Usman vs Maia

Who won Usman vs Maia?

Kamaru Usman beat Demian Maia by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night 129, on Saturday 19th May 2018 at Movistar Arena in Santiago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kamaru Usman.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Usman vs Maia stats

Kamaru Usman stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Demian Maia made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Kamaru Usman's UFC record stood at 15-3-0, while Demian Maia's came in at 22-10-0.

The stats suggested Usman had a massive power advantage over Maia, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Maia's 12%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Maia had a massive advantage over Usman, boasting a 48% submission rate over Usman's 8%.

Kamaru Usman was the younger man by 10 years, at 36 years old.

Maia had a height advantage of 1 inch over Usman. Despite this, he had 6-inch reach advantage.

Usman was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 11 years and 2 months later than Maia, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 17 less professional rounds, 76 to Maia's 93.

Usman vs Maia form

Usman had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 on 21st October 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Leon Edwards at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by majority decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Leon Edwards at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Before that, he had won against Colby Covington at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had beaten Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

Usman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Maia's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

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