Tonight’s UFC Vegas 34 event was co-headlined by a lightweight bout featuring veteran Clay Guida taking on former Olympian Mark Madsen.
Guida (36-21 MMA) entered tonight’s contest looking to build off his recent unanimous decision victory over Michael Johnson from back in February. That win had snapped a two-fight losing skid for ‘The Carpenter’, as he had previously suffered setbacks to Bobby Green and Jim Miller respectively.
Meanwhile, Mark Madsen (11-0 MMA) was putting his perfect record on the line this evening. The Danish standout had gone 2-0 thus far in his budding UFC career, this after scoring previous wins over Danilo Belluardo and Austin Hubbard.
Tonight’s UFC Vegas 34 co-main event proved to be a hard fought back and forth affair. Guida and Madsen battled it out for three straight rounds and after fifteen minutes of action the former Olympian was awarded a split decision victory.
Official UFC Vegas 34 Result: Mark Madsen def. Clay Guida by split decision
Check out how the pros reacted to Guida vs. Madsen below:
Let’s go guida!!! https://t.co/gTLPNOCLzd
— ike vallie-flagg (@IKEVF) August 22, 2021
Respect to @clayguida
— michael (@bisping) August 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/CharlesRosaMMA/status/1429298101219729408
I’d love to see @clayguida at a rave on drugs. Just saying
— Alptekin Ozkilic (@alpozkilicmma) August 22, 2021
Draw ?
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) August 22, 2021
Post-fight reactions to Mark Madsen defeating Clay Guida:
How was there a 30-27 in there when Guida had such a strong 2nd round?
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 22, 2021
Worst fight of the night
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) August 22, 2021
Not an insult. All the fights were so great. This just didn’t compare.
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) August 22, 2021
Who would you like to see Mark Madsen fight next following his split decision victory over Clay Guida at tonight’s UFC Vegas 34 event? Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!