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01-31-2012, 08:44 AM
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|  Demian’s strategy against Weidman was to use his BJJ, not striking
Demian’s strategy against Weidman was to use his BJJ, not striking Quote:
Boxing coach, Luiz Carlos Dorea, revealed it was not the game plan they had set for the bout.
“It wasn’t what we expected. We wanted him to use Boxing moves to try to take him down or bring him to the guard and use his Jiu-Jitsu. He focused a lot in Jiu-Jitsu on his trainings, but he kept fighting on his feet”, explains Dorea.
Frustrated on the stand-up, Demian tried to take his opponent down on the following rounds, but was not successful. “He couldn’t find the right distance to take him down and, when he tried, he was already tired. So it wasn’t like we were expecting it to go”, regrets.
At the end of the bout, the announcer Bruce Buffer also announced wrongly the scores, informed Demian had won on the judges’ score card. But not even that gave Demian hope of a possible win, on a split decision.
“We knew he had loss because it was even on the stand-up, but the takedowns made the difference. The guy took him down in every round, always in the end, and he worked on that. he used the rules in his favor”, says.
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01-31-2012, 08:47 AM
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Thats funny, it seemed to me his strategy was to get tired quickly after formulating zero offense.
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01-31-2012, 09:35 AM
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if JJ was the plan why did maia immediately scramble to get back up after the takedowns? why didnt he just work his guard
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01-31-2012, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by disposableassassin  if JJ was the plan why did maia immediately scramble to get back up after the takedowns? why didnt he just work his guard | Because jj was "their" plan but it wasn't Demian's plan.
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01-31-2012, 10:21 AM
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You kind of have to feel for Maia, Weidman, Bisping and Sonnen when it comes to their preformances on Saturday. Each guy was training, or in Weidman's case not training, for a completely different fighter then they ended up facing. 11 days before your fight and you have to throw out 3 months worth of game planning is not an envous position for anyone.
Maia needs to get back this BJJ roots though and go back to the guy that took people down, choked them out and sent them packing.
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