UFC on Fox Results: Ben Henderson Edges Clay Guida in Wild Affair
by Leland Roling on Nov 12, 2011 8:55 PM EST
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Adding more insult to the bad decision-making by the UFC, Ben Henderson and Clay Guida battled each other in a wild affair that should be the front runner for Fight of the Night. Despite the craziness in the Octagon, the judges didn't see the bout as very close, awarding a decision to Henderson by the scores of 29-28, 30-27, and 30-27.
The opening frame was a wild back-and-forth affair that saw both Henderson and Guida land damaging shots. Most notably, Henderson dropped Guida early in the round with a left hook to the jaw, stunning Guida. Henderson couldn't take advantage, however, allowing Guida to recover and land his own shots later in the round.
The second round was no different than the first as both fighters struggle to get the upper hand. Guida was able to secure a takedown midway through the round, but Henderson escaped to his feet instantly, turning to the fence and going on the offensive. Guida attempted to sink in a guillotine choke at that moment, pulling guard, but missing the attempt. The mistake allowed Henderson to gain top control and eventually transition to the back where he threatened with a choke in the final seconds.
A stalemate early in the third ended at the two-minute mark when Henderson countered a Guida head kick with a takedown. Henderson eventually transitioned to side control, then to Guida's back where he threatened with a choke. Guida escaped, but Henderson followed him to the ground. Guida evaded the shots, and in a crazy shift -- found a way to a guillotine choke in the scramble. Henderson snuck out the back, only to threaten Guida once again all the way to the final bell.
Henderson absolutely destroyed surging lightweight Jim Miller at UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle in August. The win not only derailed Miller's progression to the top, but it swapped him out for Henderson in the title contention picture. Henderson holds previous wins over Mark Bocek, Donald Cerrone, Jamie Varner, Shane Roller, and Anthony Njokunai.
Guida also held his own surprise party, beating WEC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale in June. He had previously won three straight prior to the tonight's contest, submitting Takanori Gomi and Shannon Gugerty while making Rafael dos Anjos quit due to injury.
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not just fight of the night
that may have been fight of the year. amazing fun to watch.
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His takedown defense was more than impressive
when Clay practically drove him across the cage and still couldn’t get him on his back was ridiculous.
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Seriously...
Clay had him around both thy’s, I cant believe he didn’t go down…
Winter is coming...
by Danthemmaman on Nov 12, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
*thighs
It’s late and I’m tired;)
Winter is coming...
by Danthemmaman on Nov 12, 2011 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
At one time during the fight, Henderson did the splits to defend a takedown.
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by chrisbboy82 on Nov 12, 2011 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
That made me and my buddy flip shit, he was a state champ wrestler.
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I’m glad my wife and daughter weren’t home as that honestly got me to scream “WHAT THE F**K?” at my monitor. So insanely awesome.
by Empty Thoughts on Nov 12, 2011 11:29 PM EST up reply actions
This fight should have been 5 rounds.
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That's all I could think when the 1st ended
Such a fun fight
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by hcblankscreen on Nov 12, 2011 9:01 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
This fight should have been on TV
dead-horse issue, I know.
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Five rounds - FUCK YES
What were they thinking?
fight of the night?
high pace but both fighters missed the finish,too bad.But certainly not the fight of the year.
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Eegads, that’s straight up one of my favorite fights and I’ve seen a lot of fights. That there was easily in my top 5 fights. I’m on pins and needles right now. Two highly skilled guys with loads of heart and courage. It doesn’t get much better than that. Bendo and Edgar should be a real show. Hard to imagine Edgar dealing with the size well in the clinch.
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Meh, Guida vs. Henderson sucked
Guida’s boring and I assumed he would shoulder-strike him.
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And miserable.
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by Dooda on Nov 12, 2011 9:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Seriously the punching was meh
It went the distance, I’m not impressed.
Give me technical masterpieces like Garcia vs. Phan anyday!
