The bitter breakup between Josh Koscheck and Javier Mendez from American Kickboxing Academy took a new twist last night when Brian Ebersole jumped into the fray. Ebersole, never known for mincing his words, lashed out at Koscheck (via Vigilante MMA) ov…
The bitter breakup between Josh Koscheck and Javier Mendez from American Kickboxing Academy took a new twist last night when Brian Ebersole jumped into the fray. Ebersole, never known for mincing his words, lashed out at Koscheck (via Vigilante MMA) over what he believes is disrespectful and arrogant treatment of Mendez. And really, Ebersole is […]
The Las Vegas lights softened the judges’ heads at UFC 143 to the point that Carlos Condit walked away with a win over Nick Diaz for the UFC’s interim welterweight title. Despite this technical blip, Nick Diaz is the No. 2 welterweight in t…
The Las Vegas lights softened the judges’ heads at UFC 143 to the point that Carlos Condit walked away with a win over Nick Diaz for the UFC’s interim welterweight title. Despite this technical blip, Nick Diaz is the No. 2 welterweight in the world and will most likely dethrone Georges St-Pierre in early 2013. […]
Earlier today, Demian Maia tweeted the following: Guys, now I ll moving down to 170 pounds. Next fight I ll be a welterw[ei]ght @ufc Maia has struggled recently, posting a 4-4 record over his last eight middleweight contests. The drop to welterwei…
Earlier today, Demian Maia tweeted the following: Guys, now I ll moving down to 170 pounds. Next fight I ll be a welterw[ei]ght @ufc Maia has struggled recently, posting a 4-4 record over his last eight middleweight contests. The drop to welterweight should mitigate the size disadvantage he has faced against some larger opponents in the […]
The UFC welterweight division is paralyzed. The only solution is to create an interim interim welterweight championship. Is this for real? No, but it’s actually not a bad idea considering the state of the 170-pound weight class in the light…
The UFC welterweight division is paralyzed. The only solution is to create an interim interim welterweight championship. Is this for real? No, but it’s actually not a bad idea considering the state of the 170-pound weight class in the light of interim champion Carlos Condit’s proclamation that he’d wait the entire year without fighting just […]
Grappling wizard Demian Maia has decided to move to welterweight. Per Maia’s Twitter account: Guys, now I ll moving down to 170 pounds. Next fight I ll be a welterwheight @ufc This is a really smart decision for Maia for several reasons. He’…
Grappling wizard Demian Maia has decided to move to welterweight. Per Maia’s Twitter account: Guys, now I ll moving down to 170 pounds. Next fight I ll be a welterwheight @ufc This is a really smart decision for Maia for several reasons. He’s already fought Anderson Silva for the middleweight title, and we all remember […]
Demian Maia is a tough fighter to wrap your head around. One day, the onetime middleweight contender is choking out Chael Sonnen and handling a guy like Jorge Santiago the next he’s being dominated by Mark Munoz and Chris Weidman. The one thing the Brazilian jiu-jitsu standout, who is 9-4 in the Octagon has lacked in his career is consistency, which explains why he’s ready perhaps to make a change.
Maia, who admits he sometimes struggles to maintain his 198-pound walking around weight, told Tatame recently that he’s been thinking about dropping down a weight class to fight at 170 pounds.
Demian Maia is a tough fighter to wrap your head around. One day, the onetime middleweight contender is choking out Chael Sonnen and handling a guy like Jorge Santiago the next he’s being dominated by Mark Munoz and Chris Weidman. The one thing the Brazilian jiu-jitsu standout, who is 9-4 in the Octagon has lacked in his career is consistency, which explains why he’s ready perhaps to make a change.
Maia, who admits he sometimes struggles to maintain his 198-pound walking around weight, told Tatame recently that he’s been thinking about dropping down a weight class to fight at 170 pounds.
“It has not been decided yet [for sure]. I’ve always said it was a possibility… I usually have to make much effort to keep 198lbs and I gotta eat a lot not to lose weight because it’s easy for me. I’m getting healed from my hand (hand surgery), which is almost good. I’m taking a week off because it’s been a while since I haven’t taken some time to rest. Now that I’m not training and eating what I want I weight 194lbs, more or less. When it’s close to the fight I cut weight and leave the last 11 to 13lbs to lose at the very end.”
Maia is recovering from hand surgery following a break he sustained his loss to Chris Weidman at last month, but is hoping to be back 10 100 percent by the summer so he can fight on the next planned card in Rio.
“I hope to be ready in June. We’re getting back to training now and I’ll fight in June if I have to,” he explains. “I’ll be ready.”
Who do you think he should face if he debuts at 170?
