Written by: Penny
Buffington
The main event for The Ultimate Fighter Finale Team Lesnar vs. Team Dos Santos will be Clay “The Carpenter” Guida vs. Anthony “Showtime” Pettis. It can be watched on Spike TV June 4. More Info:
http://www.ufc.com/event/TUF13-finale#/fight 24 year old Pettis has a sherdog mma record of 13 – 1 –0. The more experienced fighter is Guida with a record of 28 – 11 – 0. Clay is 29 years of age and he was the first Strikeforce Lightweight Champion. He held the title until being defeated by Gilbert Melendez at Strikeforce: Revenge back in 2006. Pettis was the last ever WEC lightweight title holder. “Showtime” took the title on 12/16/2010 WEC 53 – Henderson vs. Pettis. in spectacular fashion against the previous title holder Ben Henderson before Strikeforce was bought by the UFC.
During Anthony’s last fight he threw an impressive kick that has earned just one of many youtube videos 654,491 hits since the spectacular sight took place against Ben Henderson 12/16/2010 WEC 53 – Henderson vs.Pettis. You can view it at:
http://pennyjomma.net/2011/05/17/mma2day-show-special-guest-sunday-may-22-anthony-pettis/ While mixed martial arts fans gaze in amazement, in an exclusive interview with MMA2DAY Show, “Showtime” says he doesn’t feel any added pressure, “Not pressure man. The objective for us as fighters is to draw in the fans and make sure the fans get what they paid for. I am just going to keep doing what I been doing. I don’t think it was the best kick. But, it was probably one of the flashier kicks. It was one of those moves that I kind of was playing around with in the cage. I was doing it for fun. And I don’t know man something just took over.”
Not for a moment does Anthony think he is the only fighter with impressive moves, “I expect the level to get higher and higher and I am expecting some crazy moves in MMA.”
When MMA2DAY Show host Tom Caprio asked Pettis what he expects to see from Clay Guida that he may not have seen before in the past his response, “Uhm Some long wild hair.” He went on to say, “Clay Guida is one of those guys that have been around for a long time. He knows how to win fights. He imposes his will; he is a great ground player. He is one of those guys where you have to be ready for a long night.”
“I’m thinking he is going to try to take me down for sure. You never know with Clay Guida he has got those wild finishes. His head is moving all over the place. He throws some big bombs, so I think it would be smarter for him to try and take me down and ground me out. I am hoping for a good fight. We will see what happens.”
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