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By Erik Engelhart
Photo by UFC
After being defeated by Anderson Silva on a middleweight title fight, Demian Maia is
coming from two consecutive wins and will now face the Philippine Mark Muñoz, in June 11th,
in UFC 131, which will take place in Canada. The black belt is doing the final adjustments
of his training in Salvador, Bahia, and on the interview, that you can check below, he analyzed
the possibilities when fighting Muñoz, guaranteed he has no problems in fighting with his back against
the floor in case he’s taken down, talked about the possibility of going down to the welterweight
division, among many other subjects.
How is your final preparation for this bout against Mark Muñoz?
Man, we’re training hard as always on this final phase of the trainings here in Salvador.
I’m going from Bahia directly to Canada.
He has good takedowns and a good ground and pound game.
Do you think he’ll try to take you down, knowing you offer much danger
while fighting with your back against the ground?
With me, he’ll only have two options: or he’ll want to strike, or, in case he wants
to take me down, he’ll use his ground and pound game, like he always does.
I can’t possibly know what he’ll decide to do, it’s up to him. I have to train and
be prepared for anything.
Do you believe that working with your back against the floor would be a
good possibility for you entering this bout? Would you be cool with that?
Yeah, I’m always cool fighting form the bottom. I’ve been training it, I do Jiu-Jitsu
for many years and the only difference is that in Jiu-Jitsu you don’t have to train
the guard to prevent you from being punched right in the face when you have your
back against the floor.
And how are the stand-up and Wrestling trainings going?
Man, I always train the stand-up game, Jiu-Jitsu and takedowns, so it’s not any
different now. I went to the United States a few times, like I did a little while ago when
I went there to train Wrestling, specifically the take downs part, but I’m always training
Wrestling, because I believe Wrestling is a part of Jiu-Jitsu, so what I do is train Jiu-Jitsu
and also train the takedowns, because without it I can’t bring my opponent to my game,
which is the ground game.
Many people would like to see you fighting Rousimar Palhares. Have you thought
about it?
No. I don’t even know what he’s up to, when he last fought, when he’ll fight again, if he’s
injured or not… Actually I don’t see us fighting each other so soon.
Do you believe that a win may bring you closer to a title shot?
I hope so, but that’s not my focus. I’m worried about with dealing with what I have to deal
with now, which is fighting Muñoz.
Do you guess Muñoz will be a greater challenge than you had when you fought
and defeated Kendall Grove?
I guess it’ll be bigger because he’s coming from two wins and he had did a pretty tough
fight with Okami, and despite he lost, he still is one of the bests. He’s an American
national Wrestling champion, so he’s a guy who’s top in what he does… He knocked out Kendall
Grove, the guy I beat up on a unanimous decision of the judges, so he deserves to be respected
and seen as a great challenge like I told you.
Many people say you should go down to the welterweight division and that
you’d be a good contender to fight St. Pierre. Have you thought about it?
Do you believe you have the physical structure to go to a lighter weight class?
It went through my mind, because many people tell me this, but actually I don’t
consider doing it. I want to be the champion in my own weight class. Then, someday, maybe…
We’ll see.
What can the Brazilian fans expect from you in this fight?
They can expect that I’m more mature than I was and that I have more weapons.
This time it won’t be any different. I have some new weapons, and I hope I can use it
on the bout.
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Demian Maia will use “new weapons” against Mark Muñoz
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Bahia / Salvador
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Awesome training! “@junior_cigano: After BJJ training with coach iuri, @demianmaia and the guys from champion’s team.
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Flavio Scorsato in Academy Demian Maia JJ Brazil!
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Guto Maia, Flavio Scorsato and Demian Maia
Our representative in the U.S., the photographer Flavio Scorsato,who has nine years living in San Diego/CA, covering UFC events, photographing celebrities from the worlds of sport and fashion, came to Brazil, May 7 and visited the Academy Demian Maia on Monday, 9.
Flavio has worked in several countries and covered major events like the World Cup inAfrica in 2010.
Flavio’s work as a photographer, can be viewed on his Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scorsato/, and on his official website: flaviophotography.com.
Twitter: twitter.com/flavioscorsato.
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DeMarco Murray and Demian Maia
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
After training with my friend, De Marco Murray
Demian and Shogun in Formula Indy, São Paulo
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Maurício Shogun, Leo Miggiorin e Demian Maia
Demian Maia on UFC 131, progress as a fighter, and BJJ in the Olympics – MMANUTS.COM
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Next Seminar Demian Maia in the U.S., do not miss!
Monday, April 11th, 2011
UFC Fighter and BJJ Black Belt Demian Maia Seminar in Western Mass
UFC Fighter and BJJ Black Belt Demian Maia Seminar in Western Mass on Aprin 23rd
On Saturday, April 23, 2011 from 1pm until 4pm
Demian Maia will be conducting a seminar in Ludlow, MA
5x BJJ Word Champion, ADCC Champion, UFC Middle Weight Contender
If you like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and live in Western massachusetts, you can not miss this opportunity to train with the most technical and eficient Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt today! Demian Maia Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is Amazing!!!
