UFC 110: Demian Maia vs Dan Miller in the works for Feb. 6
by James Iannotti on Oct 16, 2009 8:58 PM EDT
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A middleweight battle between submission master Demian Maia (11-1) and hard-nosed Dan Miller (11-2) has been tentatively added to the UFC 110 card set for Superbowl weekend (Feb. 6, 2010) at a yet to be determined venue, which will likely be somewhere in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to MMAWeekly.com.
Both fighters are coming off their first losses in the Octagon -- Maia was laid out in the opening seconds of a potential number one contender eliminator match by Nate Marquardt at UFC 102 back in August and Miller was outpointed on the judges scorecards by Chael Sonnen at UFC 98 in May.
Before their respective setbacks, Maia was enjoying a five-fight win streak in the UFC with all of his wins coming via submission. Miller, on the other hand, was on a three-match streak himself, which included two victories via tapout.
Earlier this week Maia talked about upcoming fights and getting back into the UFC 185-pound title picture.
Here's a snip:
"Depending on the opponents, if they’re tough guys, well known, I think I will get the chance of fighting for the belt in two or three fights. I want a hard adversary to show everything what I couldn’t in the past fight, all my training. I made tremendous errors versus Nate."
With this fight the UFC has certainly given the Brazilian his wish -- the unheralded and unassuming Miller is as tough as they come. Maia will certainly have his hands full, considering Miller has never lost a fight by submission, too.
As of right now there is no headlining bout set for UFC 110. The good news is there is still plenty of time left to put together yet another stacked Superbowl weekend show ... the promotion is already off to a fine start with this potential match up.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more on this developing fight card for early 2010.
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so I guess you were hoping to see him laid out like that?
by protec security on Oct 17, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
why is Maia pretending to be Jacre in that pic?
by john G on Oct 17, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know, right…what is Maia like Mr. July in the Brazilian man meat calendar?
by salamagogo on Oct 17, 2009 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Woot, go Maia time to get back on track! It sucked that we didn’t get to see the Marquardt fight play out some more but hopefully Maia learns from this and comes back stronger.
by frosnt on Oct 16, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Same here frosnt, Maia is unstoppable on the ground and that is Dan’s main strength. This won’t be a walkover for Demian and I can see Miller being tough to put away and giving him some problems on the ground like J-Mac did but ultimately Demian is going to submit him. Hopefully he has worked on the mistakes he made against Nate and will come back a better and smarter fighter. He is a class act and nobody deserves success more than him.
by David W-S on Oct 16, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
fact, dan miller has standup
fact, demian maia cant take a punch
fact, overrated maia gets knocked out again.. he has an amazing ground game sure whatever, if you can’t take a punch then how can you get a takedown? yeah he beat sonnen and herman and everyone but they also are guys that didnt think maia was THAT good and werent scared of the ground with him, miller will avoid clinches, and stop takedowns and win by tko, get off the dudes nuts he’s overrated and one dimensional, until he gets standup he wont win again
by randy murders on Oct 16, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Demian’s takedowns are as good as anyone or better. Look how fast he subbed sonnen who smashed on Dan for three rounds. This is a tune up fight for Demian which sucks coz i love the miller brothers. You may be right about his chin but as soon as his striking tightens he can compensate for most of it seeing how MW doesn’t have too many devastating strikers. But i find it funny that you wanna talk about overrated nuts even though i am assuming your name is in honor of his holy Paycheckness!!!
by NameNotRequired on Oct 17, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK he has 1 loss to Nate Marquardt how is he overrated? And that shot from Marquardt would’ve put anyone out Nate is very powerful. A quick KO doesn’t necessarily mean his standup is horrible he’s faced strikers before and been able to get them down one way or another and submit them.
by frosnt on Oct 17, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How can you say Maia cant take a punch? When has this been shown besides in the Marquart fight? And like frosnt said that shot would have put anyone put.
fact: randy murders has no idea what he is talking about.
by WB on Oct 17, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i would have liked for the maia marquardt fight to have gone on longer to see how marquartd fared against sub attempts but wasnt to be.Although was a spectacular loss i see maia getting back up the rankings soon and being in title picture again.
by theboydave on Oct 18, 2009 7:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not too much to say but RIP Dan. Dan is a great fighter, but Maia is a lock on this one.
by bluepit on Oct 16, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What the *uck is Maia doing in that picture?
by protec security on Oct 16, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
look up Jacare’s alligator crawl. Must be a bjj thing
by tiger_style on Oct 17, 2009 8:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Maia wants a quick trip to a title shot , drop down to WW already.
He’s much to small at MW as was evident against Marquart.
He looked very small in comparison.
When he was beating everyone , it didn’t matter , but now that he’s lost, he should seriously consider a cut to WW.
There are few legitimate challengers to GSP’s belt.
Considering GSP’s predilication for the ground game in recennt contests, this may play very well into Maia’s game.
I’d love to see Maia put a chole on GSP.
by talkman on Oct 17, 2009 3:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
r u serious …maia is top 5 middle in the world even though he got ko’d by nate…how is he fighting miller…millers good but not that good…cmon now ufc…plz fix this
by mike photo on Oct 17, 2009 3:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
im sure the ufc is real impressed when you get ktfo in 20 seconds. why would they give him a big fight after that embassment. he needs these little fights to build himself back up
by Jared on Oct 17, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
talkman that would be a good fight against gsp but gsp would pick him apart in the standup
by denni on Oct 17, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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