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Shinya Aoki in Rizin. They both fight WW. Make it happen Japanese Goof.
would love for him to get a bilingual "grappling xpert" gig for the UFCHoping to see Maia in some of the grappling only events we see on Fight Pass. Full time coaching might be a good avenue for him as well.
Aoki fights for One but I agree it should be Aoki.Shinya Aoki in Rizin. They both fight WW. Make it happen Japanese Goof.
That would be pretty awesome. Especially considering all the instructional videos he's done over his career. Already has a good chunk of experience breaking down BJJ for others .would love for him to get a bilingual "grappling xpert" gig for the UFC
He goneJacare
That's who I came to say.Jacare
CowboyWho would you like to see Maia take on in his farewell bout? I'd like to see him go out on a win but I'm not sure who would make sense for him to fight
These matchups would of been way better than Belal. Even someone like Court McGee whose a fellow long timer (11 year in the UFC) would of been more excitingMatt Brown, Jacare, Tony Ferguson, Diego
A final fight in Brasil against a reasonable opponent makes sense.Guys,
just so there are no misunderstandings. The only reason demian mentioned a bout with Nate diaz as his last bout, IF the UFC wanted it, it’s because Nate himself said in the post fight press conference he would like to fight Demian, and it was clearly out of respect, which is mutual.
now do I think it’ll happen, and the UFC would be interested?
No, I don’t. I think it’s extremely unlikely and had Diaz not manifested it, we would never had done it too.
Either way, Demian is going to be working as a cornerman on tbe 26th, and life goes on. It was a bad night, I know he could have performed better based on how he trained, but time comes to everyone. Even if another fight happen, it would be one more against someone with veteran status and that’s it. If it doesn’t happen, which is the more probable scenario, no hard feelings and life moves on for everybody. No reason for any shame, it was a great career.
mas for Aoki, ir never really occurred to us, and honestly Demian didn’t want to fight elsewhere as he sees himself as a UFC fighter and wanted to retire like that, hopefully moving to rhe HOF.
But as this was his last fight on his ufc contract, ir Rizin is interested they can talk to us and we will consider it like we would consider any offer that makes sense. However a scenario where Demian wants to fight anywhere else is not likely. He has a lot respect for the UFC…
Aoki is the obvious choice in One. Maia has one more fight on his UFC contract but Dana would release him.
Interesting. OK, sounds good. Aoki it is then!He does not have any fights on his ufc contract. Both he and Dana confirmed this.
Shinya Aoki in Rizin. They both fight WW. Make it happen Japanese Goof.