102 Quotes by Demian Maia

I know my jiu-jitsu is good enough to beat the best guys in the world.

Things can change quickly in the UFC. I lost to Nate Marquardt in my first loss as a middleweight and then I defeated Dan Miller and fought for the title against Anderson Silva.

I'm a name that can be as a co-main event or a main event and people want to see.

Marketing is everything.

I know you can't lose concentration when you get in range, otherwise you'll get caught with something.

I've been in this position before when you never lose, when your record is clear, people are avoiding you.

I think that people believe in lies and they repeat the lies so many times that the people start to believe, 'ah, Demian is not fighting for the title because he doesn't sell.'

I don't like winning in a violent way.

When I watched the first fight between Woodley and Thompson, and I want to make clear that I really admire both guys, for me the fight was really boring at UFC 205 because nobody pulled the trigger for three rounds. The fourth round there was a scramble and that was really exciting, but then the fifth round was so-so again.