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Demian Maia Willing to Wait for Title Shot After Quick Submission of Condit
- Updated: August 28, 2016
It was expected to be a back-and-forth battle that hinged on a mistake here or a slip-up there. The main event of UFC on Fox 21 was figured by most to likely go the full five rounds, but the duel between Demian Maia and Carlos Condit didn’t even last two full minutes.Maia wasted little time in dragging “The Natural Born Killer” to the canvas and though Condit was relaxed on the mat, the Brazilian’s boa constrictor-like fighting style allowed him to slither onto his foe’s back. It was a shot on the ground, Condit later revealed, that caused him to give up his back. Once he did, he was like a seal fighting off a great white shark. Maia, easily among the greatest jiu jitsu players on the planet, slinked his arms around Condit’s lower jaw and neck and forced the tapout moments later. It was the quickest loss of Condit’s career, one that hasn’t ended so abruptly since 2005 when Carlos Prater took him out in the first back in 2004. After the bout Condit revealed that he’s leaning toward retirement, the antithesis of what Maia wants, which is a crack at Tyron …
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