Maia vs Shields

How will this one go down?

who is a better grappler in mma?

Very very interesting match up. I think great defence/who has the best offence from his back, is going to be huge IMHO.

Both Wold class, both proven in the cage, lets see Viviano.

For the love of god, PLEASE DONT LET THIS BE A 3 ROUND STRIKING MATCH

Shields.

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Originally Posted by tom carbone

for the love of god, please dont let this be a 3 round striking match

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^this^

I really hope Maia takes it. He used to be so dominant with his guard in his first few UFC fights

I have Maia 2.0 winning this. His game has looked waaaaaay better than Jake's in their recent fights. That said, Jake could work on his "neutralization" game and make this a boring ass sloppy slapboxing/haymaker fight. I pick Maia by decision via dominant grappling.

Maia by way of his patented "Jon Fitch's Punching Backback"

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Originally Posted by Tom Carbone

For the love of god, PLEASE DONT LET THIS BE A 3 ROUND STRIKING MATCH

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Amen!! Hahaha

I hope shields surprises everyone and uses his trademark "American Jiu Jistu" on Mr Maia. But dont get me wrong, im a huge fan of both fighters!

Super excited for this fight! :)