UFC 117 Live Blog: Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos Updates

Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC 117 live blog for Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos, a lightweight bout on tonight’s pay-per-view from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.

Guida is coming off a win over Shannon Gugerty in March. Dos Anjos has won three s…

Filed under:

This is the UFC 117 live blog for Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos, a lightweight bout on tonight’s pay-per-view from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.

Guida is coming off a win over Shannon Gugerty in March. Dos Anjos has won three straight fights in the UFC Octagon.

The live blog is below.



UFC 117: Clay Guida Beats Rafael dos Anjos

Filed under: UFC, NewsClay Guida earned a big come-from-behind victory Saturday night at UFC 117, struggling in the first round before coming back in the second and forcing Rafael dos Anjos to tap out in the third.

It wasn’t clear why dos Anjos tapped…

Filed under: ,

Clay Guida earned a big come-from-behind victory Saturday night at UFC 117, struggling in the first round before coming back in the second and forcing Rafael dos Anjos to tap out in the third.

It wasn’t clear why dos Anjos tapped, but it appeared that he may have suffered a broken jaw. In a classy move, Guida offered his sympathy to dos Anjos after the fight and said he hoped dos Anjos wasn’t hurt.



UFC 117: Six Sub-Plots to Watch For

Filed under: UFCIf your interest in Saturday night’s UFC 117 doesn’t go past the middleweight title matchup between Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva, I suggest you either stop right here, because that’s the last mention of them in this story, or invest …

Filed under:

If your interest in Saturday night’s UFC 117 doesn’t go past the middleweight title matchup between Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva, I suggest you either stop right here, because that’s the last mention of them in this story, or invest yourself further into the card by taking a look at other interesting possibilities.

We present a look at the top six sub-plots of UFC 117, from the forgotten to the ignored to the storylines that might emerge by the time the night wraps up. And what does Jake Shields have to do with any of this anyway?

Clay Guida More Passionate Than Ever Heading into UFC 117

Filed under: UFCSAN FRANCISCO – If you missed Clay Guida at Thursday afternoon’s UFC 117 press conference, maybe it’s because you didn’t think to check the floor. The longtime UFC lightweight showed up along with the other fighters on the card, but he …

Filed under:

SAN FRANCISCO – If you missed Clay Guida at Thursday afternoon’s UFC 117 press conference, maybe it’s because you didn’t think to check the floor. The longtime UFC lightweight showed up along with the other fighters on the card, but he didn’t have a spot at the table up front.

Instead he grabbed some carpet in the front row, made himself comfortable, and waited for the questions to end so he could receive his Cazadores Tequila Spirit Award from UFC president Dana White. It was a nice moment, but also a somewhat odd one, given the circumstances.

“It is kind of different not to answer one fight-related question until now,” Guida told MMA Fighting after the press conference. “But it’s an honor to be on what I think is the most stacked card of 2010. Everyone knows how it is when I get in the ring. It’s going to be a battle, a war, and it ain’t going to be pretty.”

Monday Announcements: Keep Submitting Your ‘Summer Vacation’ Photoshops, Send Us Questions for the Bum Rush Mailbag

(Props: Corey O.)
Just a reminder for all you creative, good-humored types: You have until Thursday night to submit entries for our current Photoshop contest. The theme is "How are MMA fighters spending their summer vacations?", and all ent…

Wanderlei Silva roller-coaster photoshop
(Props: Corey O.)

Just a reminder for all you creative, good-humored types: You have until Thursday night to submit entries for our current Photoshop contest. The theme is "How are MMA fighters spending their summer vacations?", and all entries must be submitted to our Facebook page. I know we said that we’d be awarding CagePotato t-shirts to the five ‘shops that drew the most "Likes," but we’ve been getting so much good stuff that we’ll probably give out shirts to every image that made us laugh. A few more of our current favorites are after the jump.

And one more thing: We’d like to start collecting questions for an "Ask the Potato" segment on our new podcast, so if you have any pressing queries for Ben and Mike — MMA-related or otherwise — let us hear it. You can submit questions through the comments section on this post, at Facebook.com/CagePotato, or by sending an @cagepotatomma tweet on Twitter.

read more

Exclusive Interview: Clay Guida Discusses UFC 117 Fight Against Rafael Dos Anjos

Sal Mora talks w UFC Lightweight Clay Guida for CagePotato.com – Watch more Funny Videos
After suffering tough losses against Diego Sanchez and Kenny Florian last year, Clay Guida came back with a renewed fire this March and choked out Shannon Gug…

Sal Mora talks w UFC Lightweight Clay Guida for CagePotato.com – Watch more Funny Videos

After suffering tough losses against Diego Sanchez and Kenny Florian last year, Clay Guida came back with a renewed fire this March and choked out Shannon Gugerty — his first submission victory in three-and-a-half years. With momentum back on his side, the Carpenter looks to keep the ball rolling next month at UFC 117 (August 7th, Oakland), where he’ll take on Rafael Dos Anjos, who is riding three straight victories against Rob Emerson, Kyle Bradley, and Terry Etim. In this exclusive interview filmed by Sal Mora at Jackson’s MMA in Albuquerque, Guida tells us what the fight against Dos Anjos means to him, and explains the advantages he’ll have in the cage. He also weighs in on UFC 117’s Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen main event; unsurprisingly, Clay likes the hard-nosed wrestler’s chances.

When asked which loss he’d go back and avenge if he could, Guida said that he doesn’t like to look back at the past. However:

"I think the Diego Sanchez fight kinda spoke for itself. I think he won three minutes of the fight, maybe four. I think I controlled the rest of the fight. So that’s one of those [fights] that would have maybe put me in line for title contention. And it would also be one of the greatest fights again…Diego’s a buddy of mine, I hope the best for him, and our time will come again, maybe. If not, who cares, I [plan to] just keep winning."