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…
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.”
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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…
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."