I hope Clay wins.

I don’t think you have huerta is probably the toughest to beat in the division.

this should be an exciting fight, but i do think clay is going to win.

[quote comment=”215195″]this should be an exciting fight, but i do think clay is going to win.[/quote]

Honestly, you think Clay will win?

I hope I am wrong, but I think he may be underestimating Huerta. Clay has been in some wars, and fought great talent, but I see Roger as good as any of the opponents Clay has fought. He may not be as battle tested, but Roger has fought 20 fights, and with only one loss that does say something about his talent. this is tough to do, even if all 20 were total cans.
How many times have we seen top level fighters get upset by nobodies or low level opponents? Once a fighter steps into the cage, anything can happen, and to put together a 19-1 record is impressive no matter who those fights are against.
All this said, these are two of the most exciting fighters competing right now and I think this fight has the makings of Fight of the Year! I can’t wait to see this, and for the record, this free card is sooo much better than that NJ card was

[quote comment=”215206″]I hope I am wrong, but I think he may be underestimating Huerta. Clay has been in some wars, and fought great talent, but I see Roger as good as any of the opponents Clay has fought. He may not be as battle tested, but Roger has fought 20 fights, and with only one loss that does say something about his talent. this is tough to do, even if all 20 were total cans.
How many times have we seen top level fighters get upset by nobodies or low level opponents? Once a fighter steps into the cage, anything can happen, and to put together a 19-1 record is impressive no matter who those fights are against.
All this said, these are two of the most exciting fighters competing right now and I think this fight has the makings of Fight of the Year! I can’t wait to see this, and for the record, this free card is sooo much better than that NJ card was[/quote]

Amen

I have been a fan of Clay Guida since his first televised UFC match vs Din Thomas. Clay gives it 110% at all times. Eveyone here has been wanting the UFC to give Huerta a real opponent, and they finally did. I am just worried that Guida may be underestimating Roger Huerta. The only odds I have seen so far have Huerta as the favorite at -130 and Guida at -100.

What do you guys think? Who should be the favorite in this fight?

[quote comment=”215200″][quote comment=”215195″]this should be an exciting fight, but i do think clay is going to win.[/quote]

Honestly, you think Clay will win?[/quote]

Honestly, why would you think he doesn’t have a good chance at winning??

Huerta has fought NOBODY’s in the UFC. John Haverlson?, Doug Evans?? Leanord Garcia???, Some BJJ guy fighting for the first time in years????

Meanwhile, Guida has fought Griffin, Thomas, Aurellio (guy that tapped Gomi) and now Huerta. Guida has also gone 5 rounds with Gilbert Melendez, beaten Bart Paleszewski, and has definitely faced better competition than what Huerta is.

Huerta is not Guida’s toughest fight, very obvious fact.

Many times this year and last we have seen the UFC place alot of faith in a fighter to extract a new fan base. Huerta is no exception, its obvious the UFC Brass would like to see him take this fight and maybey one more before they send him into the octagon for a title shot. The location for that event would be none other Mexico. An MMA hotbed that the UFC has been planning to scorch! Diego did not come through and I think that Huerta might meet his road block in Guida. It is just to hard to plan a path for a fighter especialy in MMA.

[quote comment=”215218″][quote comment=”215200″][quote comment=”215195″]this should be an exciting fight, but i do think clay is going to win.[/quote]

Honestly, you think Clay will win?[/quote]

Honestly, why would you think he doesn’t have a good chance at winning??

Huerta has fought NOBODY’s in the UFC. John Haverlson?, Doug Evans?? Leanord Garcia???, Some BJJ guy fighting for the first time in years????

Meanwhile, Guida has fought Griffin, Thomas, Aurellio (guy that tapped Gomi) and now Huerta. Guida has also gone 5 rounds with Gilbert Melendez, beaten Bart Paleszewski, and has definitely faced better competition than what Huerta is.

