Though not related to the post-UFC 84 frenzy, this could be a fantastic fight set for UFC’s immediate future. According to a report made by MMAJunkie.com today, TUF-vet Mac Danzig and UFC crowd-favorite Clay Guida are set for a bout on UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy.”

Danzig is fresh out of TUF Season 6 and has a 2-0 record in the UFC with wins over Tommy Speer and, most recently, Mark Bocek.

This fight will be a Danzig’s first real test in the UFC, as Clay Guida has traded with the best of the UFC’s lightweight division. Guida is 3-3 in the organization so far, with wins over Marcus Aurelio and Samy Schiavo.

The bout between Danzig and Guida will go down August 9 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Looks like the winner of TUF 6, Mac Danzig, won’t be waiting too long to debut in the cage as a lightweight according to a report from The Fight Network today:

“The Ultimate Fighter” season six winner Mac Danzig will face highly-regarded Canadian Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Mark Bocek at UFC 84 on Saturday, April 19 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Danzig’s manager, Monte Cox, confirmed the bout.

The UFC is stacking this card with Canadian talent and that’s a smart move. Georges St. Pierre fighting for the unified title should be enough to make the Canadians buy tickets but putting more local talent on the card never hurts. Danzig should give Bocek a pretty good beating, however. His experience, skillset, and talent may be too much for the Canadian  BJJ black belt. Bocek does one thing great. Danzig does everything well.

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Over the last few weeks, the Five Ounces of Pain staff has been working hardcore landing numerous fighter interviews. These new interviews have been posted so often it has been easy to miss, so here is a list of the latest.

Click each name to read the interview:

• Josh Koscheck
• Mayhem Miller
• Chris Horodecki
• Frank Trigg
• Bas Rutten
• Joe Lauzon
• Chris Horodecki
  
• Frankie Edgar
  
• Cub Swanson
• Tim Kennedy
• Mac Danzig
  
• Kenny Florian
  
• Dan Barrera

Additionally, we have a new Interviews section, with a list of all 5 Oz interviews.

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 break the show down from a overly-analytical perspective.

Is it just me or did last night’s telecast go longer than usual and contain even more commercials than normal?

The commercials nearly killed me. Really, I could not stop bitching about them. They had too many breaks that lasted too long. It’s like this for every live UFC telecast on Spike but I felt last night was especially bad. Maybe there’s no change and it just felt that way?

Or, because Spike is paying the UFC more for its content they have to squeeze more ads in to help offset costs?

Whatever the situation is, without awesome fights between Koppenhaver vs. Rollins and Guida vs. Huerta, the pacing of the show would have killed almost any enjoyment for me.

The pacing on pay-per-views is usually slower than a lot of shows but I’m okay with that. The pacing on Spike TV fight cards is usually a little better but it just seemed to take forever to go from match to match.

I kind of get the feeling that Spike and the UFC wanted to stretch the show out because they wanted to cut into the Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton fight as much as possible. I’m not complaining, as I like seeing more matches and I think it’s smart business to show as many of the TUF guys officially fighting for the UFC as possible.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REMAINDER OF SAM CAPLAN’S BREAKDOWN OF THE TUF 6 FINALE (INCLUDING HIS MATCH-BY-MATCH BREAKDOWN, WHETHER HE STILL FEELS ROGER HUERTA IS OVERRATED, THE LONG-TERM PROSPECTS OF EACH TUF CONTESTANT, HIS ANALYSIS OF KENNY FLORIAN’S DEBUT, AND MUCH MORE ON HIS PROELITE.COM BLOG

Whether or not Mac Danzig beats Tommy Speer on Saturday that will be the last time you will see the King Of The Cage and Pride Veteran in the 170lb. weight class according to an article on UFC.com.

I decided that before I even went on the show. I really have no business fighting the top five guys at 170. I walk around at 170, those guys walk around at 190. So it’s not a good idea for me.

Danzig says he still believes he could beat the the best 170 lbs. talent most of the time but when talent is equal, size matters and 155 is just a better fit for him.

I really want to make a run for the title, and 155 is my weight class. I feel that within a couple of years I can be world champion at 155. I’m looking forward to jumping in the mix with those guys (other lightweight fighters) and I think that’s where the exciting fights are.

The news does not really come as a shock due to the fact he fought Hayato Sakurai in Pride this year at 163 lbs. and was the King Of The Cage lightweight champion.

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