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Maia is good, but I don't think he will win any big fights anymore, Shields passed his guard and even out grappled him without problem.
Shields never passed his guard, he just kept advancing to half guard and getting back to guard to ride time on top. Watch the fight again,
Demian on the other hand took him down 3 or 4 times, got his back and defended several takedowns.
To Jake's credit (who is an amazing grappler) he had two very good reversals with Demian on his back, or getting there, and Demian had trouble reversing him. But that had also a lot to do with Jake playing safe from top, and Demian trying to get to better positions like taking his back, which he did briefly.