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As the title suggests, do you think the Maia we saw yesterday would be able to beat Anderson back when they fought?
His wrestling has improved by leaps and bounds since then and he's been able to dominate very competent grapplers (Nelson for example). Anderson in his prime is ofc a special case, he was untouchable, and MW is also a factor to take into consideration. But Sonnen showed that Anderson could be controlled on the ground back then, and I think Maia, with his improved TDs would have fared much better than he originally did and potentially have won against Anderson via submission.
What do you think?
His wrestling has improved by leaps and bounds since then and he's been able to dominate very competent grapplers (Nelson for example). Anderson in his prime is ofc a special case, he was untouchable, and MW is also a factor to take into consideration. But Sonnen showed that Anderson could be controlled on the ground back then, and I think Maia, with his improved TDs would have fared much better than he originally did and potentially have won against Anderson via submission.
What do you think?