MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR FRIDAY: GUIDA INJURED, MENDES LEFT WITHOUT OPPONENT YET AGAIN
Chad Mendes has been abandoned without an opponent. As first reported by Sherdog.com, Clay Guida has an injury that has forced him to pull from his forthcoming UFC on FOX seven matchup against Mendes, which was set to take place April 20 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.. It’s the third opponent to pull from fights with Mendes in the past elections, after Hacran Dias was scratched with an accident at UFC on FX 6 and Manny Gamburyan pulled out of his UFC 157 match with Mendes later he was hurt in practice. Mendes (13-1) is among those top-five featherweights in the world based on the MMA Fighter Rankings. He’s an amazing wrestler with KO power, and since dropping to UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo in UFC 142, he has bounced back with KO wins over Cody McKenzie and Yaotzin Meza to reaffirm his spot as a top featherweight. No hint yet on who will replace Mendes, but it is potential Frankie Edgar, Cub Swanson, or Dennis Siver takes his place, although it’s likely if that is the case Mendes will be changed to a card. Formiga vs. Cariaso place for UFC on FX 8 A battle between top-ranked flyweights is set to return this May in Brazil, since the UFC has added a matchup between Jussier Formiga and Chris Cariaso to the upcoming UFC on FX 8 card. TATAME.com was the first to break news of the bout. Formiga (14-2) is coming off a TKO loss in his UFC debut to high rival John Dodson, while Cariaso (14-4) lost via submission to John Moraga in UFC 155, but both fighters are incredibly talented and a win over a another puts them right back into the flyweight title picture. This is a pretty close fight, so anticipate the MMA odds to be aggressive when they’re released. I’d guess that Formiga are a small favorite over Cariaso, who, although talented, does not have the hype behind him that Formiga does. UFC Sweden 2 adds Cella vs. Troeng The UFC additional a fight between TUF 17 middleweights to the upcoming UFC Sweden 2 card, as Swede Tor Troeng takes on American Adam Cella in the April 6 event scheduled to take place at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm. MMAnytt.se first reported that the bout, which will will indicate the official UFC debut of both fighters. Troeng (15-4-1) and also Cella (4-0) were both eliminated from TUF 17 after being pumped out on the show, Cella’s reduction being the barbarous spinning hook kick KO from Uriah Hall. With Troeng fighting before his hometown crowd and Cella come off one of the worst KOs in current memory, expect Troeng to open as a solid -200 favorite, while Cella will surely be the underdog, and is definitely somebody that you shouldn’t put your money on.
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