Clay Guida could set a very unwanted record at UFC 310 this weekend.
Guida, who has the fourth-most appearances in the organisation’s history, competes in his 37th UFC bout against Chase Hooper on Saturday.
The 42-year-old is part of a stacked prelims card that features two Jon Jones title rivals in Dominick Reyes and Anthony Smith battling it out in the octagon.
Former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling takes on Russia’s undefeated Movsar Evloev, while another ex-title holder in Chris Weidman faces Eryk Anders.
UFC 310’s prelims features so many exciting bouts that former middleweight champion Michael Bisping, who is now serving as a UFC pundit, said it could be the company’s ‘best ever’ set of early bouts.
The main event at UFC 310 sees Alexandre Pantoja defend his flyweight belt against debutant Kai Asakura, and Ian Machado Garry challenges Shavkat Rakhmonov in the co-main bout.
Guida has a staggering 18 victories in the UFC – but also shares the same amount of defeats.
His 18 losses are tied with Jeremy Stephens for the most in UFC history.
Therefore, should ‘The Carpenter’ lose at UFC 310, he will have endured the most UFC defeats of all time.
Guida made his UFC debut all the way back in 2006 and has fought some of the company’s biggest stars, including Nate Diaz, Charles Oliveira, Jim Miller and Anthony Pettis.
The MMA legend beat a 24-year-old Diaz at UFC 94, winning the pair’s clash in January 2009 via split decision.
He was submitted by UFC’s longest-serving fighter Miller, who is the only man to have competed in more UFC lightweight bouts, in August 2019.
Guida’s best ever octagon performance arguably came against Diego Sanchez 15 years ago in The Ultimate Fighter’s 2009 finale.
The fight is one of only six bouts to have been inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame as both men went to war in an all-time classic.
Guida’s first round with Sanchez is regarded as one of the greatest opening rounds of all time, after both fighters traded several blows and the former was flattened with a brutal head kick.
UFC commentator Joe Rogan was in complete shock at how Guida was able to stay on his feet, saying the Illinois native had ‘one hell of a chin’ and a ‘tremendous heart.’
Guida fought back in the second round and even landed a takedown as he attempted to even the score with some aggressive ground and pound.
But it would be his American counterpart who gained the split decision victory after a competitive round three proved yet again how fierce Guida was in his performance.
The UFC Hall of Famer has also landed 78 takedowns—the fourth-most in UFC history—with Georges St-Pierre, current bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and Gleison Tibau the only three ahead of him
His opponent this weekend, Hooper, is 17 years his junior and has gone 3-0 in the UFC since moving up to the lightweight division in May 2023.