Huerta is not Guida’s toughest fight, very obvious fact.[/quote]
You are so right. I have like Guida since he fought Din Thomas and he never lets up. Neither does Huerta but you said it right… Huerta has fought NO ONE! he has been groomed to bring in the Latin / Spanish audience. Just like Bisping for the English audience. Guida has fought more HIGH PROFILE fights than Huerta and i am 100% going for Guida.
I like Huerta i just think that he needs to lose one and fight some tougher guys to prove himself. Every fight of Guida’s has been tough and exciting. I know my wife will be watching this one…she loooooves Huerta… thanks UFC for the poster boy so i can share some quality time with the wife while watching the UFC with the Family…
I dont know if Huerta has ever shown any KO power in any of his fights before the UFC but i cant see him KOing Guida. my money is on Guida 2nd Rnd Submission or he wins the decision.

[quote comment=”215217″]I have been a fan of Clay Guida since his first televised UFC match vs Din Thomas. Clay gives it 110% at all times. Eveyone here has been wanting the UFC to give Huerta a real opponent, and they finally did. I am just worried that Guida may be underestimating Roger Huerta. The only odds I have seen so far have Huerta as the favorite at -130 and Guida at -100.

What do you guys think? Who should be the favorite in this fight?[/quote]

Personally I would put the odds at dead even. Too close to call, and there is no way I would put any money on this fight unless on of the guys was rated a big favorite. If one guy was a big favorite I would put money on the underdog.

Guida is going to absolutely murder Huerta. I am surprised the commission sanctioned the fight.

[quote comment=”215242″]Guida is going to absolutely murder Huerta. I am surprised the commission sanctioned the fight.[/quote]
HAHAHAHA thats funny.. Even though I like Huerta I hope thats exactly the way it happens. I love Guida’s intensity.

Basically bet on whoever the underdog is in this fight. It is way too close to call so you will get good odds with the dog and this is the fight I am looking forward to the most out of any upcoming card.

[quote post=”3977″]Meanwhile, Guida has fought Griffin, Thomas, Aurellio (guy that tapped Gomi) and now Huerta. Guida has also gone 5 rounds with Gilbert Melendez, beaten Bart Paleszewski, and has definitely faced better competition than what Huerta is.[/quote]

I don’t think anybody is saying that it will be a walk in the park for either fighter. This is going to be a brawl. Clay gives every opponent fits, but his one problem seems to be his recent trend to only fight AS good as his opponent. He hasn’t turned in the extra gear to give him the decisive margin of victory.

[quote post=”3977″]What do you guys think? Who should be the favorite in this fight? [/quote]

If I were making the odds, I would have to give Clay the edge, simply based off the caliber of opposition he has faced. I think part of the reason Huerta is listed as the favorite is that the board has to be balanced on both sides of the bet so the betting line is covered.

[quote comment=”215237″][quote comment=”215217″]I have been a fan of Clay Guida since his first televised UFC match vs Din Thomas. Clay gives it 110% at all times. Eveyone here has been wanting the UFC to give Huerta a real opponent, and they finally did. I am just worried that Guida may be underestimating Roger Huerta. The only odds I have seen so far have Huerta as the favorite at -130 and Guida at -100.

What do you guys think? Who should be the favorite in this fight?[/quote]

Personally I would put the odds at dead even. Too close to call, and there is no way I would put any money on this fight unless on of the guys was rated a big favorite. If one guy was a big favorite I would put money on the underdog.[/quote]

I agree. I don’t know how you could handicap this for either guy. Both are good fighters. Guida has definitely fought the better competition. He’s lost some wars. Huerta hasn’t really been challenged. I think headlining an event on spike if good for both of them. If they fight like we’ve seen them in the past, it should be an awesome fight. No matter who wins, both guys will have more fans after the fight. I’m really glad the UFC chose to showcase these guys.

The only problem I have is knowing who to root for. I really like both of these guys. They both leave it all in the octagon.

Roger Huerta win by either Submission or Unanimous Decision.

I think everybody is underestimating Huerta. Huerta has phenominal submission defense, but it seemed like in his match against Doug Evans, Doug could take him down at will.

Guida might win this via GNP in the 3rd, but Huerta has shown that he could be the best, he has the skills, and he wont gas.

Tought match up to call really.

I am more excited for this fight then anyother fight this year! THats right..and Im a huge liddell fan…I just know that these guys leave everything in the octagon and always put on the most excitng fights! This is a huge step up for Huerta who has been feed alot of cans and Guida is just business as usual. WAR GUIDA!!! And on a side note Guida is not underestamating huerta this is guidas chance to really showcase and a win here will really launch his carrer! When GUida says he has faced tougher competiotion he means that he has fought more expereinced tougher guys then Huerta has who has not really been tested!

