Clay Guida vs Mark Madsen Analysis and Prediction
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Clay Guida (36-20) vs Mark O. Madsen (10-0)
Lightweight (155)
Clay Guida
If it were anybody other than Clay Guida, you’d have to fully back the opponent with the clear wrestling advantage. The Olympic silver medalist has a fearsome power wrestling base, yet Guida is the archetype veteran with a never-ending gas tank and evidenced ability to mix in strikes. How a thirty-nine-year-old can maintain such insane output is up for debate, but his style continues to work despite being designed for a twenty-odd-year old. After grinding out an equal first round, Guida should start to pull ahead by the mid-point of the fight.
Mark O. Madsen
There still remain too many questions over Madsen to be confidently backed. Suffering a horrendous lead-up to the Guida fight, Madsen was plagued with family troubles, injuries and residential issues. The former Olympian doesn’t seem the fighter to be shaken by such hurdles, however, and is likely to enter Saturday night mentally sound. With a limited striking game based around ducking into overhands and pressuring opponents back with a lunging head, Guida’s janky lateral movement could frustrate Madsen. How the Dane deals with the first true veteran of his career, and if he holds a Plan B up his sleeve, is yet to be seen.
Predicted Result: Guida Decision
The Olympic silver medalist has a fearsome power wrestling base, yet Guida is the archetype veteran with a never-ending gas tank and evidenced ability to mix in strikes. Suffering a horrendous lead-up to the Guida fight, Madsen was plagued with family troubles, injuries and residential issues. The former Olympian doesn’t seem the fighter to be shaken by such hurdles, however. With a limited striking game based around ducking into overhands and pressuring opponents back with a lunging head, Guida’s janky lateral movement could frustrate Madsen. How the Dane deals with the first true veteran of his career, and if he holds a Plan B up his sleeve, is yet to be seen.
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