coming off a first round RNC victory over Bruce Leroy in March. That kid has developed a ton in six months.
Uh oh. Controversy in the third fight. While it appears that Robbie Paralta lays Semerzier the fuck out in an exchange in the third round, replay shows it’s a clash of heads that rocks him and sends him to his back. Paralta swarms on Semerzier, who hangs on to a single leg and tries to clear the cobwebs. Big John calls it, a TKO victory for Robbie Paralta over Mackens Semerzier at 1:54 into the third, who tries to stand up and protest, but he’s clearly unfit to continue. It’s a shame, since it was a fun fight and we saw it even through the first two rounds.
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs Darren “BC” Uyenoyama
Crazy back in forth action here. First round is all Yamamoto for four minutes on the feet, but Uyenoyama gets it to the ground with less than a minute left in the first. BC works to back mount and a rear naked choke swiftly, and Yamamoto is within seconds of losing consciousness when the round ends. Rogan even thinks he’s out. In the second, Kid blasts Uyenoyama in the face with a nasty left, bloodying his opponent, but suffers a takedown as a result. Yamamoto survives through almost a full round with the submission machine, fending off a serious RNC setup while catching a ton of fists to the torso. Uyenoyama points to the camera in mid-beating. The fight goes the distance, and Uyenoyama puts on a good performance with an aggressive ground game. The judges agree: 30-27 x2 and 20-26 for Darren Uyenoyama over Kid Yamamoto in a unanimous decision victory. Now, #I’mNotNamingNames, but one of these judges has opinions and he doesn’t give a mad fuck what you think.
Hey, what happened to “We’re bringing Brittney back“? Damn you Dana for playing with my emotions!
Dick.
Clay “Heavy Metal” Harvison vs DeMarques “Darkness” Johnson
Darkness turns out the lights on Heavy Metal with the quickness, landing a left shovel hook and pounding out Harvison for the stoppage. Johnson had time to celebrate the knock down and give ref Herb Dean a chance to stop it, but Herb is all “Dude, whatevs, LOL, kill him” so Darkness throws a few more to convince him. DeMarques Johnson defeats Clay Harvison via TKO (ref’s stoppage due to strikes) at 1:34 of the first round.
Ricardo “The Bully” Lamas vs Kevin Luke “Cub” Swanson
Swanson has a great record in the WEC, but let’s all be honest, we all remember him on the wrong end of a highlight finish vs Jose Aldo. Injury trouble has kept him out of the UFC until tonight. Big John in again on this one.
Swanson turns in his usual hyper-speed performance, and attacks Lamas’ neck hard in the first. Lamas survives a deep guillotine and showboats a bit when Swanson drops it. Lamas fires off a capoeira handspring kick, and Swanson shakes his finger and admonishes Lamas mid-fight for plagiary and swagger jackering. Swanson comes out hard in the second on the feet, and Lamas answers in kind before ducking under for a takedown and scramble. Swanson threatens with an omaplata, misses it, and looks to go back to the feet. Lamas tries for a back mount, and captures Swanson’s head and arm when he tries to spin free. It’s an arm triangle that goes from nasty to lethal as Swanson sunfishes to escape, and Cub is forced to tap. Ricardo Lamas defeats Cub Swanson via submission (arm triangle) at 2:26 of round two.
Really? A dubstep version of “Hotel California”?
“Diamond” Dustin Poirier vs Pablo “The Scarecrow” Garza
True story: CP Nationer Stak40 was talking about how no one can pull off flying submissions anymore, because BJJ isn’t mysterious in modern MMA. Then Pablo Garza did his impression of forced oral copulation (as performed by an octopus) against Yves Jabouin, and Stak changed the subject. True story.
Larry Landless and his Nasty Boyz platinum mohawk are in to ref for this one. (Props to Iskander Neptu.)
Another fun one here: after threatening with a leg lock option in the first round, Garza gets caught by Poirier with a beautiful D’Arce choke in the second. Dustin Poirier defeats Pablo Garza via submission (D’Arce choke) at 1:32 of the second round.
There’s somewhere between three and six hundred UFC-related shows on television right now, and not one of them are showing these fights. I don’t want to live in this world anymore.
