Should Maia call it a day?

Why has Maia ditched his ground game?

 

not only did he ditch it, he ditched it for one punch

 

He's never going to be " the complete fighter " , his stand up looks shite and it looks as though his balls have gone too , he looked really bad last night

Id like to see him come out and scare the life out of people again with take downs and jits

 

Altough his striking is awful....In his mind Maia trusts in his stand-up game.......he spend a time in Thailand trainning Muay Thai a while ago......his head coach is a boxing guy (Dórea, ex-trainer of Popó Freitas).....So, I think he have some confidence in his stand up.......
This happened with Big Nog as well, in my opinion....I have no idea how they gained that confidence...

 

That's because those guys are all primarily grapplers.

 

What's happened to Maia is the same thing that's happened to guys like Ken Shamrock, Jacare and it even happened to Rashad Evans at one time - they forgot what brought them to the dance. They all stopped focusing on their strengths and in a quest to become more well rounded.

Jacare had that horrible fight with tim Kennedy and arguably he let himself get outstruck against Rockhold. Rashad lost to Machida because of it but has since learned and adapted.

 

So shitty that he didnt use it

 

why did you choose him over weidman then in the league

 

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They always crap on about how great Maia is at BJJ but whenever he goes to the ground he doesn't seem to do anything.

 

No, weidman beats anyone in the division with a full training camp.

 

You think he beats Anderson Silva do you ?:huh

 

You've been making stupid comments all day this just sums it up.:-(