Demian Maia vs. Ed Herman UFC 83 submission of the night

WOW!!!!

At the end, it looked like Hermans leg was twitching…AWESOME SUBMISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

saw the end of this fight, looked good, sick triangle from the top!! would have bee better than starnes. Did any of you guys here starnes’ reasoning for that??? pretty pathetic/

Wow… never seen anything like it.

Sucks to be Ed Herman. Short Fuse/Short of Breath.

Wow, that was amazing!!! I knew he was gonna beat Herman but he really demoralized him there.

Ed can’t fight against people who at BJJ. Check out his losses. He just about lost to El Dirte but was saved by the Bell. Demaia looks good he could climb the latter fast.

Ladder I mean. Shoot. I was suggesting Bisping vs Quarry but Demaia vs Bisping would be good as well. The count needs a test.

Poor Short Fuse! He was on such a high from getting his first KO. But Mr. Jitters is right. He’s not good at sub def. Maybe something he should take a look at.

Its just a triangle from top position. He also had an armbar there if he wanted it but he Demian chose to pound him out instead. Kind of a nasty choice.

I couldn’t see how Ed got into that position but it happens a lot when people try to stack a triangle but get their leg hooked or swept instead, landing on their back. Very bad position.

UFC cuts Starnes:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/UFC-cuts-Starnes-after-disgraceful-performance?urn=mma,78124

damn! sickest subission i’ve seen in my life. what a predicament to be in. pounded out and choked out at the same time. sleeeeeeeeeeep!!!

This is the SECOND time Ed “Step child” Herman has been choked into unconsciousness…Joe Macdonald laid him out and RNC him until it was nighty night.

This guy needs to learn to tap – id rather walk away from a loss than to wake up surrounded by medical personel with sniffing salt

Going to sleep or getting KTFO is way more embarassing than tapping – at least you have some control

that’s so brutal i feel bad for ed herman. owned.

anyone besides me impressed with how bisping looked. Yes, tupperware sucks, but he looked crisp and quick as well as in great shape. Put him against Frankliin. As far as ACE goes, how did he get out of that arm bar? Even my wife (who has trained bjj for years) was amazed. should Lutter have broke it instead of holding it??? I give props to franklin for that!

GSP has a pre-fight ritual that he’s discussed in the past. When in the cage before the fight he takes a sip of water and then spits it out into the air like a geyser basically covering him in a thick mist. At UFC 83 he even rubbed his legs to make sure he got full coverage.

I know any form of lubrication (i.e.: vaseline) is illegal….but is water? Serra even said in post fight interviews that he tried to work subs early but GSP was too slippery (“I wanted to work submissions, he was just too slippery.”). IMO GSP gets a huge advantage from this. I’m not saying the fight would have gone differently though.
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I’d be seeing that in my nightmares for a long time if I were Herman.

It almost seemed unfair. How do you even tap? You can’t even verbally tap because you’re being choked. And even if you weren’t being choked, you’re eating some other guys’ fists.

HOLY SHIT!!!!!! He absolutely beat him fucking senseless and left him there twitching. I MUST see this whole fight!

Holy Sh**, that was brilliant

Is it possible to get the bonus for both submission and knockout of the night?

Id like to see Demaia vs Almeida…both have amazing jitz, it would make for an interesting fight…

AMAZING!!!!!!

Check out Herman’s body doing “The Bacon” after Maia gets off the mount. Poor “Short Fuse” he should change his name to “The Baconator!”

Dang this guy is ready to make some noise, this is tight, hope he doesnt get exposed in the stand up like Houstan did on the ground, and then stand up……

Man, that position he has on Herman, poor Herman, worst possible thing that can happen to a human being.

DAM!!!!! I didn’t see it live but I am a HERMAN fan,But that was beautiful!!!!!I’m inpresed.

Poor Ed Herman, can’t get a break. I’m not surprised as he almost got triangled by Doerksen in his last fight and was saved by the bell.

have to agree with John and the crappiness of UFC 83. It looked like shit going in and it was shit coming out. TERRIBLE.

well congrads to Maia for beating a very tough Ed Herman…was a huge risk for Short Fuse to take on such an accomplished bjj mma fighter and he knew it…but felt he could win the fight…no shame in loosing to such an accomplished fighter and great gains if he pulled out the win…to comment by jerrolds (above) you are pussy…a real fighter like Ed would not risk a potential career ending injury and probably would tap to avoid it…but…he will fight until he cant..i.e…passed out …unconscious…because he has the heart and will of a true Fighter…give props where they’re due dude…just hope the UFC appreciates a true competitor…who brings his best effort to every fight…

Maia, as I have been saying since he was called to face Jensen in the UFC 77 event, that this kid was the real deal. He has good stand-up and incredible BJJ. Nobody can beat this guy on the ground, NOBODY.

I would love to see a Henderson vs. Maia match-up.

Now he will be known as “Small Wick” Herman but I guess short fuse is the same

That choke was great!

That choke was great.
I love when a fighter is beating on his opponant even when the submission hold is in tight…Kind of like Anderson with the triangle’ while elbowing the head on Lutter…
Shows how dominant of a fighter you are..How you are always working and trying to finish no matter what..
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There were people who thought Herman would win by gnp, I love it.

Also if someone could inform Mike Goldberg that not tapping does not show great courage, that would be good

If you watch the fight, Herman was doing well, pounding Maia, and Maia looked like he was starting to gas. He then caught Herman in a beautiful triangle when Herman was on top. Herman tried to roll out of it but ended up on the bottom in mount, and the rest is history. The way Maia slipped the triangle on though was very very slick!

Having said that, seeing how he was in a bit of trouble before the submission, makes me think he’s not ready to own the division like some people are suggesting just yet. If Herman had better sub defensive, or just not been caught right there, it would have been too late for Maia, he would be out of gas.

how much do you suppose the ufc organization profited in the fight…and how much do you think the fighters shared in these profits %age wise…I hope the UFC takes care of the young men who are largely responsible for their income…I think thats why some of the older wiser fighters ie. Catoure, Ortiz, Lindland….protest the compensation to the fighters…the UFC has the opportunity to be the frontrunner of MMA organizations and I hope they don’t blow it by starving the participants that attract their gate….you know the old saying…“you’re only as good as the people you employ”…keep the best fighters in the UFC ….take good care of your fighters and they will take good care of you! Dontcha THINK !