Official: Demian Maia vs Dong Hyun-Kim - UFC 148

[RodBurner]

I think its a bad choice but then again what options does he really have...

After seeing his lack of cardio in his last fight then imagining GSP's riddum all over him I kinda feel sorry for Maia

No chance of beating GSP, but few others I'd like to see him fight. Honestly though Condit or Hardy, or Alves vs Maia would be some interesting matchups

[rattlestick]

this is a great move... IMO he could be a beast in WW
he will enjoy good reach and will not be bullied like he was in MW
the only question that remains is how he will handle the cut

[Robert_The_Line]

i think the common problem with dropping a weight class now is that its like its going to solve that fighters problems.

just having a quick think, but can anyone tell me of late someone who has been doing well then dropped a weight class or dropped a weight class and started a streak?

BJ Penn, Vitor Belfort, Kenny Florian, Michael Bisping...

Thanks but i was thinking of more recent ones... Bisping has been a MW for a yonk now and belfort has gone what 2-1 at mw if memory serves corrrect franklin was catch weight

reason i said recent (prob my memory) but both joe daddy and griffin dropped to FW and almost immediately got the boot, akiyama could be going the same way... cant recall too many doing really well

[bamdalillama1]

he nows he'll never get a whiff at anderson again, so why stay.
gsp's future is unknown.
nick is now gone.
he probably sees much greener pastures down there.
and the fact that guy's are smaller doesn't hurt.
i'm sure he wasn't looking forward to a fight with rousimar.

knows

lol look at the guy who messed up typing . lets point and laugh now. ..

how old are you?
i missed one letter.
much different than using seen for scene, etc.

lol lol thats funny, i was being sarcastic of course, damn internet not conveying my tone properly.

[BakMan]

I hope this isn't a shitty stand up fight. Hopefully we see some vintage Maia bjj

[BallsDeep]

This division is filled with wrestlers who i could see him submitting. I think he would have trouble with Fitch because Fitch has good wrestling and really good submission defence.

[pithikos]

http://nagradedomma.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2012/02/15/exclusivo-demian-maia-vai-descer-de-peso-e-recomeco-no-ufc-sera-entre-os-meio-medios/

Couldn't find it in english but it states he's moving down to WW to rebuild his career.


A derrota para Chris Weidman no fim de janeiro pesou muito para Demian Maia, que agora vai tentar um recomeço no UFC. O blog apurou que o lutador paulista vai mudar de categoria no evento, deixando os médios (até 84 kg) e descendo para os meio-médios (até 77 kg).

Logo após o combate, quando o brasileiro teve uma atuação muito abaixo do esperado, o blog já tinha levantado essa possibilidade, o que acabou se concretizando.

Na última segunda-feira, conversei com Demian durante o evento de lançamento do novo game do UFC, em São Paulo. Ele ainda estava nitidamente chateado com a derrota, mas já pensando no futuro. Quando questionei sobre a chance de ele ir para os meio-médios, colocou um sorriso no rosto, gaguejou, e tentou despistar.

“Eu tenho umas coisas na cabeça, mas ainda é segredo. Eu sei como eu vou recomeçar, só não posso falar agora. Um recomeço sempre é difícil. Era uma luta que se tivesse seguido a estratégia, poderia ter ganho, mas será difícil agora”, contou o lutador.

Vendo que ele ficou em cima do muro na resposta, fui atrás de membros de sua academia, na capital paulista, para conversar com seu staff. Essas pessoas me confirmaram que Demian vai mesmo descer de categoria, mas preferiram não se identificar pela decisão ainda não ser oficial, por ela ainda não ter sido comunicada à direção do Ultimate.

Um dos motivos que pesou na decisão do lutador foi o fato de a derrota para Weidman ter sido apenas a primeira luta de seu atual contrato com o UFC, restando ainda mais três. Assim, ele tem tempo para recomeçar nesse novo peso e até vislumbrar uma disputa de cinturão.

“Somos atletas de um evento que lutamos três vezes por ano, às vezes duas, no máximo quatro. Assim, cada vitória ou derrota significa muito. Não é como um jogador de tênis que joga toda semana. Depois de perder, queria lutar na semana seguinte para me recuperar, mas não dá. Você tem de engolir, digerir, e voltar”, lamentou o Paulista.

