{"id":37622,"date":"2012-09-28T07:14:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T14:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=37622"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:32:07","slug":"clay-guida-drops-to-featherweight-division-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/clay-guida-drops-to-featherweight-division-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay Guida drops to featherweight division | UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29919\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/guida.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By: Chris Taylor<\/p>\n<p>Longtime UFC lightweight standout Clay Guida (29-13 MMA, 9-7 UFC) is dropping down a weight class and will now compete in the UFC&#8217;s featherweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Clay&#8217;s representatives at VFD Sports Marketing announced the news today stating that Guida has opted to drop to the 145lb featherweight division.\u00a0A debut date and opponent have not yet been confirmed by the UFC, but it is expected that his featherweight debut will take place sometime in the new year (2013).<\/p>\n<p>Guida&#8217;s\u00a0decision to drop down\u00a0a weight class\u00a0comes after suffering back-to-back losses in the lightweight division. After winning four straight fights, which included victories over notable fighters Takanori Gomi and Anthony &#8220;Showtime&#8221;\u00a0Pettis, he lost a title-eliminator bout with Benson Henderson at UFC on FOX 1 back in November. Then in June, he suffered a split-decision loss to former title challenger Gray Maynard in a rather forgettable UFC on FX 4 headliner.<\/p>\n<p>The former Strikeforce Champion, Guida, will look to return to his crowd-pleasing ways when he enters the &#8216;Jose Aldo dominated&#8217; featherweight division. Guida has\u00a0racked up five &#8220;Fight of the Night&#8221; bonuses and two &#8220;Submission of the Night&#8221; awards during his UFC career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Chris Taylor Longtime UFC lightweight standout Clay Guida (29-13 MMA, 9-7 UFC) is dropping down a weight class and will now compete in the UFC&#8217;s featherweight division. Clay&#8217;s representatives at VFD Sports Marketing announced the news today stating that Guida has opted to drop to the 145lb featherweight division.\u00a0A debut date and opponent have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10086],"tags":[131,226,9,394,489,16,1007,1030],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Clay Guida drops to featherweight division | UFC News | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/clay-guida-drops-to-featherweight-division-ufc-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clay Guida drops to featherweight division | UFC News | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By: Chris Taylor Longtime UFC lightweight standout Clay Guida (29-13 MMA, 9-7 UFC) is dropping down a weight class and will now compete in the UFC&#8217;s featherweight division. 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