After first career loss, UFC 109’s Demian Maia worked on stand up but expects to grapple

As the old mixed-martial-arts saying goes, “No one stays unbeaten forever.”

But of course, no one likes to get beaten the way top UFC
middleweight Demian Maia (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) was in his UFC 102 contest
with Nate Marquardt.

Maia doesn’t believe in that other old saying – “That loss was the best
thing that could have happened,” he said – but he does believe the lessons
learned in that 21-second disaster will have him more than ready for
Dan Miller at Saturday night’s UFC 109 event.