UFC

Clay Guida is more confident about Ben Henderson fight than he was against Pettis

Originally posted by Joey Santosus on November 10, 2011, 12:54 PM CDT

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UFC veteran and top Lightweight contender Clay Guida, who will go head to head with Ben Henderson this Saturday night, discusses his opponent, as well as his growth as a fighter. Guida acknowledges the strengths that Henderson presents with, but says he is more confident about this fight than he was going into his previous bout with Anthony Pettis. Photo: Francis Specker

Clay Guida

"I feel great. I'm more confident about this fight than I was for my last and than I was for my UFC debut five-years ago. All signs are pointing towards a win. With every camp you become more confident in your skillset, your coaching, your teammates and things like that. ... Ben brings a very high pace, his clinch is very good. We've been working on a lot of clinch defense and our own offense from there too. His ground and pound is second to none, you see he'll stand over a guy and just rain down punches and elbows. Look what he did to Jim Miller. He defended a half dozen submissions too. His pace is - second to me, I guess you could say. And just a very well-spoken young-man, very respectful for the sport."

Further Reading: Clay Guida: I won't go into detail, but I want to finish Ben Henderson

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matt1926 Clay is fighting a bigger, stronger more skilled and exciting version of himself. Including the hair. I like Ben in this fight but you can't ever count out Guida. Reply 6 months ago

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xcityofemberx He looks like a cromagnon version of Will Ferrell :D Reply 6 months ago

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hawkeye720 Guida, Guida, Guida!!! This guy is just a great ambassador for the sport of MMA and I'm glad to see him doing so well. Henderson is a huge test for him but look what he did to Pettis, and Pettis beat Henderson so there is hope. Either way it will be an exciting fight to watch Reply 6 months ago

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jdnextchamp Very interesting fight, in my opinion wrestling will be in Guida's advantage but I have no idea about the striking. Hopefully in the winner wins convincingly, he gets a shot at the title. Reply 6 months ago

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Maximuz Guida is just a Lay and Pray " fighter"
he will never beat any top 10 lightweight
he may take advantage of his wrestling like he did with Pettis and
hug them to death until time runs out but thats it

Styles make fights Pettis and Bendo were so evenly match in their last fight , the difference is that fight was 5 rounds if it had been 3 Henderson would had won.
Now Bendo is more motivated and has stronger wrestling skills than Pettis and 10 times better stand up than Guida

Bendo is going to finish Guida in no more than 2 rounds. Reply 6 months ago

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Ryan22 Lay and pray????have you seen this dude fight??? Reply 6 months ago

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mousasi It's too bad you only saw his fight with Pettis. Reply 6 months ago

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falcon4917 I agree he is eciting to watch but with Pettis he did kinda lay him down without getting any significant advantage and spent most of his time evading subs from the bottom. Not saying he's boring by a long shot but he did kinda just hold Pettis down and defend subs. Reply 6 months ago

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RabbitPuncher I'm excited for this fight. I think Bendo may have more tools in the box, but The Carpenter is as durable and possessing as a deep a gas tank as one can have. I'm expecting a high pace from these two. I'm assuming that this won't be 5 rounder, but it should be. Reply 6 months ago

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gspfan8 really hope guida comes out with the w Reply 6 months ago

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Plexomatic Henderson is going to destroy Clay Reply 6 months ago

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