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Our host, Steve Cofield catches Clay Guida off guard by telling him that Brian Stann said he has a Ladies Only Policy inside his famed RV “down by the river.” Guida tells Cofield he hopes.
Our host, Steve Cofield catches Clay Guida off guard by telling him that Brian Stann said he has a Ladies Only Policy inside his famed RV “down by the river.” Guida tells Cofield he hopes Anthony Pettis tries the “Showtime Kick” this Saturday night during their TUF 13 Finale headlining bout. He says he’s unsuccessfully tried the kick, himself. Watch the interview below:
Watch Clay Guida on the Ladies Only Policy in His RV and Trying the Showtime Kick on RawVegas.tv
LAS VEGAS – For the ninth straight event, the UFC will air preliminary card fights on its Facebook page.
Saturday’s live finale of Season 13 of “The Ultimate Fighter” will feature six bouts at the social networking online giant leading in to the main…
LAS VEGAS – For the ninth straight event, the UFC will air preliminary card fights on its Facebook page.
Saturday’s live finale of Season 13 of “The Ultimate Fighter” will feature six bouts at the social networking online giant leading in to the main card, which will air on Spike TV. The UFC made the announcement on its Twitter account an hour after Friday’s weigh-in event for the Saturday card.
Leading the charge will be a lightweight bout between Jeremy Stephens and Danny Downes, plus a featherweight contest between Josh Grispi and George Roop.
In addition, a pair of fights between TUF 13 welterweight contestants lands in the middle of the prelims when Shamar Bailey takes on Ryan McGillivray and Clay Harvison meets Justin Edwards.
Scott Jorgensen, in his first fight since losing a unanimous decision to Dominick Cruz in a December bantamweight title fight in the WEC’s swan song, returns to face Ken Stone. And Reuben Duran fights Francisco Rivera.
To gain access to the fights, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, viewers must “like” the UFC on Facebook. As of Friday afternoon, the UFC had more than 5.6 million fans at the site.
The UFC began streaming preliminary fights in January with its Fight for the Troops 2 show at Fort Hood, Texas. Since then, the promotion has included free Facebook fights for each event, regardless of the main card’s platform – be it on pay-per-view, Spike or the Versus cable station. For the historic UFC 129 card in Toronto in April, five prelims were aired on Facebook, followed by a pair on Spike leading into the pay-per-view – meaning for the first time, fans were guaranteed the opportunity to see each fight on the card. That continued for last week’s UFC 130 with three Facebook prelims, a pair of Spike prelims and a five-bout main card pay-per-view.
The main card for the TUF 13 Finale begins at 9 p.m. Eastern on Spike and features a main event between this season’s welterweight finalists, Ramsey Nijem and Tony Ferguson. In addition, a lightweight contenders fight between Anthony Pettis, the last 155-pound champion in WEC history before the merger with the UFC, and Clay Guida could determine the next challenger for the lightweight title – after champion Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard recover from injuries that delayed their scheduled rematch.
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Filed under: UFC, NewsLAS VEGAS – In what is always a more intimate weigh-ins affair than pay-per-view extravaganzas, all fighters made weight Friday for their fights at “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 13 Finale card at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Veg…
LAS VEGAS – In what is always a more intimate weigh-ins affair than pay-per-view extravaganzas, all fighters made weight Friday for their fights at “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 13 Finale card at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Main event fighters Ramsey Nijem and Tony Ferguson came in at 170 and 169 pounds, respectively. The two reached the finals of the current Season 13 of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality competition, which taped earlier this spring. The episode showing their semifinal victories aired Wednesday.
And in an important bout for the UFC’s lightweight division, Clay Guida and Anthony Pettis each hit 155 pounds on the button. Pettis was the WEC’s last lightweight champion and was to get a shot at the UFC title after champion Frankie Edgar’s bout with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 in January. When that fight ended in a draw and a rematch was ordered, Pettis asked for Guida, who has won three straight – all by submission. Ed Herman and Tim Credeur return to the UFC following absences of nearly two years each due to injuries and illnesses. Herman, a TUF 3 cast member, has not fought since a UFC 102 loss in August 2009 to Aaron Simpson, in which he suffered a serious knee injury. Credeur has been on the shelf since a loss to Nate Quarry at Fight Night 19 in September 2009. Despite several booked fights since then, a foot injury and a scare following a routine brain scan has kept him out of action. Herman weighed 186; Credeur was 185.
