Maia vs Muhammad

Who won Maia vs Muhammad?

Belal Muhammad beat Demian Maia by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 263, on Saturday 12th June 2021 at Gila River Arena in Glendale.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Belal Muhammad.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Maia vs Muhammad stats

Demian Maia stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 14 by submission.

Belal Muhammad made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Demian Maia's UFC record stood at 22-10-0, while Belal Muhammad's came in at 14-3-0.

The stats suggested Muhammad had an advantage in power over Maia, with a 22% knock out percentage over Maia's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Maia had a massive advantage over Muhammad, boasting a 50% submission rate over Muhammad's 6%.

Demian Maia was the older man by 11 years, at 46 years old.

Maia had a height advantage of 2 inches over Muhammad. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Maia was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 10 years and 10 months earlier than Muhammad, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 93 to Muhammad's 79.

Maia vs Muhammad form

Demian Maia had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Belal Muhammad at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gilbert Burns at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ben Askren at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Before that, he had beaten Anthony Rocco Martin at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Target Center, Minneapolis, United States.

He had defeated Lyman Good at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Activity check

Maia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Muhammad's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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