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Demian Maia vs Rory Macdonald being RUMORED for UFC 161

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#1 ·
Don't have any source since it's just a rumor going on around the web but apparently this might be in the works.

If this happens, and I hope it does, it will be an AWESOME fight. I personally don't think Rory has the BJJ knowledge to keep up with Maia who has been an absolute terror at WW. His flips have been stunning.

If Maia can win in a demolishing fashion I think he might be next in line after Hendricks and I think he could give GSP a really competitive fight.

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#3 ·
Maia is a bad man at 170, I think Maia/Tarec is the fight to make provided Hendricks wins but since my boy Carlos is about to cave his shit in Tarec should probably fight George's after he retires Diaz.

Not sure how good Rorys jujitsu is but I could see Maia grapple****ing him.


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#5 ·
Don't have any source since it's just a rumor going on around the web but apparently this might be in the works.

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Like by media????

I know fans are asking for it on forums, but haven't seen it being talked about as happening anywhere..
 
#8 ·
Maia's biggest problem at MW was that he lacked the strength advantage to take certain fighters down. He doesn't have that problem against smaller fighters at WW, unless you factor in MWs disguised as WWs - like Rory.

Maia is a beast at WW and I'd love to see him fight GSP, so there's no sense in having Rory derail that potential fight, especially as Rory is unlikely to fight GSP right now.
 
#16 ·
Rory annoys me, because if you have no intention of fighting the champ then why stay at the weight? He is a huge WW that will probably end up at 185 anyway as he gets bigger. Not sure what the UFC is trying to do by having him beat top guys and possible title contenders.

He is probably just deathly afraid if getting clowned by Anderson should he do well at 185. He will wait until ANderson retires/moves on to make his way to 185.
 
#43 ·
if they fight you are right....GSP would teach him a lesson or two
 
#45 ·
maia takes this unless rory can keep it standing, even so i think maia would just clinch it the whole time and tire rory until he got the TD..

only guys i see giving maia a challenge right now is GSP, Condit, and maybe Rory
 
#47 ·
I wasn't referencing a fight or scenario so much as Rory's one day saying, 'I'll fight GSP if the UFC asks me to'. He may have recanted, but at his previous post fight press conference, he didn't initially seem too opposed to the idea of fighting Georges. Like Jones, Rory wants to be the best. And unless he does indeed move up to MW, that means fighting GSP. He knows this but is keeping quiet so that he can milk Tristar before moving on.
 
#57 ·
Such an interesting fight, Maia is a real beast at this weight (he smothered the man Fitch at his own game).

Rory is very young, athletic and powerful. Things to consider would be, how is his BJJ? His experience in precarious positions, etc.

There's no question of if, it's when Maia gets his back, can Rory defend?

Colour me intrigued :thumb01:
 
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