TUF 13 cast member Chris Cope arrived to the stage to a mixed response from the several hundred fans in attendance. This season’s storylines saw him cast as one of the early villains, for lack of a better term, in the house. The trademark “Wooooo!” that he let out each morning, which set housemate Shamar Bailey off leading up to their quarterfinal fight, was on display when he took the stage. And his opponent, fellow TUF 13 contestant Chuck O’Neil, let out a playful “Wooooo!” of his own. The two smiled through their faceoff.
Down the card, in Saturday’s second preliminary card fight, Scott Jorgensen, just one fight removed from his co-main event bantamweight title fight against Dominick Cruz in December, hit 135 for his fight against American Top Team product Ken Stone, who was 136.
Complete weigh-in results are below.
Main Card
Ramsey Nijem (170) vs. Tony Ferguson (169)
Clay Guida (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (155)
Ed Herman (186) vs. Tim Credeur (185)
Kyle Kingsbury (206) vs. Fabio Maldonado (203)
Chris Cope (170) vs. Chuck O’Neil (170)
Preliminary Card
Jeremy Stephens (156) vs. Danny Downes (155)
Josh Grispi (145) vs. George Roop (146)
Shamar Bailey (171) vs. Ryan McGillivray (169)
Clay Harvison (171) vs. Justin Edwards (170)
Scott Jorgensen (135) vs. Ken Stone (136)
Reuben Duran (136) vs. Francisco Rivera (136)
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Dammit, who are all you guys again?
Say what you will about The Ultimate Fighter (not like you need an invitation), but the finale shows tend to be pretty damn fun. This season, we actually have two fairly solid finalists, a dynamite co-main in Pettis-Guida, plus a handful of other matchups calibrated for striking showdowns and crowd amazement.
Here’s a quick and dirty rundown of the fights scheduled for this weekend, with a few of those fancy moving pictures that you like so much. Who ya got?
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Well, either this fight is the one you’ve been waiting for, or you’re just wondering what these two nobodies are doing on your UFC card. Tune in to find out which guy gets a contract with the UFC. (Spoiler Alert: It’ll be both of them.)
Dammit, who are all you guys again?
Say what you will about The Ultimate Fighter (not like you need an invitation), but the finale shows tend to be pretty damn fun. This season, we actually have two fairly solid finalists, a dynamite co-main in Pettis-Guida, plus a handful of other matchups calibrated for striking showdowns and crowd amazement.
Here’s a quick and dirty rundown of the fights scheduled for this weekend, with a few of those fancy moving pictures that you like so much. Who ya got?
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Well, either this fight is the one you’ve been waiting for, or you’re just wondering what these two nobodies are doing on your UFC card. Tune in to find out which guy gets a contract with the UFC. (Spoiler Alert: It’ll be both of them.)
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If you aren’t looking forward to this fight, you just go ahead and get the hell out of our website. Neither dude is capable of being in a boring fight. Guida is confident that he’ll handle Pettis; meanwhile we’ve gotten reports that Showtime is practicing something called a “Shaolin-McTwist bicycle kick.” Now, maybe we made that up, but maybe not.
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Maldonado (18-3) made his UFC debut in October last year, when the Brazilian boxer TKO’d James McSweeney in his hometown. Maldonado has hands of stone and a chin to match – he’ll want to sleepify Kingsbury standing. Kingsbury (10-2) has been tearing up the undercard scene ever since he lost to Tom Lawlor in the TUF 8 finals, plus he’s been getting some high-tech training. This one has flown under the radar, but it should be a good scrap. We got Kingsbu.
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It’s been almost two years (and two surgeries) since Ed Herman’s injury TKO loss to Aaron Simpson. Of course, Short Fuse (19-7) is coming back better than ever — they all say that. His opponent will be Tim Credeur (12-3), who is taking a step up in competition after nearly two years away from the cage himself. We’re leaning toward Herman here, but after that long away from the cage, it comes down to who knocks off the ring rust better.
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The two guys who lost in the semis will mix it up for third place, presumably for a smaller etched-glass thingie and a nice TapouT watch.
Danny Downes (8-1) v Jeremy Stephens (19-6)
Danny Boy Downes steps in on short notice to replace Jonathan Brookins for his UFC debut after going 2-1 in the WEC. He’ll look to match firepower with Jeremy Stephens in a knockout race, which we are totally fine with. Why yes, we would like some popcorn. Thank you.
George Roop (11-7) vs Josh Grispi (14-2)
George Roop has lost to the cream of the crop at 145 and 155, including Eddie Wineland, George Sotiropoulos, and Mark Hominick, so try not to focus on the numbers too much. On the other hand, his opponent is 22 year old Josh Grispi, who was in line for a shot at Jose Aldo before losing to Dustin Poirier at UFC 125. Expect Grispi to return to form Saturday night and finish the fight in the first round.
