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.

Belal Muhammad marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

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

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 47 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 9 more professional rounds, 93 to Muhammad's 84.

Maia vs Muhammad form

Demian Maia had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

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

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had beaten Jorge Masvidal at UFC 211 on 13th May 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

Activity check

Maia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Muhammad's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 3 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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