Remember when Demian Maia first entered the UFC's middleweight division? How could you forget. He submitted the first five men that the company locked him in the cage with. The crafty Brazilian even took home four submission of the night bonus checks for his work. Sprinkle in four losses and four decision victories later and you have a fighter who would look to get back to his roots in a different weight class. photo credit - AP After Maia's welterweight debut this past summer it was tough to really judge how Demian would fare in his new weight class. His opponent would succumb to a rib injury less than a minute into the bout and Maia would get his hand raised for just showing up. Last night in Brazil, Maia would face a tough test in Rick "The Horror" Story, an accomplished striker who would've loved nothing more than to spoil the jiu-jitsu wizard's homecoming. So how did Maia fair in his first fight on Brazilian since 2006? Let's just say that the 170 ...
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