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Plates
04-30-2009, 11:05 AM
MARQUARDT VS. MAIA SET FOR UFC 102
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - by Tom Hamlin - MMAWeekly.com
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A middleweight contender match has been readied for the UFC’s first trip to the Pacific Northwest in August.

Standouts Demian Maia and Nate Marquardt will face off at UFC 102 in Portland, Ore. on Aug. 29. MMAWeekly.com first learned of the bout's possibility on Tuesday afternoon and Maia has since confirmed the match-up on his official website, although Marquardt's camp has yet to confirm the bout.

Maia, 31, has taken the 185-pound division by storm since his debut at UFC 77 in October of 2007, finishing all of his opponents by submission. The Abu Dhabi champ is currently headed to Las Vegas to begin training at Wanderlei Silva’s new gym. He is undefeated in 10 professional appearances.

Marquardt, 30, devastated Wilson Gouveia in his last appearance at UFC 95, stopping the heavy-handed Brazilian by strikes. On a second road to title glory, the Greg Jackson-trained middleweight has won three of his last four fights since losing a first bid against champion Anderson Silva at UFC 73. A 10-year veteran of the sport, he carries a professional record of 28-8-2.

Mr X
05-01-2009, 07:25 AM
Maia will submit Nate no doubt

BABOON
05-09-2009, 09:35 AM
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Maia has to be the most boring and unexciting fighter in the history of UFC.

Mr X
05-09-2009, 09:39 AM
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Maia has to be the most boring and unexciting fighter in the history of UFC.

Thats a big call Leave cuz theres been some boring ass fighters through the years.

Plates
05-09-2009, 10:42 AM
Love the crop job on the avatar leave. lol.....I think Maia is pretty boring as well. For some reason I see a decision happening.

BABOON
05-09-2009, 01:23 PM
All he ever seems to fight are people with no serious ground training. The first person with decent sub defense and good standup is going to destroy him. He's 10-0 to a bunch of complete nobodies.

Plates
05-09-2009, 02:16 PM
His toughest competitor so far has been Jason MacDonald. No doubt Maia has talent, but I don't feel he's top 5 material.

DaEagles
05-09-2009, 02:35 PM
Nate is my favorite MMA fighter love his style

beggs_05
05-09-2009, 03:35 PM
Maia definitely has a very promising future in the UFC, as well as a sick ground game. However, I'm calling Marquardt by second round TKO.

BABOON
05-09-2009, 08:35 PM
Maia definitely has a very promising career. As long as he keeps getting handed c-tier fighters he's never going to lose.

Sensei
05-10-2009, 10:13 PM
Nate should take this one, Maia has never fought anyone like nate! should be an interesting fight, can maia take nate down? Can nate defend submission attempts & keep it on the feet?