By Guilherme Cruz

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Jiu-Jitsu black-belt, Demian Maia gave a lesson on the ground against his countryman Mário Miranda on UFC 118, but, despite having fit several positions, he could not get the submission. “I got there and I felt I have evolved a lot and I got to the positions I wanted to”, comments Demian.

On an exclusive interview given to TATAME, the fighter commented the win over Mário, on his recover after the loss to Anderson Silva in Abu Dhabi, and talked about the extra motivation of seeing his last tormentor on Mário’s corner. “With all due respect to Mário, but I was glad when I heard that Anderson would be on his corner because I knew I’d motivate me even more”, confess the fighter, who comment the rematch between Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva, which might happen on 2011. Click here to read the exclusive interview.