Middleweight bout: Chris Weidman defeated Demian Maia via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28). (Note that the scores were originally announced as “Chris Weidman defeated Demian Maia via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)”.
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Maia and Weidman came out looking to strike. I thought Maia was edging Weidman out in the 1st two rounds. Despite Weidman coming in on short notice and having a difficult weight cut, Maia gassed even hard than Weidman in the 3rd and Weidman started to get the advantage with strikes. Weidman did manage to get a few take downs, but could not hold Maia down. Maia took some really sloppy shots towards the end of the fight.
R:3 A:3 S:2 T:3-