By Guilherme Cruz
Photo Josh Hedges
A little more than one month after losing in the title fight against middleweight champion Anderson Silva, UFC fighter Demian Maia is back to the trainings. After a short season in Hawaii, he is focused and thirsty for a comeback to UFC’s octagon. “It’s great there. I spent four wonderful days, but everything has come back to normal. I came back to the light trainings two weeks ago. On this week I already got a new training schedule, as if I had a fight coming”, said the black belt to TATAME, excited about the return. “I’m crazy to get back”.
Demian still does not know his new opponent, but analyzes probable candidates. “The division is mixed, there are five or six top fighters. Between those guys, they have to see who has a scheduled fight and who doesn’t, so that they can arrange a fight for me. This math is complicated, it always takes a while”, explains Demain, believing his next opponent can be Alan Belcher, Michael Bisping, Yoshihiro Akyiama or Vitor Belfort. “They didn’t say a thing, but all of those are great and top athletes. I believe Vitor will recover from the (shoulder) injury and fight Anderson, but they are all likely to fight against me”, concluded.
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