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 9 years, at 37 years old.

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

Demian Maia had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against 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.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC Fight Night 129 on 19th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile.

Before that, he had been beaten by Colby Covington at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He had been defeated by Tyron Woodley at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Activity check

Usman's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Maia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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