Scott Jorgensen (11-4) v Ken Stone (9-2)
Damn, Ken Stone gets Slampaged at the last-ever WEC show, and his return fight is Scott Jorgensen? That just doesn’t seem right. Jorgensen is going to make an impression in his UFC debut, especially after that frustrating loss to Dominick Cruz. We’re looking for Jorgensen to score a submission win over Keith Stone’s little bro.
Clay Harvison (6-1) vs Justin Edwards (6-0)
Justin Edwards didn’t last long in TUF, suffering a KO loss to Tony Ferguson in the first round of fights. That’s the risk you run when you’re an offense-first kind of guy. Edwards has never been to a decision, and a fight with Clay Harvison is likely to be the first. Expect a brawl … and a knockout. We’re thinking Harvison, if only because he seems to have a better chin.
Shamar Bailey (13-6) vs Ryan McGillivray (11-4)
McGillivray is the guy that Mike Russel referred to as “the Canadian guy”, while Shamar Bailey has a vanity website. The Canadian guy lost to finalist Tony Ferguson in the quarterfinal round, while Sham-Wow got sniped off by Chris Cope. If one of them pulls of a spectacular finish, you can expect to see him around. Otherwise, expect them to pick up some wins in the minors before getting an invite back.
Francisco Rivera (5-1) v Reuben Duran (7-3-1)
Both coming off losses in their debut fights under the Zuffa banner, Rivera and Duran both need to impress some people if they want to stay on at the big show.
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Filed under: UFCLAS VEGAS – Over the last couple years, unless they’re fighting against them, fighters sharing a card with Clay Guida or Anthony Pettis have been able to pretty much assume their post-fight bonus chances will be cut by one-third.
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LAS VEGAS – Over the last couple years, unless they’re fighting against them, fighters sharing a card with Clay Guida or Anthony Pettis have been able to pretty much assume their post-fight bonus chances will be cut by one-third.
Guida has won four UFC bonuses in his last six fights – two Submission of the Night wins and a pair of Fight of the Night checks. Pettis, while in the WEC, won three bonuses in his last four appearances. Add them together, and Dana White is writing checks for them at a 70 percent clip – not too shabby.
So when their fight against each other was announced earlier this year for Saturday’s live Season 13 finale of “The Ultimate Fighter,” it wasn’t hard to make an early prediction for Fight of the Night, or even Fight of the Year. (Guida has a pair of those to his credit in the last four years, as well.)
Pettis on Thursday told MMA Fighting on a media call that when it comes to putting on a show, it seems to come naturally to him, just like it does for Guida.
“I don’t feel any pressure at all to go out there and try to one-up myself or win Fight of the Night,” Pettis said. “We always bring exciting fights, and putting two guys like us in the cage together is going to be a great fight. The fans can expect an awesome fight, but the biggest thing is getting your hand raised at the end. We’re both looking to win and I think we’re going to put on a good show doing it.”
Pettis has been waiting a while to put on his next show. After he beat Ben Henderson in December to become the last WEC lightweight champ in history, he watched his immediate UFC title shot hopes go out the window when Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard fought to a draw at UFC 125. Rather than waiting, Pettis decided to stay busy – and got the red-hot Guida, who submitted Takanori Gomi on the same UFC 125 card.
Pettis said after some aggravation over not getting the title shot he was promised, he came to grips with it.
“At first I was a little mad, but I understand it,” Pettis said. “I want there to be a clear champion and I want to show people that I earned being the No. 1 contender. So I don’t mind going out there and fighting a couple guys before I get my title shot. That’s just going to make me a more well-prepared Anthony Pettis.”
With three straight wins – and three straight submissions – to his credit, Guida knows a win could put him right where he wants to be, and that’s title contention, perhaps in line to meet the winner of the rematch between Edgar and Maynard, who were scheduled to fight last week, but both went on the shelf with injuries.
“I think a dominating victory will definitely look better in the eyes of Dana White, Joe Silva and the UFC,” Guida said. “I think there’s a couple of guys up there – Jim Miller is on a tear, but he’s fighting one of Anthony’s former opponents in Ben Henderson. It’s an interesting little debacle in the lightweight division right now. There’s a lot of stuff going on, and unfortunately it’s going to be a little delayed with the injuries to Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard. But the most Anthony and I can do is go out and put on a great show, which I know is exactly what we’re going to do.”
