Sam Caplan’s Complete Breakdown of live season finale for sixth season of The Ultimate Fighter
First things first, last night’s finale was simply awesome. The fights between Jon Koppenhaver vs. Jared Rollins and Clay Guida vs. Roger Huerta were so good they could have carried a show by themselves. But to get two matches like that on the same card is simply amazing. I hope Dana White is in the Christmas spirit and gives all four guys a $40,000 match of the night bonus. Now, let’s... [Read More...]
Random Rant: UFC forces Clay Guida to cancel ProElite.com chat
Disclaimer: Sam Caplan is the lead writer and editor of ProElite.com. According to ProElite.com, the website was informed early this morning by the agent for UFC lightweight fighter Clay Guida that the UFC had decided not to allow Guida to participate in a previously scheduled chat that was to take place this afternoon on the ProElite.com forums. ProElite.com is a sibling company to EliteXC but operates... [Read More...]
Guida vs. Huerta could happen at TUF 6 finale: MMAJunkie.com
Kenny Florian is an awesome radio guest for multiple reasons. For one, he’s a student of the game and can articulate his points very well. Two, he’s outspoken. If you listened to this past weekend’s edition of Inside the Cage Radio, he basically called Gomi overrated (which I agree with). And third, he gave us some good tidbits. First, he told us he wouldn’t be fighting again... [Read More...]
Strikeforce showing Guida vs. Melendez free of charge
Disappointed that you might not get to see Clay Guida fight Marcus Aurelio at UFC 74 this weekend? No problem, San Jose-based fight promotion Strikeforce has got you covered. If you become a registered use of the site you will be able to access a past fight between Guida and former Pride lightweight title contender Gilbert Melendez. I haven’t seen the match yet (I plan to check it out later today)... [Read More...]
Report: Aurelio to debut at UFC 74 vs. Guida
Greg Savage of Sherdog.com is reporting that former Pride lightweight Marcus Aurelio will debut for the UFC in August at UFC 74 against Clay Guida. Aurelio will clearly be the favorite in this fight against Guida. However, based off his performance against Tyson Griffin at UFC 72 I think Guida will make this a very competitive fight. Read More →
UFC confirms main card for UFC 72
The UFC has confirmed the main televised portion of the UFC 72: Victory card set for June 16 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland. The main event will be Rich Franklin vs. Yushin Okami. Also, Forrest Griffin will take on Hector “Sick Dog” Ramirez, Jason MacDonald vs. Rory Singer, and Tyson Griffin vs. Clay Guida. Interestingly, a fifth bout for the telecast has not been designated.... [Read More...]
