The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Demian Maia entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-6-0 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Robbie Lawler). He suffered two consecutive defeats between 2013 and 2014, against Jake Shields (=Maia vs Shields) and Rory MacDonald (=MacDonald vs Maia), but then he came back to win beating Alexander Yakovlev (=Maia vs Yakovlev).
His opponent, the undefeated Ryan LaFlare, has a perfect record of 11-0-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.20 in the same weight class. He fought just once last year beating John Howard (=Howard vs LaFlare). Maia vs LaFlare is the main event of UFC Fight Night 62. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Best fights of the week 12, year 2015
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 12: (Mon-Sun) from March 16, 2015 to March 22, 2015. Boxing Fight of the Week: Alfonso Gomez vs Yoshihiro Kamegai Mma Fight & Submission of the Week: Erick Silva vs Josh Koscheck Mma … Read more