Clay Guida Tops Anthony Pettis in UFC Lightweight Battle

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In a terrific fight in the UFC's lightweight division, Clay Guida won a unanimous decision victory over Anthony Pettis at Saturday night's Ultimate Fighter Finale.

All three judges scored all three rounds for Guida, who came in with a perfect game plan of using takedowns and top control to negate Pettis's superior striking.

"I'm super pumped," Guida said after the fight. "Anthony Pettis, I want to give a lot of credit."




Guida caught a Pettis kick about a minute into the first round and used it to take him down, but Pettis immediately started to threaten Guida with submission attempts off his back. Pettis briefly got back up but Guida took him down again, and the round ended with Guida on top on the ground.

Early in the second round it was more of the same, with Guida again taking Pettis down and getting on top of him. Pettis was able to get back up and finally unleash some of his flashy striking, including a sweet spinning kick, but in the last minute of the round Guida took Pettis down again, and although Pettis attempted an arm bar in the closing seconds of the round, Guida's late takedown may have been enough to have Guida up two rounds to none heading into the third.

In the first minute of the third round Guida secured another takedown, and he stayed on top for more than half the round before Pettis executed a beautiful transition to get on top of Guida and take his back on the ground. But while Pettis had a chance at a rear-naked choke or an arm bar, Guida managed to get out of harm's way and back into a dominant position at the end of the fight.

Guida, who improved his pro MMA record to 29-11, is now on a four-fight winning streak and closing in on a shot at the UFC lightweight title. For Pettis, who falls to 13-2, a title shot may still be in his future. But not in his immediate future, as Guida showed that Pettis isn't quite ready for the very top of the lightweight division.



 

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Wieger, Almost, Playground, Asselin, and Flushing Videos

Wieger Van Wageningen and friends have Monday Madness at the Amsterdam skatepark. Almost has some fun footage from San Diego. Dane Vaughn gets detention at Da Playground. Antoine Asselin stars in Volcom's latest clip of the week. SPoT finds CJ Dixon and Evan Smith at the Flushing Meadows fountain.

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Tony Ferguson Wins Season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter

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With a brutal knockout punch, Tony Ferguson knocked out Ramsey Nijem to win the 13th season of The Ultimate Fighter on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Ferguson landed a powerful left hook to Nijem's chin to knock him down, then pounced and landed another right hand before referee Josh Rosenthal jumped in to stop the fight. The official time of the stoppage was 3 minutes, 54 seconds of the first round.

"Holy crap, man," Ferguson said when he watched the replay of the knockout punch. "I don't remember even throwing that. I know he got me a couple times but I weathered the storm."




It was a great showing by Ferguson, who in addition to having excellent striking power also looked better than expected in his wrestling: Ferguson took Nijem down and got on top of him just seconds into the first round, and overall it was Ferguson's fight from start to finish.

The 23-year-old Nijem is a talented fighter who has a good future ahead of him in the UFC, but Saturday night was Ferguson's night, and he looks like a hot young prospect for the UFC.

 

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Hamill’s grandfather a key to his success

Living in the bubble of the MMA world, it's easy to forget how remarkable Matt Hamill is for being a deaf fighter. He's been in the UFC since 2006, so we're used to him overcoming odds, and usually treat him no differently than any other fighter. It turns out that we're not the only ones, as his grandfather did the same.

Those expectations from his grandfather helped propel Hamill to become an elite fighter, and led him to the main event of Saturday's UFC 130 against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

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