I’m not going to say that Huerta isn’t a tough guy, but I just love how easily the UFC can hype a guy successfully. After Houston Alexander beat Jardine, the UFC decided to put him against a can, and many of you took the bait. Now you see Huerta fight a laundry list of B fighters and think that he is one of the top guys. The truth is, nobody knows how good he is because he hasnt fought anyone in the top 10, or even 20. Lets see how he does against Guida, who has proven himself worthy of top competition. Then, we can decide how good Huerta is. Until then, you guys are the gullible audience that the UFC wants you to be.

I hope Clay wins so he can take Roger’s Spot as the poster boy for UFC. LOL Like that will happen.

This should be a good scrap.

Its great watching Clay fight. I tell all of me friends who aren’t UFC heads like me about this guy, trying to get them excited about MMA.. I’m more of a meat head from meat balls 3, but its ham season for ham heads everywhere. Should be a great fight though, Huerta is pretty cool too.

i really hope huerta wins this. he is a good poster boy for the ufc and has an amazing childhood story,plus what really matters is that he is a good fighter. all of you say he would win by submission but i would say ground and pound stoppage. either way this fight will be a war. winner should get spenser fisher

if clay wins, does huerta get to go back to fighting cans?

i really hope clay wins. he’s been a beast in every fight.

The[quote comment=”215193″]I don’t think you have huerta is probably the toughest to beat in the division.[/quote]

Do you really think Roger Huerta is a tougher Fighter then BJ Penn, Kenny Florian, Din Thomas, Joe Stevenson, Sean the Anabolic Sherk? I think that statement is way off personaly. 20 wins against nobodies is exactly that 20 wins against nobodies. The fact that Huerta has struggled or looked umimpressive with some of his fights against nobodies level c maybe b level guys. Clay Guida has a controversial loss to Tyson Griffin and Din Thomas both whom are amazing fighters. Tyson is almost a level and Din is mos def A level fighter. Captain Caveman is going to straight up out wrestle him. None of Huertas fight have been on Guidas level. Just my opinion anyway and you know what they say about opinions!

I’ll always want Roger to win all his fights but, like everone is saying, he has beat the crap out of nobody’s. I can’t really see either of these guys KOing eachother since they both have good chins and niether seem to have knock out power. Both have great submission defense and I I would have to say guida has the better sub game. I see it going to a decision. If Huerta couldn’t put Leonard Garcia away, I don;t see how he could stop Guida, whos hasn’t been stopped by Griffin or Aurelio. HUerta need to work on his takedown defense for this one or he’ll lose the decision to Guida. Expect to see HUerta on his back alot in this fight.

Everyone keeps bringing up “Clay Guida has fought tough dudes, “Clay is battle tested”…..riddle me this: How many of those tough guys has he beaten? Who? Aurelio? Split decision. It doesnt matter how good of a schedule you have if you cant beat anyone. If that was the case than Elvis Sinosic would be king of mma.

7 of the last 10 fights have gone to decision. The other 3 were submissions. One resulted in a win for Guida and 2 in submission losses. And if you want to get right down to it. Guida has fought cans up until his last 3 fights. And he has not finished anyone of note.

So you cant convince that Guida has an advantage because he has 1 win against a god fighter and hasnt finished anyone with a pulse. His inability of finishing will be his doom against Huerta.

Has anyone seen Huerta in a boring match? Everyone is giving Captain Caveman all this man-love for an exciting style, but Huerta goes all out for 15 minutes. Less actually, since he actually finishes fights (13 stoppages, 4 decisions, 1 by DQ, 1 unknown on Sherdog). Overall Guida has 14 stoppage wins and 6 decisions. In 5 fights in UFC and WEC he is a 3-2 with one stoppage win and four decisions. Clay Guida does deserve a lot of credit for getting a win over Clay Guidiola. What are the odds of that?

[quote comment=”215330″]Everyone keeps bringing up “Clay Guida has fought tough dudes, “Clay is battle
7 of the last 10 fights have gone to decision. The other 3 were submissions. One resulted in a win for Guida and 2 in submission losses. And if you want to get right down to it. Guida has fought cans up until his last 3 fights. And he has not finished anyone of note.

