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 won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Colby Covington at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Rafael dos Anjos at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale on 30th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Pearl at the Palms, Las Vegas.

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 beaten 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 defeated 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 was victorious against 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

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Demian Maia had been fighting more than Kamaru Usman.

Going to this contest, Kamaru Usman had last fought 3 years, 2 months and 5 days ago, while Demian Maia's last outing had been 2 years, 10 months and 6 days ago.

Usman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 23 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.6 rounds on average.

Maia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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