UFC 102: Nate Marquardt vs Demian Maia

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BJJ master Demian Maia announced on his official website, that he will be taking on Nate Marquardt at UFC 102 on August 29 from the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, OR.

*****Confirmed the next opponent for Demian Maia, unbeaten in 11 fights in MMA – UFC 102 – August 29 Portland, OREGON: Demian Maia vs Nate Marquardt*****

Maia (11-0, 5-0 In the UFC) recently submitted Chael Sonnen in the first round at UFC 95.

Marquardt (28-8-2) also had a impressive showing at UFC 95, taking out Wilson Gouveia by TKO in the third round.

Winner of this fight will be the top contender in the UFC middleweight division and will likely be in line for a title shot with Anderson Silva after his bout with Forrest Griffin at UFC 101.

UFC 91 “Lesnar vs. Couture” Results LIVE

UFC 91 “Couture vs. Lesnar” – Saturday, November 15 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.

The Ultimate Fighting Championships has put together a historic fight between 3-time UFC champion Randy Couture and wrestling sensation Brock Lesnar for what is expected to be one of the best selling Pay-Per-View’s in UFC history.

CageToday.com will have live results of the undercard starting at 8pm EST with the pay-per-view to follow at 10pm EST.

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UFC 91: Demian Maia vs Nate Quarry

According to the Brazilian news magazine Tatame, Damian Maia (8-0) will face Nate “The Rock” Quarry (10-2) at UFC 91 on Nov. 15th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.

Maia, 3-0, has been tearing through the UFC middleweight division, defeating tough fighters like – Ed Herman, Jason MacDonald and Ryan Jensen.

Since becoming a highlight reel for Rich Franklin, Nate Quarry is on a two fight winning streak, defeating Pete Sell at Fight Night 11 and Kalib Starnes at UFC 83 “Serra vs. St-Pierre 2″.

Damian Maia:

“I didn’t study his fights yet, I’ll receive a DVD with his fights, but I only watch my opponents’ fights when the fight gets closer. I’m training a lot my stand up game like for the last fight, but every time I can I do some BJJ trainings”, said the black belt, that helped Frank Mir to coach his team at The Ultimate Fighter 8. “I helped him there in June and the show debut yesterday. I’m his BJJ coach. As I couldn’t get there in the beginning, and asked them to call Robert (Drysdale) and then I went there to help Frank Mir’s team”, said Demian, that enjoyed the new experience. “It was very cool, different… I never did nothing like that before, it’s interesting”

UFC 91 is in line to be the biggest UFC PPV in history. The card is headlined by the return of Randy “The Natural” Couture taking on WWE superstar Brock Lesnar.

For the latest on UFC 91, check out our UFC Rumors section.