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Clay Guida Vs. Gray Maynard Announced For UFC On FX Event In June - Bloody Elbow

It looks like Gray Maynard will make his much-discussed return to the octagon on June 22nd in Atlantic City, and his opponent will be a tough, grinding wrestler like himself. And it will be a five-rounder. Here's what the UFC had to say:

Two compelling matchups will get the Summer of 2012 off to a rousing start as the June 22nd UFC on FX event will see a five round lightweight main event battle between Clay Guida and Gray Maynard.

Maynard is coming off a loss to Frankie Edgar at UFC 136 in the third bout between the two. The loss was the first of Maynard's career, and he has significantly changed up his training since then by going to Brazil and working with UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo in addition to joining American Kickboxing Academy. Guida is coming off a loss as well, dropping a tough decision to Ben Henderson at UFC on Fox in November.

[Fedorlei Gomipierre]

VERY interesting matchup for Gray's return bout, given the extended time period he's been off plus the camp change....

Given how some of his fellow teammates at Couture somewhat buried him after he left, questioning his dedication etc, kind of makes you wonder what mindset he'll be in coming back from a) his first real loss and b)all of this negativity surrounding his last fight and the ensuing drama.

Clay Guida is a huge task to take on at any time and this should be a tremendous bout, which IMO, could really go either way with several key entangibles none of us will really know until we see the fight.

Big LW fight. Guess we're not seeing Gray jump over to challenge Gilbert either....

[NLRepublic]

Yeah, really interesting fight.

If Maynard can't end this fight, I can see the 4th and 5th rounds going real well for Guida

[The8thPlague]

WAR Guida.
Maynard's only fights that have NOT been boring were against Edgar.
So lets hope Guida's "goofy, bounce all over the place" style keeps this fight interesting.

[K1NG P3NN]

I love both of these guys but I gotta go with Maynard on this one. He has only been Ko'd once and he hits like a tank. His wrestling is strong enough to hold guida down if he wants to too IMO.

[GangGreenWarrior]

Maynard is not the type of guy Guida will be able to impose his gameplan on. I see Maynard finishing him in the 2nd or 3rd round. All of the top level guys tend to have an answer for Guida.

[MickeyKnox]

Guida goes from losing to Bendo in a number one contenders fight (that should have been 5 rounds...) to fighting the ex number one contender in Maynard. Guida doesn't take any breaks. The odds are stacked against him, which isn't a rarity, but i'll be cheering for him and I hope he can make a comeback off of Maynard.

I could imagine this fight having fireworks if Gray stands and tries to outstrike Clay.

...Gray VS Clay.

[Dan]

This is an awesome fight. Guida's iron chin and speed will work heavily in his favour for this fight. Maynard hits hard, but I think Guida will use his movement to try and set up the takedown... whether he can actually put Maynard on his back is a different question, however!

I'd like to see the same jumping-around Guida that we saw against Gomi, because apart from confusing the hell out of Maynard, it'll make taking The Carpenter down very difficult indeed.

[TBEAR]

I want Clay to win, but I think Gray wins a UD.