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Demian Maia Calls Out Diego Sanchez Again, Sanchez Suggests Fight Island Matchup

Maia SanchezDemian Maia and Diego Sanchez continue to campaign for a fight between each other. In recent months, the pair have regularly expressed their interest in facing the other. For Maia, it will likely be a retirement fight following his last outing against Gilbert Burns at UFC Brasilia last month. And on Saturday, the Brazilian called […]

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Demian Maia and Diego Sanchez continue to campaign for a fight between each other.

In recent months, the pair have regularly expressed their interest in facing the other. For Maia, it will likely be a retirement fight following his last outing against Gilbert Burns at UFC Brasilia last month.

And on Saturday, the Brazilian called for him and Sanchez to share the Octagon.

“Yes @DiegoSanchezUFC ! Let’s do it”

Sanchez didn’t take long to respond. In fact, he even suggested having the contest take place on Fight Island.

“We’re all excited to get back to our normal!!! @demianmaia @danawhite @ufc fight island?” Sanchez responded on Instagram.

Fight Island, of course, is the private island UFC president Dana White claims to have secured for bouts to take place amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It is specifically so that fighters based outside the United States — such as Maia — would be able to travel without any restrictions.

However, there have been no further updates on the island ever since White claimed the infrastructure was currently being built. Whenever it is ready, it looks like Sanchez for one is perfectly fine with competing on it.

Would you want to see Maia face Sanchez in his retirement fight? And would you want to see it take place on Fight Island?

Demian Maia Wants Diego Sanchez Or Donald Cerrone For Final Fight

Demian MaiaUFC veteran Demain Maia wants one more fight with either Diego Sanchez or Donald Cerrone before he retires. The 42-year-old submission specialist fell short against Gilbert Burns in the UFC Brasilia co-main event last night. He suffered a first round TKO defeat against his Brazilian rival. Now entering the final fight of his current UFC […]

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UFC veteran Demain Maia wants one more fight with either Diego Sanchez or Donald Cerrone before he retires.

The 42-year-old submission specialist fell short against Gilbert Burns in the UFC Brasilia co-main event last night. He suffered a first round TKO defeat against his Brazilian rival.

Now entering the final fight of his current UFC deal, the former middleweight title challenger wants to make it his retirement fight and has two particular opponents in mind. Speaking to MMA Fighting post fight at UFC Brasilia, he explained.

“You know I’ve been in this
sport for so long time. I’ve been in the UFC for so long. I’m happy with
everything I did but I want to do one more. Let see what happens.

“There is two guys, one is Diego Sanchez because he’s been asking for this fight for a long time so I wanna fight him in the last fight. I think it’s a good last fight because he’s a old legend too. The other one is (Donald) Cerrone he would also be interesting because he has one win more than I basically.”

Besides speaking about potential retirement opponents Maia reflected on his UFC Brasilia loss, which was his first knockout defeat in over ten years, he said.

“You know it’s weird because
everything was going right. I was putting my jujitsu, I went to his back, I was
able to take him down. But I was feeling comfortable with the stand up and
maybe I felt too comfortable and then you know he goes over my jab. I was jabbing
and he got me over. I felt I was ok but it’s hard to say, I need to see the
fight again. I asked the referee why he stopped it, but it was his decision.
Burns has his merits because he got me well with the hook…He got me what can I
say. It’s sad because you can see the fight was going your way, you’re winning
the fight then suddenly boom!”

Would you rather see Demian Maia fight Diego Sanchez or Donald Cerrone before retiring?

Gilbert Burns Finishes Demian Maia With Strikes – UFC Brasilia Highlights

Burns MaiaGilbert Burns continues to be a force at welterweight. Burns faced Demian Maia in the co-main event of UFC Brasilia on Saturday. Many expected it to be a grapplefest with Maia initially taking Burns down. However, “Durinho” was able to get back up on his feet and later drop Maia in emphatic fashion with a […]

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Gilbert Burns continues to be a force at welterweight.

Burns faced Demian Maia in the co-main event of UFC Brasilia on Saturday. Many expected it to be a grapplefest with Maia initially taking Burns down.

However, “Durinho” was able to get back up on his feet and later drop Maia in emphatic fashion with a left hook. Maia was still in his wits but Burns dropped down and landed strikes before the referee called an end to the action in the first round.

You can watch the finish below:

What did you think of the fight?

UFC Brasilia Highlights: Gilbert Burns Finishes Demian Maia

Demian Maia vs. Gilbert Burns ended in the first round. The two fighters met in a welterweight bout at the UFC Brasilia on Saturday night (March 14, 2020) from the Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil that aired on ESPN+. In the first round, Burns…

Demian Maia vs. Gilbert Burns ended in the first round. The two fighters met in a welterweight bout at the UFC Brasilia on Saturday night (March 14, 2020) from the Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil that aired on ESPN+. In the first round, Burns dropped him with a left hook and finished him off […]

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Demian Maia May Delay Retirement Plans If He Beats Gilbert Burns

Depending on what a win over Gilbert Burns would mean, Demian Maia could hold off on initial retirement plans. After his clash with Burns tonight (March 14), Maia plans to retire after two more fights. The 42-year-old has achieved a lot in his career b…

Depending on what a win over Gilbert Burns would mean, Demian Maia could hold off on initial retirement plans. After his clash with Burns tonight (March 14), Maia plans to retire after two more fights. The 42-year-old has achieved a lot in his career but if there’s a chance he can have one last crack […]

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Gilbert Burns Says Submitting Demian Maia At UFC Brasilia Is A Possibility

Gilbert Burns isn’t ruling out a submission victory against Demian Maia. On March 14, Burns and Maia will collide in the co-main event of UFC Brasilia. The bout is set to take place inside the Ginasio Nilson Nelson. The event reportedly will be c…

Gilbert Burns isn’t ruling out a submission victory against Demian Maia. On March 14, Burns and Maia will collide in the co-main event of UFC Brasilia. The bout is set to take place inside the Ginasio Nilson Nelson. The event reportedly will be closed to the public due to concerns over the coronavirus. Burns Says […]

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