So you cant convince that Guida has an advantage because he has 1 win against a god fighter and hasnt finished anyone with a pulse. His inability of finishing will be his doom against Huerta.[/quote]

Last 3 fights? So Melendez and Josh Thomson are cans? Doesn’t Thomson have wins over Franca and Razor Rob?

[quote comment=”215330″]Everyone keeps bringing up “Clay Guida has fought tough dudes, “Clay is battle tested”…..riddle me this: How many of those tough guys has he beaten? Who? Aurelio? Split decision. It doesnt matter how good of a schedule you have if you cant beat anyone. If that was the case than Elvis Sinosic would be king of mma.

7 of the last 10 fights have gone to decision. The other 3 were submissions. One resulted in a win for Guida and 2 in submission losses. And if you want to get right down to it. Guida has fought cans up until his last 3 fights. And he has not finished anyone of note.

So you cant convince that Guida has an advantage because he has 1 win against a god fighter and hasnt finished anyone with a pulse. His inability of finishing will be his doom against Huerta.[/quote]
if you knew shit about mma you’d know guida is the real deal. you think he’d be fighting in a ufc main event on national tv if he wasn’t. guida got robbed out of 2 wins against griffin and thomas and then against aurelio the fight claerly should have been a unanimous decision win for guida was only a split decision. regardless of judges decisions the ufc loves this guy. he goes balls to the wall and has only been in mma for a few years. as far as him fighting cans before his last 3 fights. guida’s also fought gilbert melendez after only being in mma for a little over a year. and if you don’t know who melendez is…your missing out on arguably the best lw in the world dude. do some research and watch some fights. huerta hasn’t fought a guy in the same league as guida and guida has fought guys in the same league as huerta. should be a war. WAR CLAY ‘THE CARPENTER’ GUIDA

guida fought melendez a little over 2 years of mma experience and has been in mma 4 years

There are some lightweights who are beasts, i mean tyson griffin, clay guida, roger huerta, frankie edgar, tavares

Any fight between two of them will probably just end up in a decision, because they are just too good.

WARRRRRRRRRR GUIDAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

[quote comment=”215366″][quote comment=”215330″]Everyone keeps bringing up “Clay Guida has fought tough dudes, “Clay is battle tested”…..riddle me this: How many of those tough guys has he beaten? Who? Aurelio? Split decision. It doesnt matter how good of a schedule you have if you cant beat anyone. If that was the case than Elvis Sinosic would be king of mma.

7 of the last 10 fights have gone to decision. The other 3 were submissions. One resulted in a win for Guida and 2 in submission losses. And if you want to get right down to it. Guida has fought cans up until his last 3 fights. And he has not finished anyone of note.

So you cant convince that Guida has an advantage because he has 1 win against a god fighter and hasnt finished anyone with a pulse. His inability of finishing will be his doom against Huerta.[/quote]
if you knew shit about mma you’d know guida is the real deal. you think he’d be fighting in a ufc main event on national tv if he wasn’t. guida got robbed out of 2 wins against griffin and thomas and then against aurelio the fight claerly should have been a unanimous decision win for guida was only a split decision. regardless of judges decisions the ufc loves this guy. he goes balls to the wall and has only been in mma for a few years. as far as him fighting cans before his last 3 fights. guida’s also fought gilbert melendez after only being in mma for a little over a year. and if you don’t know who melendez is…your missing out on arguably the best lw in the world dude. do some research and watch some fights. huerta hasn’t fought a guy in the same league as guida and guida has fought guys in the same league as huerta. should be a war. WAR CLAY ‘THE CARPENTER’ GUIDA[/quote]

So you are a bette judge than the judges?

LoLoLoLoL

That is good one GIP

I’m guessing this one will end in a decision. I think Huerta will have the edge standing up and Guida on the ground. Right now I’m thinking Huerta wins it but I think it will be close and up to the judges’ bias.

