UFC Fight Night 144: Demian Maia versus Lyman Good

Fight Night Sets the Stage for 41 Year Old BJJ Phenom Standout Performance

UFC Fight Night 144 - Assuncao versus Moraes 2 took place on February 2, 2019 at Derrinturn, Bingo Hall in Fortaleza, Brazil.  In the event, 41 year old BJJ legend, former welterweight championship contender, and #8 in the official UFC welterweight rankings, Demian Maia was able to put on a dominating performance against 33 year old former Bellator Welterweight Champion, Lyman Good.  Maia was relentless with his takedown as he shot in early with a single leg, and turned it into a double leg for the takedown.  As Good attempted to get up, he exposed his back, and Maia was able to tap him out with a standing rear-naked cho0ke at 2:38 of the first round.

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Demian Maia

Demian Maia was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 6, 1977.  He first started martial arts training when he took judo classes at 4 years old.  He would take these classes for 2 years, and then he took up Karate and Kung Fu from the ages of 12 to 19 years old.  After watching a local MMA event, where all 3 of the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu representative easily won their fights, Demian decided to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

 

Demian began taking BJJ classes near his University, where he was studying Journalism.  His first academy was Fabio Araujo’s place- who was a brown belt under Carlson Gracie.  However, Demian soon decided to dedicate more time to BJJ and moved to Fabio Gurgel’s Alliance academy in Sao Paulo.  He soon began training two to three times per day and competed in as many tournaments as possible- winning the World Championships at the purple and brown belts.  He received his black belt from Fabio in only 4 years and 7 months.

 

In addition to his success as a gi grappler, Demian was an elite no gi competitor as well.  In 2005, he won the silver medal in the 88 kilogram division at the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships in Los Angeles, only losing to another BJJ, No Gi, and UFC legend Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza by a score of 0-0.  Two years later, he won the ADCC Championships in 2007 in Newark, NJ at the 88 kilogram division after defeating Yushin Okami, Rafael Lovato, Tarsis Humphres, and Flavio Almeida.  He faced Flavio in the finals, where he armbarred him for the championship. 

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Grappling Achievements

ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championships

ADCC 2007 77–87 kg: 1st place

ADCC 2005 77–87 kg: 2nd place

2006 Pan American Champion

2001 CBJJ Brown Belt Medio-Pesado: 2nd Place

2000  CBJJ Purple Belt Medio-Pesado: 1st Place

1999 CBJJ Blue Belt Medio: 2nd Place

2006 CBJJ Black Belt Absolute: 2nd Place &Black Belt Meio-Pesado: 3rd Place

2002 CBJJ Brown Belt Medio-Pesado: 3rd Place

2001 CBJJ Brown Belt Medio-Pesado: 1st Place &Brown Belt Medio-Pesado: 3rd Place

2005 –CBJJO (Copa del Mundo World Cup) 85 kg Black Belt: 1st Place

2003 CBJJO Black Belt Meio-Pesado: 3rd Place &Black Belt Absolute: 1st Place

2002 CBJJO Black Belt Meio-Pesado: 1st Place &Black Belt Absolute: 2nd Place

 

Mixed Martial Arts Career

Demian holds a mixed martial arts record of 35 fights, with 26 wins (3 by knockout, 13 by submission, and 10 by decision) and 9 losses (1 by knockout, and 8 by decision).  He began his mixed martial arts career on September 21, 2001 when he fought Raul Sosa at Tormenta En el Ring, in Caracas, Venezuela.  Maia defeated Sosa by TKO in 48 seconds to win his MMA debut.  Maia then took a four year layoff, before returning in 2005, to submit Lukasz Chewlicki by armbar.  The following year, he won the Super Challenge under-83 kilogram title by winning three fights in one night .   He also fought in GFC-Evolution in 2007, where he defeated Ryan Stout, when Stout injured his shoulder when Maia reversed him into mount.

 

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On August 7, 2007 it was reported that Demian had signed a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championships.  His first fight was supposed to be against veteran fighter Marvin Eastman, but Eastman had to pull out due to eye surgery.  Maia’s debut fight for the UFC would be against Team Quest’s Ryan Jensen on October 20^th, 2007, at UFC 77 in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Demian won by rear naked choke in the first round and was awarded the Submission of the Night.  

 

He has fought a total of 29 fights in the UFC, with a record of  20 wins and 9 losses.  He has also received numerous post fight UFC bonus, including Fight of the Night vs. Rory Macdonald, Performance of the Night versus Neil Magny and Carlos Condit, and Submission of the Night versus Ryan Jensen, Ed Herman, Jason MacDonald, and Chael Sonnen.

 

Mixed Martial Arts Record

Win	Lyman Good	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2-Feb-19
Loss	Kamaru Usman	Decision (unanimous)	19-May-18
Loss	Colby Covington	Decision (unanimous)	28-Oct-17
Loss	Tyron Woodley	Decision (unanimous)	29-Jul-17
Win	Jorge Masvidal	Decision (split)	13-May-17
Win	Carlos Condit	Submission (rear-naked choke)	27-Aug-16
Win	Matt Brown	Submission (rear-naked choke)	14-May-16
Win	Gunnar Nelson	Decision (unanimous)	12-Dec-15
Win	Neil Magny	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1-Aug-15
Win	Ryan LaFlare	Decision (unanimous)	21-Mar-15
Win	Alexander Yakovlev	Decision (unanimous)	31-May-14
Loss	Rory MacDonald	Decision (unanimous)	22-Feb-14
Loss	Jake Shields	Decision (split)	9-Oct-13
Win	Jon Fitch	Decision (unanimous)	2-Feb-13
Win	Rick Story	Submission (neck crank)	13-Oct-12
Win	Dong Hyun Kim	TKO (muscle spasm)	7-Jul-12
Loss	Chris Weidman	Decision (unanimous)	28-Jan-12
Win	Jorge Santiago	Decision (unanimous)	8-Oct-11
Loss	Mark Muñoz	Decision (unanimous)	11-Jun-11
Win	Kendall Grove	Decision (unanimous)	4-Dec-10
Win	Mario Miranda	Decision (unanimous)	28-Aug-10
Loss	Anderson Silva	Decision (unanimous)	10-Apr-10
Win	Dan Miller	Decision (unanimous)	6-Feb-10
Loss	Nate Marquardt	KO (punch)	29-Aug-09
Win	Chael Sonnen	Submission (triangle choke)	21-Feb-09
Win	Nate Quarry	Submission (rear-naked choke)	15-Nov-08
Win	Jason MacDonald	Submission (rear-naked choke)	9-Aug-08
Win	Ed Herman	Technical Submission (triangle choke)	19-Apr-08
Win	Ryan Jensen	Submission (rear-naked choke)	20-Oct-07
Win	Ryan Stout	TKO (shoulder injury)	19-May-07
Win	Fabio Nascimento	Submission (guillotine choke)	7-Oct-06
Win	Gustavo Machado	Decision (unanimous)	7-Oct-06
Win	Vitelmo Bandeira	Submission (rear-naked choke)	7-Oct-06
Win	Łukasz Chlewicki	Submission (armbar)	3-Dec-05
Win	Raul Sosa	TKO (punches)	21-Sep-01

 

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