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Not sure if serious. I’m in the afterglow of enjoyment of that fight. I really found it spectacular.
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And my sarcasm meter might be a little off. I’m vulnerable right now so don’t take advantage.
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Slowly starting to come back to earth. Slowly starting to catch on. Still a bit flighty, but thinking I might have overreacted.
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by Dooda on Nov 12, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I loved the fight too
but I don’t see how people saw it so close. Bendo dominated led the pace, controlled position, did more damage and I think pretty clearly won every round.
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when will people learn that Bendo can’t be choked? He breathes through his ankles.
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by Dave Strummer on Nov 12, 2011 9:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
It's gotta be the hair.
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by RolloTomasi on Nov 12, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
I think the critique on the scoring is pretty fair. I had Bendo taking the 1st, close but clear, the 2nd was a bit of a toss up, but I had Bendo in that one too. The third round was close, but again Bendo just seemed to have the edge on that one too. None of Guida’s submission attempts seemed close, his stand-up, though a bit better than previous, clearly didn’t threaten at any point.
And Bendo was clearly the better stronger grappler throughout. Controlled the clinch, landed in the clinch, landed on the ground. It was clear that this was a 29-27 fight. 29-28 is fair for giving Guida the 2nd, but I don’t understand your complaint here.
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THe critique of the scoring is not fair is what I meant. What did you want to see Leland?
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I thought Henderson won every round. I was simply going off the consensus I saw via Twitter.
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by Leland Roling on Nov 12, 2011 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
Clay Guida is never going to win a title
But does anyone really care?
He left this fight without blood and was in a war for the ages.
End the Guida is boring meme.
I respect your opinion even though it's wrong.
I agree he won’t but he’s definitely a FIGHTER. He’s one of the few UFC figures that I bought for my two yr old daughter last Christmas.
by Inspectorxr5 on Nov 12, 2011 9:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
While I agree that the guy has heart for days, I think alot of what made the fight exciting tonight was that Henderson was able keep or get back to standing. Had that not been the case, I don’t know that Guida would’ve been in an hurry to do anything but play his usual top control game.
by woooburn on Nov 12, 2011 10:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s not a meme; it’s the truth,
Want to know how many significant strikes Guida landed? 11. Henderson landed 40.
Bendo landed 102 total strikes to Clay’s 35.
Just because he bounces around and has wild scrambles doesn’t make him entertaining. He did nothing in the entire fight. For that to be a war for the ages, he would have needed to actually participate in the war.
by Josh Engleman on Nov 13, 2011 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
let the Ben era begin
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I hope all three of Henderson’s fights are on the UFC’s best of 2011 DVD
by Inspectorxr5 on Nov 12, 2011 9:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I cant see Edgar beating Bendo
but he’s been underestimated for the last 2 years.
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by Piru P on Nov 12, 2011 10:09 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Ben Henderson is just nasty in the clinch, and besides his superb takedown defense, I felt that Henderson was strongest in the clinch against the cage.
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Henderson is this different kind of animal. His TDD was on fire and he actually took guida down. I have never witnessed Guida get taken down like that since Florian did it. Wow…..Henderson vs. Edgar should be a five round classic! On an unrelated note can anyone tell me what kind of hat Henderson was wearing? I want one of those but I don’t know what they are called.
by RashadsStankyLeg on Nov 12, 2011 10:23 PM EST reply actions
Thoroughly happy to see Guida beat down.
That’s why beating the guy that beat the guy doesn’t mean shit.
Bendo is a beast.
There was a moment in the final round where they collided in mid air and Guida got like a flying tackle that was saweet as hell tho.
But still give FOTY to Diaz vs Penn
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Don't know what fight you were wtaching
Guida hardly got beat down. Far more competitive then Sanchez/Guida.
And Edgar/Maynard 2 would like to talk to you about that last part
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Yeah, hell the Jim Miller/Ben Henderson fight was a beat down
This was pretty competitive, but one guy was better than the other
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