UFC on FOX 21: Condit vs. Maia post-fight results and analysis

We’re all done with UFC on FOX 21, and the card ended just about at 10 PM ET thanks to Demian Maia’s swift rear-naked choke of Carlos Condit in the main event. It wasn’t the slightest bit competitive. Condit getting taken down right away wasn’t a shock, but nobody just dummies Condit on the ground without resistance and finishes him like that. Pat Healy is the last guy to submit Condit and that was in June 2006, when Maia had a whopping 2 pro MMA bouts under his belt.

Maia has been sensational, particularly in these last 4 fights, which includes a trio of rear-naked choke stoppages of Neil Magny, Matt Brown, and now Condit. A title shot surely should be next. “[Fighter] has  earned it” is something of an empty phrase in the UFC these days, but it’s a travesty if Maia’s next fight isn’t for the welterweight title, which evidently will be contested between Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson.

More thoughts on tonight’s card:

Main Card Adding on the whopping 1 strike Condit landed tonight, Demian Maia has only absorbed 13 significant strikes over the past 4 fights. Incredible. I won’t lie, the outcome bummed me out. It has nothing to do with Maia and everything to do with the possibility that tonight was the last fight of Carlos Condit’s career. He’s been very public about it since the Lawler loss, and it feels like the end is near. Condit has been one of my favorite fighters and he was one of the first people I watched when I really got into this sport. I hope I’m wrong and Condit at least has one more fight, but the thought of this being Condit’s finale is very much something to take into consideration. In case you’re wondering, this card marks the beginning of Joe Rogan’s “North American PPVs only” deal. Brian Stann was alongside Mike Goldberg, and Stann was his usual excellent self. Anthony Pettis and Charles Oliveira put on a hell of a show. Oliveira looked cooked after the thumping body kicks in round 1, then Pettis tired in round 2 and Oliveira appeared to have the edge on the ground. When Oliveira took Pettis down …

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