Seminar Location:
Team Link
34 East Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
34 East Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
Seminar will be 3 hours (with approx. 1 ½ hours of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Gi) followed by approx. 1 ½ hours of grappling (No Gi) )
•Cost for individuals:
$120 participants early registration until April 15th.
$150 per person late registration after April 15th.
$150 per person late registration after April 15th.
$50/person to watch the seminar
•Cost for groups of six or more people will be $110/person paid in advance by April 15th
•Send checks made out to “ Marco Alvan ” to the address listed above
•For more information go to:
· Website: www.linkbjj.com
· E-mail: marcoalvanbjj@yahoo.com
Maximum of 50 people, do not wait this seminar will be sold out!
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Cigano and Dorea at the Demian Maia’s Academy, April 2
Sunday, April 10th, 2011Photos from training of Cigano with Demian Maia
by Marcelo Alonso
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Demian Maia Training Session
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Skill Breakdown
Charts are compiled based on results from all fights.
| Total Fights: | 10 |
| Record: | 14-2-0 |
| Summary: | submissions |
Fighter Info
| From: | Sao Paulo, Brazil Brazil |
| Fights Out Of: | Sao Paulo Brazil |
| Age: | 33 |
| Height: | 6′ 0″ ( 182 cm ) |
| Weight: | 185 lb ( 84 kg ) |
| Degree: | Journalism |
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Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz UFC 131, Canada, jun11
Saturday, March 12th, 2011Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz Targeted for UFC 131
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According to MMA Mania:
Mark Munoz will get a chance to prove he truly is one of the top 185-pound contenders when he faces grappling wizard and former division number one contender Demian Maia at the upcoming UFC 131 pay-per-view event scheduled for the Rogers Arena on June 11 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
MMAmania.com confirmed the bout was in the works earlier today.
Demian Maia (14-2)
Win Kendall Grove – Decision (Unanimous) TUF 12 Finale
Win Mario Miranda – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 118
Loss Anderson Silva – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 112
Mark “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Munoz (10-2)
Win C.B. Dollaway – KO (Punches) UFC Versus 3
Win Aaron Simpson – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 123
Loss Yushin Okami – Decision (Split) UFC Versus 2
Jun 11th, live on Pay-per-view from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
Brock Lesnar vs. Junior dos Santos
Shane Carwin vs. TBA
Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz
Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes
Dustin Poirier vs. Rani Yahya
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Anthony Perosh [Also announced today]
Michihiro Omigawa vs. Darren Elkins
Rob Broughton vs. Dave Herman
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Demian Maia’s Seminar in New York, March 18th
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Demian Maia NYC Seminar @ Marcelo Garcia NYC Academy!
March 18th, Friday / 6:00 – 9:00pm
Seminar Schedule -
6:00 – 7:15pm GI techniques
15min Break
7:30 – 9:00 NOGI techniques
Q&A After!
100$ Preregistration until March 15th
120$ At the door.
Limited Space!
For information,
either call or email Marcelo Garcia NYC Academy:
212.947.0300
Informações e reservas:
The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu win in Demian Maia’s Seminar!
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
Thanks so much for everybody who came to my seminar today (in Campinas-Brasil).
We had about 120 people! I had the opportunity to meet.
All from diferent bjj teams. All in the same tatame sharing our love for the BJJ. One more time: THANK YOU !
Many black belts that I used to compete against. They where great cause they all forgot ego and came to share their knowlegment with me.
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Obrigado a todos que compareceram ao meu seminário hoje.
O caminho da arte suave. Um caminho que muda a vida de muitos que tiveram a oportunidade de conhecer um professor como os muitos que estavam hoje no seminario. Obrigado a todos!
Estou muito feliz, pois conseguimos reunir tantas equipes diferentes sobre o mesmo tatame, todos por amor ao jiu-jitsu brasileiro.
Inclusive muitos que foram meus adversarios em competicões do passado. Pessoas que considero irmãos que estao no mesmo caminho…
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Demian Maia wants spot on UFC in Rio
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
by Guilherme Cruz
Photo Josh Hedges
The year of 2010 ended with a good score for the Brazilian Demian Maia. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt won three of his four fights and suffered only one loss, which happened on a title fight against the middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Demian still doesn’t have any bout scheduled and the only certain thing is that he’d really like to fight on UFC Rio, which happens on August 27th at HSBC Arena, in Rio de Janeiro.
“I’m waiting… I’d like to fight in Brazil in August, it’s what I want the most, but there’s nothing confirmed. My manager is talking to the guys there”, said Demian, excited with the possibility of fighting again in Brazil after over four years. “I can’t say much, I’ve fought MMA few times in Brazil and for me it’d be, like the Americans say, priceless”.
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Luana Alzugiri, Demian Maia and Tiago Camilo
Saturday, January 15th, 2011hitting the conditioning Gym!
Luanna photo by Mike Colón
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