MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR FRIDAY: GUIDA INJURED, MENDES LEFT WITHOUT OPPONENT YET AGAIN
Once more, Chad Mendes was abandoned with no opponent. As first reported by Sherdog.com, Clay Guida has an injury which 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 at San Jose, Calif.. It is the third competitor to pull from conflicts with Mendes in recent bouts, following Hacran Dias was scratched with an injury at UFC on FX 6 and Manny Gamburyan pulled from his UFC 157 match with Mendes later he was hurt in practice. Mendes (13-1) is among the top-five featherweights in the world according to this MMA Fighter Rankings. He’s an incredible wrestler with KO power, and because 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 place as a leading featherweight. No clue yet on who will replace Mendes, but it’s potential Frankie Edgar, Cub Swanson, or Dennis Siver requires his place, although it’s likely if that is the case Mendes is going to be shifted to a later card. Formiga vs. Cariaso place for UFC on FX 8 A conflict between top-ranked flyweights is set to go down this May in Brazil, as the UFC has included 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 this bout. Formiga (14-2) is coming off a TKO reduction 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 triumph over one another puts them straight into the flyweight title film. This is a fairly close fight, so anticipate the MMA odds to be competitive when they are released. I’d guess that Formiga would be a tiny favorite over Cariaso, who, although talented, doesn’t possess 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 coming 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 brutal spinning hook kick KO by Uriah Hall. With Troeng fighting before his hometown crowd and Cella come off one of the worst KOs in recent memory, expect Troeng to open as a strong -200 favourite, while Cella will surely be the underdog, and is definitely someone you need ton’t place your cash on.
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