Entre os pesos médios do UFC, o faixa-preta de jiu-jitsu fez 13 lutas, com nove vitórias e quatro derrotas. Após um começo arrasador no torneio, chegou até a disputar o cinturão da categoria, mas acabou perdendo para Anderson Silva em 2010.

I used google translate and translated it for you

The loss to Chris Weidman at the end of January weighed much to Demian Maia, who now will try a new beginning in the UFC. The blog was found that the fighter Paulo will change its category at the event, leaving the average (up to 84 kg) and down to the welterweight (up to 77 kg).

Soon after the battle, when the Brazilian had a performance far below expectations, the blog had already raised this possibility, which ended up materializing.

On Monday, I spoke with Demian during the launch event of the new UFC game in Sao Paulo. He was still clearly upset by the defeat, but already thinking ahead. When questioned about the chance he would go to the middle-middle, put a smile on his face, stammered, and tried to mislead.

"I have some things in my head but it's a secret. I know how I go again, just can not talk now. A fresh start is always difficult. It was a struggle that had followed the strategy could have won, but it will be difficult now, "said the fighter.

Seeing that he was on the fence in response, went after members of his academy, the state capital, to talk to your staff. I confirmed that these people will actually fall Demian category, but preferred not to identify the decision is not yet official, it has not yet been communicated to the direction of the Ultimate.

One of the reasons that weighed in the decision of the fighter was the fact that the loss to Weidman have been just the first fight of his current contract with the UFC, leaving three more. Thus, it is time to start this new weight, and even glimpse a title fight.

"We are athletes in an event that we fought three times a year, sometimes two, at most four. Thus, each victory or defeat mean much. It's not like a tennis player who plays every week. After losing, wanted to fight next week to recover, but it does not. You have to swallow, digest, and come back, "lamented the Paulista.

Among the middleweights in the UFC, the black belt jiu-jitsu had 13 fights, with nine wins and four losses. After a devastating start to the tournament, came up to fight for the title of the category, but lost to Anderson Silva in 2010.

Thanks for the effort but translation softwares cant get a text of more than 3 words to make sense.

[pithikos]

Give the t/s a break, not everyone is internet savvy enough to know google can PROPERLY translate foreign languages correctly.. i remember back in 2007 these translation thingies were worth shit... anyhow, someone translated it for us.. and even b4 that you already understood the gist of it by the thread title.

Read the auto translation first and THEN make the argument that it can properly translate. Because that is not the case. Its a shitty translation. All translation software still suck. Some more than others. They are only usefull to understand what the original text's theme is and that only works on very simple and easy texts.

[KingJoe]

http://nagradedomma.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2012/02/15/exclusivo-demian-maia-vai-descer-de-peso-e-recomeco-no-ufc-sera-entre-os-meio-medios/

Couldn't find it in english but it states he's moving down to WW to rebuild his career.


A derrota para Chris Weidman no fim de janeiro pesou muito para Demian Maia, que agora vai tentar um recomeço no UFC. O blog apurou que o lutador paulista vai mudar de categoria no evento, deixando os médios (até 84 kg) e descendo para os meio-médios (até 77 kg).

Logo após o combate, quando o brasileiro teve uma atuação muito abaixo do esperado, o blog já tinha levantado essa possibilidade, o que acabou se concretizando.

Na última segunda-feira, conversei com Demian durante o evento de lançamento do novo game do UFC, em São Paulo. Ele ainda estava nitidamente chateado com a derrota, mas já pensando no futuro. Quando questionei sobre a chance de ele ir para os meio-médios, colocou um sorriso no rosto, gaguejou, e tentou despistar.

“Eu tenho umas coisas na cabeça, mas ainda é segredo. Eu sei como eu vou recomeçar, só não posso falar agora. Um recomeço sempre é difícil. Era uma luta que se tivesse seguido a estratégia, poderia ter ganho, mas será difícil agora”, contou o lutador.

Vendo que ele ficou em cima do muro na resposta, fui atrás de membros de sua academia, na capital paulista, para conversar com seu staff. Essas pessoas me confirmaram que Demian vai mesmo descer de categoria, mas preferiram não se identificar pela decisão ainda não ser oficial, por ela ainda não ter sido comunicada à direção do Ultimate.

