Anthony Pettis Will Have To Get Past Clay Guida To Keep UFC Title Shot (Update)

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January 11th, 2011

Anthony Pettis didn’t want to wait for a third fight between UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard to play out before he fought again, and it looks like he won’t have to. Heavy.com is reporting that Pettis will take on lightweight wildman Clay Guida at either UFC 130 on Memorial Day weekend in Vegas or UFC 131 on June 11 in Vancouver.

A lightweight bout between Clay Guida and final WEC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis is being targeted for UFC 130 or UFC 131.

Sources close the bout informed Heavy.com of the news on Monday night.

Guida got the fight, but another high-profile lightweight really wanted to fight Pettis. Here’s Kenny Florian trying to sneak past Guida into a number one contender’s bout against Pettis.

“I think if he wants to establish himself as a top lightweight, I think I’ve done a lot more than a lot of the guys out there,” said Florian, who beat Guida by rear naked choke in Dec. 2009. “Gray Maynard beat me, obviously, but I still think I’m the third guy in the division. What better way to get to the top than a win over me?

“I think with me, you’re going to get an exciting fight everywhere,” Florian continued. “Clay, you pretty much know just his style, he’s going to try to ground-and-pound and use his wrestling to defeat Pettis. I’m going to do it on the feet, on the ground, all over the octagon at a high level, whatever it takes. It’s going to be an exciting fight everywhere, a little bit more unpredictable.”

Either way, everyone’s going to be watching Anthony Pettis when he makes his UFC debut. He pulled off some incredible stuff in the WEC, but can he do it against tougher competition in the UFC? Can’t wait to find out.

Update: Dana White said on the conference call today that this fight isn’t a “done deal” but it is under consideration.

“It’s not a done deal, but that’s the fight we’re talking about,” said White, who did not specify when or where the bout might take place.

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  • Voice of Reason

    Guida vs Pettis, Florian vs Benderson. DONE.

    • http://highdollar.net/wordpressHD/mma-2/ Billdo

      Florian vs Pettis, Guida vs Benderson. BETTER.

  • i like sexy time

    this is an ace fight i cant call it.

  • Matt Silliman

    I don’t see how Guida jumps Florian when Florian made such quick work or him. Either way Kenny needs to fight a strong wrestler in his next fight to see how his wrestling has improved. It seems that the tops guys at 55 are now all strong wrestlers or have atleast are back ground in wrestling. I don’t think Clay is ready for a title fight even if he beats Pettis, if he does beat Pettis he should fight the loser of Maynard/Edgar for his title shot.

    What they should do is

    Pettis vs. Soto
    Guida vs. Siver
    Florian vs. Dunham
    Guillard vs. Sherk

  • Dr. Fushigi

    This is going to be an awesome fight. Guida acts like he’s on speed and Pettis jumps off of cages and kicks people.

  • Jo23ph

    Why does clay look like carrot top ha!!!!!

  • The Jester

    Pettis vs Jim Miller!!.. Pettis is getting a fight while waiting for his title shot and Jim Miller has won six in a row with his only loses being to Edgar and Maynard… Who better for both of them to fight!!

  • The Jester

    Not taking anything away from Kamal Shalorus, Miller’s rumored next opponent, but I think Miller deserves someone who is a little more proven. Shalorus is coming off of a contrversial split decision and a draw. A lot of people are talking about Kenny Florian. I like Ken Flow as much as the next guy, but he’s 2-2 in his last four fights and is coming off of a very one sided lose. As far as Clay Guida is concerned, he is right there in the mix having won and finished three fights in a row, althoug he did lose pretty convincingly to Kennt Florian just over a year ago. I just think that having won six in a row, all of which were in pretty dominatong fashion, Jim Miller definitely is worthy of a fight for number one contender status!

  • smh

    Kenny florian had his shot twice and he blew it why r yal still talkin about the guy

    • bobbylee

      Kenny flow is the ultimate gate keeper now. He has had all the skills to be champion yet has never been able to do it. In race for title I think Pettis easily should be next in line for title if not fight flo. Ben is better wrestler than guida imo so I don’t how guida will stop him. Guida striking his weakness for ever will keep him from getting gold. Even Frankie striking is only good because he can land really fast combos, gray has always had power just never really knew how to use it, hoping he capsizes on his striking and becomes more round.

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  • wf853

    The fact that Maynard can fight as a LW is an absurdity that’s eventually going to seriously damage MMA. Some huge guy like Maynard who fights far above his actual division but makes the cut due to lifelong weight cutting associated with having been a wrestler for so long, will eventually kill or maim someone. Then the politicians will re-involve themselves albeit for political gain, to make names for themselves. Recall that one of the critical reasons MMA was able to rebound from prior attacks was to create weight classes. The UFC consistently permits fighters to circumvent this. Thus, you see Jon Jones, 235 lb. guy fighting at LHW and Maynard a 180+lb. guy fighting at LW. Yeah, they “made weight” a day and a half before the fight via various artifices (super-rehydration, diet specialists, etc.) however, by fight time, they’re back up to a 30 lb. advantage over their opponents who don’t go through that charade. The result will eventually mean serious injury. Big guys hit harder than small guys generally and that precept of physics will eventually, as stated, result in a win, not by KO but by death or mayhem.

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