[quote post=”3977″]this should be an exciting fight, but i do think clay is going to win.
Honestly, you think Clay will win? [/quote]

Huerta is just a pretty boy that the ufc is using as a poster child. They’ve been hand feeding him opponents that he can beat easily and now we’ll see what he’s made of.
I see Clay wining the decision

And I am sure you knew that out of the 5 cans that Huerta has fought, 2 of them were late replacements due to injuries to Jason Reinhardt and Alvin Robinson.

On paper, Guida has definitely had tougher opponents than Huerta. Din Thomas, Tyson Griffin and Marcus Aurelio are much tougher fights than John Halverson, Doug Evans or Alberto Crane. Huerta has dominated against weaker opponents while Guida was very impressive against Marcus Aurelio and in his loss to Din Thomas and the fight where he got robbed against Tyson Griffin. Huerta’s an animal but hasn’t really been tested, especially on the ground. If Guida gets him down, he could be in for a long night. I’d go for Guida by decision.

You knew they’d have to eventually throw Huerta in against someone that could actually fight…and derail their latin plan.

Most important fight for Guida, and toughest opponent for Huerta to date.

If I think really hard maybe these two fights will appear on the UFC 82 card:

Roger Huerta vs. Alvin Robinson

and

Clay Guida vs. Kenny Florian

*NGGGGGNGGGGG*

Didn’t work… need new underpants though.

[quote comment=”215218″][quote comment=”215200″][quote comment=”215195″]this should be an exciting fight, but i do think clay is going to win.[/quote]

Honestly, you think Clay will win?[/quote]

Honestly, why would you think he doesn’t have a good chance at winning??

Huerta has fought NOBODY’s in the UFC. John Haverlson?, Doug Evans?? Leanord Garcia???, Some BJJ guy fighting for the first time in years????

Meanwhile, Guida has fought Griffin, Thomas, Aurellio (guy that tapped Gomi) and now Huerta. Guida has also gone 5 rounds with Gilbert Melendez, beaten Bart Paleszewski, and has definitely faced better competition than what Huerta is.

Huerta is not Guida’s toughest fight, very obvious fact.[/quote]
I agree.

My money’s on Guida!

Roger Huerta is a fast, tough, in your face type of a fighter.He has great awareness of where he is in the ring and knows how to use that to his advantage. I have been a fan since i first saw him fight he is just really awesome to watch along with the majority of that division. Clay Guida is the same way this fight has the makings of fight of the year written all over it and i am truly excited to watch. In my personal opinion neither of the two can beat kenny florian his jiu jitsu is far better and his striking is quickly becoming the best in that division if not the best. Who the hell knows as long as Sherk is takin roids and gettin away with it he will continue to put on silvia like boring fights time after time retaining his belt and being the most one dimensional fighter in the ufc.

There are too many cautious fighters these days… But Clay puts it on the line no mistake… Will be interesting to see how good Huerta can look against top competition!!

Prediction: Clay by TKO

[quote comment=”215217″]I have been a fan of Clay Guida since his first televised UFC match vs Din Thomas. Clay gives it 110% at all times. Eveyone here has been wanting the UFC to give Huerta a real opponent, and they finally did. I am just worried that Guida may be underestimating Roger Huerta. The only odds I have seen so far have Huerta as the favorite at -130 and Guida at -100.

What do you guys think? Who should be the favorite in this fight?[/quote]

There talents and abilities are very simular. I would have to make the favorite guida, do to the level of opposition that he has faced! Most likely it will go to a decision.

[quote comment=”215665″]There are too many cautious fighters these days… But Clay puts it on the line no mistake… Will be interesting to see how good Huerta can look against top competition!!

Prediction: Clay by TKO[/quote]

He hasnt had a (T)KO in over 3 years!! You think he will (T)KO Huerta now? (He had a more recent (T)KO but it was because of an injury)

The “Latin Plan”, “the UFC is exploiting Huerta”, :Huerta fights cans because they want to build him up to the Mexicans”, these are about as racist as you can get. Insert Black into those comments and watch the furry! “Th black plan”

As I have said before, when Guida BEATS one of the better fighters than O.K. But losing 4 of 5 to good fighters doesnt make you all that. Why doesnt everyone swing from Tito then?

After reading all of the comments thus far, I would hate to be a bookie in Vegas that has to lay odds. This should have “fight of the year” judges on the edge of their seats. Great fight to be free on SpikeTv. Kudos to the UFC for having this on cable.