Um dos motivos que pesou na decisão do lutador foi o fato de a derrota para Weidman ter sido apenas a primeira luta de seu atual contrato com o UFC, restando ainda mais três. Assim, ele tem tempo para recomeçar nesse novo peso e até vislumbrar uma disputa de cinturão.

“Somos atletas de um evento que lutamos três vezes por ano, às vezes duas, no máximo quatro. Assim, cada vitória ou derrota significa muito. Não é como um jogador de tênis que joga toda semana. Depois de perder, queria lutar na semana seguinte para me recuperar, mas não dá. Você tem de engolir, digerir, e voltar”, lamentou o Paulista.

Entre os pesos médios do UFC, o faixa-preta de jiu-jitsu fez 13 lutas, com nove vitórias e quatro derrotas. Após um começo arrasador no torneio, chegou até a disputar o cinturão da categoria, mas acabou perdendo para Anderson Silva em 2010.

I used google translate and translated it for you

The loss to Chris Weidman at the end of January weighed much to Demian Maia, who now will try a new beginning in the UFC. The blog was found that the fighter Paulo will change its category at the event, leaving the average (up to 84 kg) and down to the welterweight (up to 77 kg).

Soon after the battle, when the Brazilian had a performance far below expectations, the blog had already raised this possibility, which ended up materializing.

On Monday, I spoke with Demian during the launch event of the new UFC game in Sao Paulo. He was still clearly upset by the defeat, but already thinking ahead. When questioned about the chance he would go to the middle-middle, put a smile on his face, stammered, and tried to mislead.

"I have some things in my head but it's a secret. I know how I go again, just can not talk now. A fresh start is always difficult. It was a struggle that had followed the strategy could have won, but it will be difficult now, "said the fighter.

Seeing that he was on the fence in response, went after members of his academy, the state capital, to talk to your staff. I confirmed that these people will actually fall Demian category, but preferred not to identify the decision is not yet official, it has not yet been communicated to the direction of the Ultimate.

One of the reasons that weighed in the decision of the fighter was the fact that the loss to Weidman have been just the first fight of his current contract with the UFC, leaving three more. Thus, it is time to start this new weight, and even glimpse a title fight.

"We are athletes in an event that we fought three times a year, sometimes two, at most four. Thus, each victory or defeat mean much. It's not like a tennis player who plays every week. After losing, wanted to fight next week to recover, but it does not. You have to swallow, digest, and come back, "lamented the Paulista.

Among the middleweights in the UFC, the black belt jiu-jitsu had 13 fights, with nine wins and four losses. After a devastating start to the tournament, came up to fight for the title of the category, but lost to Anderson Silva in 2010.

Thanks for the effort but translation softwares cant get a text of more than 3 words to make sense.

makes sense to me

[WandyCroCop]

Maia's main reason for dropping down could be the fact that he doesn't want to try and grapple guys that way bigger than him. Maia was a fairly undersized MW (Looked to have some fat that he trim off) and so at WW I think his grappling and wrestling will come a lot easier.However, Kim is a bad match up for him. Stun Gun has some of the best control in the game mixed with a tactical stand up game and devastating elbows.

[Liddelladoptmeplz]

Maia belonged at WW in the first place, he was a odd looking MW.


He tried to hard to gain mass and lost something while doing that, I cannot wait for this fight!!

[WandyCroCop]

Maia belonged at WW in the first place, he was an odd looking MW.


He tried to hard to gain mass and lost something while doing that, I cannot wait for this fight!!

LAWLZ, i'm cool

[Liddelladoptmeplz]

Maia belonged at WW in the first place, he was an odd looking MW.


He tried to hard to gain mass and lost something while doing that, I cannot wait for this fight!!

LAWLZ, i'm cool

Jesus that's embarrassing, thanks.


+1 Cookie

[UchiMata]

Not a bad move. He definitely wasn't a big MW, but against Kim?? Ehhhhhh iunno. Imo, his best chance is against Kim in the 3rd when Kim tends to fade out and gas a little, other than that I think Kim's striking, power, and takedown defense is enough to outpunch and outstrike Maia to a decision.

[UchiMata]

Not a bad move. He definitely wasn't a big MW, but against Kim?? Ehhhhhh iunno. Imo, his best chance is against Kim in the 3rd when Kim tends to fade out and gas a little, other than that I think Kim's striking, power, and takedown defense is enough to outpunch and outstrike Maia to a decision.