Report – Clay Guida’s 18-Year Run with the UFC Has Come to an End
It’s the end of an era following a report that UFC mainstay Clay Guida is no longer part of the promotion’s active roster.
According to @UFCRosterWatch on X, ‘The Carpenter’ has been removed from the UFC roster, bringing his nearly two-decade-long run with the organization to an end.
Guida’s last appearance inside the Octagon came against Chase Hooper at UFC 310 in December.
If this truly is the end, Guida will close out his UFC run with an 18-19 record. Along the way, he squared off with some of the biggest names in lightweight history, including Nate Diaz, Diego Sanchez, Benson Henderson, Gray Maynard, Chad Mendes, Charles Oliveira, and BJ Penn.
His best run with the promotion came between 2010 and 2011 when he strung together four straight wins over Shannon Gugerty, Rafael dos Anjos, Takanori Gomi, and Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis. Since then, ‘The Carpenter’ hasn’t won more than two fights in a row and ends his tenure his a trio of losses in his last three outings.
Clay Guida goes down as one of the most active fighters in UFC history
Since making his debut at UFC 64 in 2006, Guida has logged more than seven hours of fight time inside the Octagon and holds the record for the second-most bouts in lightweight division history.
In 2019, his classic encounter against Diego Sanchez at The Ultimate Fighter: US vs. UK finale was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
Despite his longevity and strength of schedule, Guida never challenged for a UFC title, but he did defeat Josh Thomson to become the inaugural Strikeforce lightweight champion the same year he made his Octagon debut.