[quote comment=”215330″]Everyone keeps bringing up “Clay Guida has fought tough dudes, “Clay is battle tested”…..riddle me this: How many of those tough guys has he beaten? Who? Aurelio? Split decision. It doesnt matter how good of a schedule you have if you cant beat anyone. If that was the case than Elvis Sinosic would be king of mma.

7 of the last 10 fights have gone to decision. The other 3 were submissions. One resulted in a win for Guida and 2 in submission losses. And if you want to get right down to it. Guida has fought cans up until his last 3 fights. And he has not finished anyone of note.

So you cant convince that Guida has an advantage because he has 1 win against a god fighter and hasnt finished anyone with a pulse. His inability of finishing will be his doom against Huerta.[/quote]

If you really do not think going 3 full rounds with Din thomas, and Tyson Griffin(a fight in which many people feel he won)and beating Marcus Aurellio are bigger accomplishments and larger factors then beating Doug Evans, Alberto Crane, and John Halvelson, you are crazy. Experience is such a huge factor. Guida has almost 20 wins against nobodies like Huerta. It is his last 3 fights that have defined how good of a fighter he actually is. His last three fights are going to be the difference against Huerta in the Big show. So far Huerta has not had to dig deep to win any of his fights, and when he did have to dig it was against relativley inexperienced fighters. Guida has had to dig deep in all of his last three and it gives him the edge here. I think most people would agree that, that is the difference maker.

I cant wait i dont know whos gonna win but my prediction is that this fight will be better than most pay per views main events.

Huerta nuff said

[quote comment=”215237″][quote comment=”215217″]I have been a fan of Clay Guida since his first televised UFC match vs Din Thomas. Clay gives it 110% at all times. Eveyone here has been wanting the UFC to give Huerta a real opponent, and they finally did. I am just worried that Guida may be underestimating Roger Huerta. The only odds I have seen so far have Huerta as the favorite at -130 and Guida at -100.

What do you guys think? Who should be the favorite in this fight?[/quote]

Personally I would put the odds at dead even. Too close to call, and there is no way I would put any money on this fight unless on of the guys was rated a big favorite. If one guy was a big favorite I would put money on the underdog.[/quote]

Definitely Huerta… he’s got a nice edge in the standup…

This is going to be an intense fight. I think it’s too close to call but I’d like to see Guida win. I just hope he doesn’t let it go to decision ~ if he does you know right now they are going to give it to Huerta.

SUPERCAL you’re right on when you said

“Huerta is no exception, its obvious the UFC Brass
would like to see him take this fight and maybey one
more before they send him into the octagon for a
title shot. The location for that event would be
none other Mexico. An MMA hotbed that the UFC has
been planning to scorch! Diego did not come through
and I think that Huerta might meet his road block in
Guida. It is just to hard to plan a path for a
fighter especialy in MMA. “

[quote comment=”215242″]Guida is going to absolutely murder Huerta. I am surprised the commission sanctioned the fight.[/quote]
you don’t really know what your talking about if you,ve ever watched Huerta fight

Clay Guida is the man. he will win this fight there is no doubt in my mind. I met clay at 10,000 lakes festival and he is a badass dude!! roger has fought tough dudes yes, but he has never fought anyone who will put the pressure on him 100% of the time like Clay will. I see this fight ending in a submission or a TKO in Clay’s favor no doubt about it. BEAT HIS ASS CLAY! Umphrey’s McGee all the way

Im Roger’s big brother and i met Clay at the last fight both of them had… I told clay when I met him that he should fight my brother and in his words… ” Naw your brother is in a whole other league… I cant fight Roger, he’s too good, ” those were the words of Clay Guida, back in Vegas at Mandalay Bay!!! So for all of those who thinks Clay’s going to win, he himself cant compete… Later today we will see who is the best light weight contender for the title…. Roger by unanimous decision, and fight of the year…
-MIKE

Huerta is the future of UFC he’s on his prime.Roger Huerta will win the title that’s for sure.

Roger Huerta for me is the best fighter in his weight Guida is good but Roger Huerta is way better by far he may be confident but he will win the fight Roger Huerta will hold the title for along time.Roger Huerta brings excitement I enjoy watching his fight.Roger Huerta will demolished any fighter.