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The Clinch

Brazil 2007-2021 · 89 rounds on file

Demian Maia

22-11-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 739/1,696
Takedown accuracy 68/274
Sig. strikes / round 8.3
Control / round 1:45
Inside the distance 55% 12 of 22 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
72″182.9 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
4806 NOV 1977
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 33 fights - 9.2 takedown attempts and 35% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 18 11-7-0 vs 1588 avg
Positional Controller 14 7-7-0
Submission Grappler 4 4-0-0
Hybrid 10 7-3-0 vs 1574 avg
Well-Rounded 10 7-3-0
Striking 5 4-1-0 vs 1583 avg
Pressure Striker 4 3-1-0
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 18 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

20 OCT 2007 - beat Ryan Jensen · Submission 19 APR 2008 - beat Ed Herman · Submission 09 AUG 2008 - beat Jason MacDonald · Submission 15 NOV 2008 - beat Nate Quarry · Submission 21 FEB 2009 - beat Chael Sonnen · Submission 29 AUG 2009 - lost to Nate Marquardt · Technical Knockout 06 FEB 2010 - beat Dan Miller · Decision (Unanimous) 10 APR 2010 - lost to Anderson Silva · Decision (Unanimous) 28 AUG 2010 - beat Mario Miranda · Decision (Unanimous) 04 DEC 2010 - beat Kendall Grove · Decision (Unanimous) 11 JUN 2011 - lost to Mark Munoz · Decision (Unanimous) 08 OCT 2011 - beat Jorge Santiago · Decision (Unanimous) 28 JAN 2012 - lost to Chris Weidman · Decision (Unanimous) 07 JUL 2012 - beat Dong Hyun Kim · Technical Knockout 13 OCT 2012 - beat Rick Story · Submission 02 FEB 2013 - beat Jon Fitch · Decision (Unanimous) 09 OCT 2013 - lost to Jake Shields · Decision (Split) 22 FEB 2014 - lost to Rory MacDonald · Decision (Unanimous) 31 MAY 2014 - beat Alexander Yakovlev · Decision (Unanimous) 21 MAR 2015 - beat Ryan LaFlare · Decision (Unanimous) 01 AUG 2015 - beat Neil Magny · Submission 12 DEC 2015 - beat Gunnar Nelson · Decision (Unanimous) 14 MAY 2016 - beat Matt Brown · Submission 27 AUG 2016 - beat Carlos Condit · Submission 13 MAY 2017 - beat Jorge Masvidal · Decision (Split) 29 JUL 2017 - lost to Tyron Woodley · Decision (Unanimous) 28 OCT 2017 - lost to Colby Covington · Decision (Unanimous) 19 MAY 2018 - lost to Kamaru Usman · Decision (Unanimous) 02 FEB 2019 - beat Lyman Good · Submission 29 JUN 2019 - beat Anthony Rocco Martin · Decision (Majority) 26 OCT 2019 - beat Ben Askren · Submission 14 MAR 2020 - lost to Gilbert Burns · Technical Knockout 12 JUN 2021 - lost to Belal Muhammad · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 89 rounds across 33 of 33 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 8.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 9.5
Takedowns landed 0.8
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.3
Control time 1:45 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 44% 739/1,696
Takedowns 25% 68/274
Opponents’ accuracy 36% 846/2,327

Where the strikes land

Head 80% 592
Body 15% 108
Leg 5% 39

And from where

At distance 50% 371
In the clinch 12% 89
On the ground 38% 279

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-2
Submission 11 won Submission · 11-0
Decision 10 won Decision (Unanimous) · 8-8 Decision (Split) · 1-1 Decision (Majority) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
12 JUN 2021 Belal Muhammad Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 45 UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
14 MAR 2020 Gilbert Burns Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:34 4 13 UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira
26 OCT 2019 Ben Askren Won Submission R3 3:54 69 63 UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren
29 JUN 2019 Anthony Rocco Martin Won Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 3 22 UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos
02 FEB 2019 Lyman Good Won Submission R1 2:38 0 0 UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2
19 MAY 2018 Kamaru Usman Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 27 66 UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman
28 OCT 2017 Colby Covington Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 53 88 UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida
29 JUL 2017 Tyron Woodley Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 28 57 UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
13 MAY 2017 Jorge Masvidal Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 23 39 UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos
27 AUG 2016 Carlos Condit Won Submission R1 1:52 1 1 UFC on FOX: Maia vs. Condit
14 MAY 2016 Matt Brown Won Submission R3 4:31 17 10 UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic
12 DEC 2015 Gunnar Nelson Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 47 2 UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
01 AUG 2015 Neil Magny Won Submission R2 2:52 13 0 UFC 190: Rousey vs Correia
21 MAR 2015 Ryan LaFlare Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 36 25 UFC Fight Night: Maia vs LaFlare
31 MAY 2014 Alexander Yakovlev Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 29 22 UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado
22 FEB 2014 Rory MacDonald Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 51 75 UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann
09 OCT 2013 Jake Shields Lost Decision (Split) R5 5:00 24 35 UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Shields
02 FEB 2013 Jon Fitch Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 12 6 UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar
13 OCT 2012 Rick Story Won Submission R1 2:30 5 3 UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar
07 JUL 2012 Dong Hyun Kim Won Technical Knockout R1 0:47 1 8 UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen 2
28 JAN 2012 Chris Weidman Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 51 58 UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis
08 OCT 2011 Jorge Santiago Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 24 18 UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 3
11 JUN 2011 Mark Munoz Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 32 44 UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin
04 DEC 2010 Kendall Grove Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 42 18 The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale
28 AUG 2010 Mario Miranda Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 30 14 UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2
10 APR 2010 Anderson Silva Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 10 61 UFC 112: Invincible
06 FEB 2010 Dan Miller Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 30 20 UFC 109: Relentless
29 AUG 2009 Nate Marquardt Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:21 0 1 UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira
21 FEB 2009 Chael Sonnen Won Submission R1 2:37 6 8 UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
15 NOV 2008 Nate Quarry Won Submission R1 2:13 2 0 UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar
09 AUG 2008 Jason MacDonald Won Submission R3 2:44 30 7 UFC 87: Seek And Destroy
19 APR 2008 Ed Herman Won Submission R2 2:27 15 15 UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2
20 OCT 2007 Ryan Jensen Won Submission R1 2:40 3 2 UFC 77: Hostile Territory