“I said, ‘Billy, I’m going to throw something out there at you; are you interested in grappling?’ he said, ‘Sure, do you have a big name for me?’ I said, ‘How’s Clay Guida?’ His response was, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me?’” Haydak recalls with a laugh.
Despite having almost 40 less professional fights than Guida and less wrestling experience than “The Carpenter,” the 33-year-old Quarantillo has zero professional submission losses and youth on his side.
With the two fighting in two different weight classes, it was unlikely we’d ever see or think of this matchup had it not been for Fury Pro Grappling and the “hell yeah” mentality of both fighters that made for an estimated two hours to book.
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