The UFC roster tracker, a bot that tracks fighter additions and subtractions, initially famous Guida’s elimination from the roster with extra sources confirming the information to MMA Combating on Thursday.
Guida’s legendary run with the UFC began all the way in which again in 2006 when he made his debut with the promotion at UFC 64 the place he earned a Submission of the Night time award for his win over Justin James.
From there, Guida was a stalwart on the UFC roster going through a protracted record of prime names whereas primarily competing within the light-weight division. In 2007, Guida notably went to struggle with Roger Huerta in a battle that many thought-about the Combat of the Yr.
He adopted that up in 2008 with one other all-time nice struggle in opposition to Diego Sanchez with that matchup ultimately incomes him a spot within the UFC Corridor of Fame.
Throughout his exceptional run, Guida confronted a slew of former or future champions and prime contenders whereas scoring wins over names reminiscent of Nate Diaz, Rafael dos Anjos, Takanori Gomi, Anthony Pettis and B.J. Penn.
Lately, Guida has confronted loads of ups and downs with a 2-5 report over his previous seven fights however he by no means shied away from accepting any opponent the UFC supplied him. Most not too long ago, Guida suffered by way of a three-fight shedding skid, which preceded his exit from the UFC roster.
Guida exits the UFC with a jaw-dropping resume that features six Combat of the Night time awards with the fourth most bouts in UFC historical past (37), the fifth most whole time spent within the UFC at over seven hours and essentially the most management time in UFC light-weight historical past with over two hours and second most in your complete historical past of the group behind solely fellow Corridor of Famer Georges St-Pierre.
