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Coach Says Kurt Pellegrino vs. Clay Guida Set for January

Fronted by Chris Nelson. As mythbuster points out in the comments, there was also a rumor that Guida would fight Nate Diaz at the TUF 8 finale in December.

So it looks like "The Carpenter" and "Batman" will be squaring off, according to strength and conditioning coach Kevin Kearns:

I also went down to NJ to work with Kurt Pellegrino on Burn with Kearns Phase 1 for his fight in January against Clay Guida.

The entire interview is here via mmatraining.com.

Pellegrino will need all the conditioning possible, because he has occasionally gotten tired and therefore sloppy (see: Nate Diaz, though Diaz also has exceptional BJJ, compared to Guida's decent GnP). His last stoppage victory was against Alberto Crane.

Guida is the extremely popular LW who can't seen to finish fights. He has shown good defense against BJJ in his win over Mac Danzig, to where Danzig wouldn't let it go to the ground. He has successfully finished only two fights in nearly 3 years, but everyone knows he can go all three rounds without tiring. If he's smart, he has been working on his striking.

I personally see Guida outworking Pellegrino to an exciting decision (as usual) because he never stops attacking (one would think an opponent would have figured out how to counter his obvious gameplan). However, Batman did decision Thiago Tavares, so if his gastank is good enough, I could see him squeaking out the win. He'll have to work for it, though.

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I would have preferred to see Huerta vs. Pellegrino but this is an excellent matchup nonetheless. Pellegrino has the potential to get into the “who gets mauled by BJ Penn” section of the LW division if he can string some good wins together.

Guida has an amazing gas tank but I think Pellegrino will beat him easily.

by MMAEruption on Oct 9, 2008 6:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is interesting. There was also a rumor that Guida was to fight Nate Diaz at the TUF 8 finals. Bloody Elbow Link

by mythbuster on Oct 9, 2008 6:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Either way

I think its a winner. I would love to see either match up, honestly.

by mythbuster on Oct 9, 2008 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good find, machiavellian.

Hope you don’t mind I tweaked your post title.

by Chris Nelson on Oct 9, 2008 6:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not at All

Still concise, but far more informative title than mine – it implies UFC brass haven’t officially stated it yet, but that the source is accurate.

War Guida, etc, etc.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by themachiavellian on Oct 10, 2008 4:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wanted to see Guida on the UFC 90 card. You know he’ll be there.

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on Oct 10, 2008 1:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I like this fight better than Diaz/Guida.

http://mma4real.net/

by Tha Realness on Oct 10, 2008 3:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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