Guida has twice fought at The Pearl at The Palms on TUF Finale cards, and twice he last come away empty handed. In 2007, Roger Huerta submitted him in the third round at the TUF 6 Finale. At TUF 9, his slugfest bloodbath against Diego Sanchez ended in a close split decision loss – and sent Sanchez on to a title fight against BJ Penn.
Guida told Ariel Helwani on Tuesday’s edition of “The MMA Hour” he believes the bout will be an instant Fight of the Year candidate. On Thursday, he told MMA Fighting the win is the most important thing, and if the bonus comes, it comes. “To me, the most important bonus check is my win bonus,” Guida said.
But somehow, no one, least of all White when he writes the check, likely will be surprised if Guida or Pettis – or both – add yet another bonus to their resumes.
Guida and Pettis fight on the main card of the TUF 13 Finale on Saturday, which airs live on Spike TV at 9 p.m. Eastern. Also on the main card, Season 13 finalists Ramsey Nijem and Tony Ferguson meet to decide the next TUF champion.
LAS VEGAS – If Season 13 of “The Ultimate Fighter” was a test for Ramsey Nijem, he certainly could have done worse than Court McGee as his study guide.
McGee, the Season 11 winner of the show, is a friend and training partner of Nijem, who fights in …
LAS VEGAS – If Season 13 of “The Ultimate Fighter” was a test for Ramsey Nijem, he certainly could have done worse than Court McGee as his study guide.
McGee, the Season 11 winner of the show, is a friend and training partner of Nijem, who fights in this season’s finale on Saturday. Watching McGee go through the same trials and tribulations in the house got him prepared for what he would have to face when his turn came.
Now things are going just about as planned, with one last hurdle to clear.
“I’m good friends with Court McGee, and when he went through the house I saw what he was able to accomplish,” Nijem said Thursday after a training session at The Palms, site of Saturday’s TUF 13 Finale. “I just took his advice and did what he did, and it’s had the same results so far.”
Nijem’s run through the Season 13 welterweight bracket has been as dominant as that of his Saturday opponent, Tony Ferguson. Ferguson finished his three fights on the show by knockout. Nijem, a member of coach Junior dos Santos’ team, had a pair of rear naked choke wins and a TKO in the semifinals.
But Nijem, who trains at John Hackelman’s Pit camp in California, as well as The Pit Elevated in Utah, believes his quarterfinal win over Clay Harvison, a quick first-round submission, was when he really believed this season’s title could be his for the taking.
“Once I finished that quarterfinal fight in under a minute, I felt like I made a statement there,” Nijem said. “I felt like I was going to win the show.”
Nijem also perhaps endeared himself to viewers with some of his antics on the show and a carefree attitude. Ferguson on Thursday implied Nijem’s on-screen personality was merely a persona: “It’s just an image – everybody’s got to stand out, I guess,” he said.
His “Stripper Ramsey” nickname came from his impromptu striptease on the show, and his allegiance to the TV show “Glee” also had housemates rolling their eyes. But Nijem said the goofy side of him has always been around.
“If you ask any of the guys on my team, they’ll say ‘That’s Ramsey,'” Nijem said. “Everyone’s like, ‘Your family, how do they feel about this?’ and they shake their head. My mom, I’ve been embarrassing her since I was born. So it’s just another opportunity for me to embarrass my mom. That’s what she expected. She was like, ‘At least you were yourself.’ My mom’s a fun person. Christmas Eve, we turn on the music and start having a dance party at Christmas. And clothes got off in the family living room. It’s just how me and my family are. We’re fun and we’re kinda wild.”
If Nijem is the feel-good story of this season’s finale, his opponent has set himself apart as the heel. A late-season outburst that brought housemate Charlie Rader’s family into play went too far, Nijem said.
At the end of the day, though, Nijem said his personal feelings for Ferguson don’t matter. He has a trophy and contract to win.
“He made an idiot of himself,” Nijem said. “He went out there and said some very inappropriate things about someone’s family, which is a line that you shouldn’t cross. I sensed that in the beginning, and I was always kind of wary about him and his true colors came out. But I’m not going to go in there and say, ‘I hate Tony and I’m going to kill him and F him’ and this and that. Tony’s an opponent and he’s in the way of my dream and that’s it. It doesn’t matter who’s across from me. I’ll fight the same way and with the same kind of attitude.”
Nijem and Ferguson fight in the main event of Saturday’s TUF 13 Finale at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas. The main card airs live on Spike TV at 9 p.m. Eastern and also features a lightweight bout between contenders Anthony Pettis and Clay Guida, plus the return of Tim Credeur and Ed Herman, who face each other after nearly two years off a piece due to injuries.