Clay “The Carpenter” Guida vs Ben “Smooth” Henderson
Note: Clay Guida is the current WEC Lightweight Champion. Deal with it.
Herb Dean in for this one, which should have been on TV dammit.
Round 1: Clay Guida tries to walk down Henderson right off the bat, and gets caught with a punch off balance and falls forward. Guida pops to his feet and the two exchange 89 blows in three seconds, and Guida drops again. Not hurt badly, Guida’s stance and movement tend top leave him susceptible to knockdowns. They clinch against the cage, and Henderson works a few knees. With a minute left on the clock, Guida catches Bendo with a lunging hook that unhinges Henderson’s legs, and tries to finish off with a guillotine, but Henderson works free and back to the feet. Bendo fires off a few kicks before the buzzer.
Round 2: More clinch work to open the round, with both guys getting their licks in with knees to the body and exchanging fruitless takedowns. Guida narrowly misses a spinning backfist, but suffers a takedown, then fishes for a guillotine. He locks his hands and tries to jump guard, but Henderson blocks his legs. Henderson is no stranger to near submissions and escapes quickly, and takes Guida’s back on the way out. The buzzer sends the fighters to the towels.
Round 3: Guida comes out again with that popcorning boxing style, trying to confuse his opponent. He shoots for a takedown, but Henderson, as he as been able to do for much of the fight, defends it. They clinch against the cage again, and then break and flurry. Henderson shoots the fight down to the canvas again. Guida scrambles, but Henderson secures the back mount and locks a body triangle … disregard that they’re scrambling again. Guida looks for the guilotine again, which leads to back to the scramble, and Bendo comes out over Guida and raining down bombs but the buzzer ends the fight. Damn. These two should keep going for at least two more rounds.
Note to the CP bosses: liveblogging these guys is HARD.
The judges see it 29-28 and 30-27 x2 for Benson Henderson, giving him a unanimous decision win over Clay Guida and setting him up for a shot at Frankie Edgar. I’d buy that for a dollar.
Ok, let’s see what Fox has in store for a UFC show.
* Isn’t that NFL music?
* Brock is asked to analyze Cain Velasquez, which starts out ok, but then they show footage from his asswhooping from Velasquez, at which point Brock asks, “Do we have to watch this?” It’s funny, and as a TV moment, it works.
*Cue the Dos Santos hard-luck upbringing tale.
*Fox is treating this like viewers know nothing about MMA or the fighters. Good move, and yeah, the vibe is very much different than the usual UFC-helmed broadcast.
*Cue the Velasquez hard-luck upbringing tale.
*Pretty sure Rogan shaved for this. He and Glodie both seem to be trying really hard to not fuck up. Or say “fuck” on television, for that matter.
*There will be no “virtually identical” on Fox.
*Uh oh, was the “TapouT Kids” commerical a wise choice?
*Big pop for Cain Velasquez coming in, just like the weigh-ins.
*WE ARE LIVE.
Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos vs Cain Velasquez
Big John McCarthy is the referee, and Bruce Buffer is working it.
Round 1: They come out with probing strikes: Velasquez with a leg kick, Dos Santos tosses out a jab. They exhange again, nothing lands with consequence, and Cain catches a kick and tries to turn it, misses. He snorts and resets.
They exchange jabs, and Velasquez throws the leg kick again. Dos Santos fires off a combo, Cain covers up. Dos Santos hurls a single overhead right and OH SHIT catches the champ behind the ear, sending him to the ground CAIN IS DOWN Dos Santos follows up with some standing hooks and Big John calls it OH THE HUMANITY that was less than one full round and Junior Dos Santos is the new UFC champ.
Dos Santos just beat up on Brown Pride like a Texas judge, which is a joke that works two totally different ways. Again, don’t send me hate mail, i’m illiterate.
Junior Dos Santos defeats Cain Velasquez via Knockout at 1:04 into Round 1.
Dos Santos has POWER in those hands. It messes up your eekulibium, bro. Can’t help but point out commenter Kayo musing six hours ago if “Analise” was foreshadowing of the evening’s events. I’m sorry, did i just blow your mind?
