“He’s a very high-level jiu-jitsu fighter, a five-time champion in fact. I’ve got a lot of respect for what he’s done in the jiu-jitsu world. But I think we’ve seen time and time again that good mixed martial artists have been able to defeat high-level jiu-jitsu guys. Take even the other night in London, where Kevin Burns, in his first UFC fight, was able to get a triangle choke on Roan Carneiro, who is a high-level black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Maia is not like B.J. Penn who is great in jiu-jitsu but also dominant in all other facets. He is still fairly new to the MMA side of things so I’m hoping to go out there and put on a strong mixed martial arts fight and do much like what Nate Marquardt did to Dean Lister.”
– Jason MacDonald states the obvious in his SportsNet.ca blog: His middleweight UFC 87 fight against Demian Maia on August 9 is a mixed martial arts bout and not a Brazilian jiu-jitsu match. Maia is an Abu Dhabi champion who has defeated Ryan Jensen and Ed Herman with submissions in his first two Octagon appearances. He is really on another level in terms of skill when it comes to grappling. And in nearly 30 professional fights “The Athlete” has just three (technical) knockouts to his credit and 16 submission wins. It should be interesting to see how he approaches this fight with his strength all but nullified.
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Demian Maia’s BJJ is light years beyond J-Mac’s. I don’t see Demian losing this fight.
Jason “the talented Fairy” McDonald! I hope he gets choked til his face turns purple. He is always running his mouth! Get some toughness 1st u fairy, then talk trash!
I’m still a fan of J-Mac just for beating Ed “The Stepchild” Herman, but I like The Talented Fairy as a permanent nickname for J-Mac. Anyone second that? Also, anyone want to second The Stepchild as Herman’s new name?
Maia is quickly becoming one of my favorite fighters, I hope he chokes the shit out of The Talented Fairy.
PW: HOw could I not 2nd “the stepchild”? What could be more accurate than that? Good stuff
Lets go over a list of nicknames people on this site have coined:
I came up with: Dan” Built Ford TOugh” Henderson
and Jason “the talented Fairy Mcdonald”
Violentmike came up with: Charkes “tuppaware” McCarthy and that one has stuck the most
We got PW on record with Ed “the stepchild” Herman
What else am I missing? I know there are many more by a lot of you. Who came up with Big Poopy?
Brandon “Aloe” Vera.
I’m also claiming British Prostitute for Gamburyan, although he might pass it on to Jesse Taylor, if he ever gets to the UFC.
And Triple, these nicknames are hilarious metaphors and analogies, not Chris Berman schtick.
shinya “rainbow pants” aoki, kenny “zoolander” florian
John, we almost forgot Cabana Boy!
Damn I forgot Cabbana boy! THat was my best one!
PW: I forgot that one was yours! British prostitute was great and it stuck pretty well!lol
Kama Kaze: I did not know u originated Rainbow pants but its a damn good one because I find myself calling him that all the time.
Bloggers on this site came up with a lot more then just these ones, I am just having a hard time remembering.
hehe.. yea we both clowned Aoki about that 1 after he fought JZ. i always laugh @ cabbana boy…”FOR THE MOUNT!” (in my Marv Albert voice)…. “Mclovin”, “Creepy” Joe are unofficial. hmmmm theres more. didn’t Lutter or Franklin have 1?
john, you mentioned Dante “Twitchy” Rivera in another post today.
Maia will make this a BJJ fight, MacDonald has little chance, IMO.
It is a BJJ fight as soon as Demian either pulls guard or takes the Athlete down.
I hope this is the fight that puts Maia in the spotlight. Too often talented less known guys have already won in the UFC 2 or three times before the casual fan even sees them. Look at Fitch, Okami, Machida, and now Maia, all have won two or more fights that didn’t make the televised portion.
MacDonald has a point. Just look at Huerta vs Crane for a good example of how it is a different ballgame when strikes are involved.
That said, Maia’s BJJ is on a completely different level, and has adapted his BJJ very well to mma. I see him subbing MacDonald in the first
I might actually believe what he was saying if the guy had any striking skills at all. Watching his fight with Leben, it was painful to watch him close the distance.
j-mac will win, it took maia long enough to sub herman… j mac dominated herman more than maia dominated herman IMO.
maia is an amazing fighter, and does bjj transitions like none other.
i compare him to jacare.
both 185 highly decorated grapplers out of brazil taking far different paths.
jacare has all but abandoned his bjj game in favor of wrestling and striking.
maia is keeping bjj as a mainstay in his training. his shot is not good, and he doesn’t throw strikes in certain positions where he could really wear down the other fighter. a fighter with a decent sprawl and good boxing should beat maia. and i think j-mac will do that.
im a huge maia fan. i just think he needs to move up to the us and work his wrestling and striking.