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Originally Posted by Chiron
MacDonald vs Maia, imo, was fight of the night. That was everything a ground match should be. MacDonald did pretty well considering Maia is so versed on the ground, but Maia really pulled it out in the end. I'd like to see them fight again.
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I enjoyed that fight very much. I'm still puzzled by why MacDonald would take it to the ground when he has an 8" reach advantage.
Sidenote: I've gone to the same bar to watch UFC since #66 (Dec 2006). Back then, the crowd was 95% men, 5% women. Last night it was 60-40. I only noticed this when Maia came out: all around the room, guys were pointing at the screen and explaining to their girlfriends who Wanderlei was.
Snippet of Fitch post fight press conference on the UFC site:
Reporter:
"Jon, do you think you hurt him at all?"
Fitch (ruefully):
"I hope. God I hope so, I was trying..."