I spent all of Tuesday afternoon arguing with the folks over at Sirius XM Radio about Clay Guida’s strategy in his lackluster loss to Gray Maynard.  What we failed to discuss on the radio was that Clay Guida broke every record the UFC ever had for ‘Octagon distance traveled’ in a five round fight.  Whether that means the judges should have scored it for Guida instead of for Maynard is uncertain, but it’s a criteria that should be considered in future fights where fighters choose to circumnavigate the cage instead of proceeding directly with linear attacks.  It’s an ongoing debate with the makers of Mortal Kombat too.  They tried the 3D thing, but ultimately returned to a 2D platform because it’s more exciting. All we know is that Shinya Aoki and Bibiano Fernandes will never do the lighter weight classes any injustice, and that is why OneFC has inked a deal with both of them to appear on their Manila fight card on August 31. Since most of you know who Shinya Aoki is and what his magic pants look like, here’s a highlight reel (complete with epic music) of the bantamweight the UFC almost signed to fight Roland Delorme at UFC 149 in Calgary.

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+4 # synthsis 2012-06-28 05:22

Very happy for Aoki, interested to see who he fights first. All I care about is crazy pants and even crazier submissions.

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-4 # Guest 2012-06-28 07:44

Not sure how Aoki will adjust to Fernandes aggressive striking tendencies, but I'd still have to say the favorite is Aoki. Crazy to see Shinya in a fight where there is actually a decent probability of him getting subbed though. Should be a good one

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+5 # synthsis 2012-06-28 09:20

Reading comprehension > you.

Fernandes and Aoki fight at completely different weight classes, they just both happened to sign with ONE. Read the entire article next time.

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0 # Guest 2012-06-28 20:11

Whatevs. I definitely assumed because of the way the header was phrased and made the assumption because I know for a fact I've seen Fernandes vs Hell Boy. I have no problem being incorrect, shit happens

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0 # Guest 2012-06-28 10:05

so much for fernandes coming to the ufc

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+1 # KingGhidorah 2012-06-28 11:20

OneFC is where it's at now.

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0 # Guest 2012-06-28 14:03

Good for One fc another good place to fight in the MMA world not just one brand and that to me is not right.

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0 # Guest 2012-06-30 08:48

UFC did a really big mistake not signing him :) WAR ONE FC!

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