UFC 198 Prelims: Demian Maia Rear-Naked Choke Submits Matt Brown

Demian Maia will sleep well. The 2007 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championships gold medalist submitted Matt Brown with a third-round rear-naked choke before 45,000 of his rowdy countrymen at UFC 198 “Werdum vs. Miocic” on Saturday at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. Brown (20-14, 13-8 UFC) conceded defeat 4:31 into round three. Maia (23-6, 17-6 UFC) was in control from start to finish. He routinely closed the distance, pressed Brown against the fence and secured one takedown after another. Maia advanced to the back in all three rounds, slowly chipping away at “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 7 graduate’s resolve. Late in the third round, Maia again positioned himself on Brown’s back, snaked his arms into position and squeezed the Xenia, Ohio, native into submission. The victory, Maia’s fifth in a row, moves him into sole possession of fourth place on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s career wins list. Only Georges St. Pierre (19), Matt Hughes (18) and Michael Bisping (18) have more. Related » UFC 198 Round-by-Round Scoring Santos Mauls Fading Marquardt Tata Fight Team rep Thiago Santos took care of former Pancrase champion Nate Marquardt with first-round punches in a preliminary middleweight encounter. Santos (13-3, 5-2 UFC) drew the curtain 3:39 into round one, as he won for the fourth time in as many appearances. Marquardt (34-16-2, 12-9 UFC) was the proverbial fish in a barrel. Santos sliced into him with kicks, sat him down with a left hook and went to work once he returned to his feet. The Brazilian unleashed a ferocious volley of punches, capped by a straight left to the side of the head, that had Marquardt kneeling on all fours, his forehead resting on the canvas. With that, referee Kevin MacDonald had seen enough. The 37-year-old Marquardt has lost six of his last eight bouts.Surging Trinaldo Overcomes Medeiros Former Jungle Fight champion Francisco Trinaldo recorded his fifth straight victory in a unanimous decision over Yancy Medeiros in a three-round undercard confrontation at 155 pounds. Trinaldo (20-4, 8-3 UFC) swept the scorecards with 29-26, 30-27 and 30-26 marks from the judges. Medeiros (12-4, 3-4 UFC) spent much of the match clinging to consciousness, as he absorbed a hellacious beating. Trinaldo rocked him with a series of violent …

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