I can’t help but think that anyone who hadn’t watched the undercard fights would probably feel rather cheated by that one fight, but maybe that’s just me. All in all a good night of fights. Leave your comments below, you bastards, and thanks to everyone who hung out with us tonight.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — This is the UFC on FOX live blog for Clay Guida vs. Ben Henderson, a lightweight bout on the undercard of tonight’s UFC on FOX event from the Honda Center.
The winner of this fight will challenge Frankie Edgar for the UFC lightweight strap. Former WEC champ Henderson (14-2) has won both his UFC fights against Mark Bocek and Jim Miller by unanimous decision. Guida (29-11) has won his last four fights and is coming off a win over Anthony Pettis.
The live blog is below.
Round 1: Herb Dean is our referee for this bout. He gives them the signal to start, and right away Guida comes bouncing out to the center of the cage, hair flying everywhere. They square off and swing away, and Guida goes down. He recovers quickly and reaches for Henderson’s legs even as Henderson keeps peppering him with short punches. Guida keeps digging for the takedown and Henderson is forced to put all his energy into defending for the moment. A chant of “Guida!” erupts in the crowd. Henderson manages to turn Guida and put his back against the fence in the clinch. Guida distracts Henderson with a short hook and then nearly gets the takedown, but they settle for disengaging and moving back towards the center. Jumping knee attempt from Guida, then a hard right that hurts Henderson. Guida tries to lock up a guillotine as Henderson tries for the takedown to let himself recover. They separate in the final ten seconds and Henderson goes to work with kicks before the horn. The crowd roars its approval. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Henderson.
Round 2: Henderson catches Guida leaning in and hammers him with a knee. Guida shoots and gets the takedown, but can’t keep Henderson down. Henderson turns it around with a takedown of his own, but Guida works up to his feet. Henderson works short punches and knees in the clinch, and Guida fires off a hook before getting another takedown. There is an awful lot of hair flying around in this cage. Henderson works back up and they continue battling in the clinch before working their way out. Spinning backfist from Guida surprises Henderson, but Guida loses his balance and tumbles to the mat. Henderson follows, looking to keep him down, and Guida nearly locks up a guillotine. Henderson gets off to the side and then takes Guida’s back in the scramble, but there’s not enough time for him to capitalize. MMA Fighting scores it 10-10.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — This is the UFC on FOX live blog for Clay Guida vs. Ben Henderson, a lightweight bout on the undercard of tonight’s UFC on FOX event from the Honda Center.
The winner of this fight will challenge Frankie Edgar for the UFC lightweight strap. Former WEC champ Henderson (14-2) has won both his UFC fights against Mark Bocek and Jim Miller by unanimous decision. Guida (29-11) has won his last four fights and is coming off a win over Anthony Pettis.
The live blog is below.
Round 1: Herb Dean is our referee for this bout. He gives them the signal to start, and right away Guida comes bouncing out to the center of the cage, hair flying everywhere. They square off and swing away, and Guida goes down. He recovers quickly and reaches for Henderson’s legs even as Henderson keeps peppering him with short punches. Guida keeps digging for the takedown and Henderson is forced to put all his energy into defending for the moment. A chant of “Guida!” erupts in the crowd. Henderson manages to turn Guida and put his back against the fence in the clinch. Guida distracts Henderson with a short hook and then nearly gets the takedown, but they settle for disengaging and moving back towards the center. Jumping knee attempt from Guida, then a hard right that hurts Henderson. Guida tries to lock up a guillotine as Henderson tries for the takedown to let himself recover. They separate in the final ten seconds and Henderson goes to work with kicks before the horn. The crowd roars its approval. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Henderson.
Round 2: Henderson catches Guida leaning in and hammers him with a knee. Guida shoots and gets the takedown, but can’t keep Henderson down. Henderson turns it around with a takedown of his own, but Guida works up to his feet. Henderson works short punches and knees in the clinch, and Guida fires off a hook before getting another takedown. There is an awful lot of hair flying around in this cage. Henderson works back up and they continue battling in the clinch before working their way out. Spinning backfist from Guida surprises Henderson, but Guida loses his balance and tumbles to the mat. Henderson follows, looking to keep him down, and Guida nearly locks up a guillotine. Henderson gets off to the side and then takes Guida’s back in the scramble, but there’s not enough time for him to capitalize. MMA Fighting scores it 10-10.
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