Why does Colby not get any praise for beating Maia?

Demian Maia tends to lay an egg now and then.
 
Maia got old after Woodley beat him apparently.

That’s what they say at least.

he was old before that too. but none of the other guys he beat could take advantage of his shitty cardio terrible striking.

not even Colby could take advantage of his terrible striking until Maia eventually gassed himself.

that's the state of MMA, where a guy who is basically Royce Gracie 2.0 fought for the title in 2017.
 
Because it was a striking battle and he almost lost. After Maia looked awful vs Woodley and really bad vs Masvidal.

To be fair, Weidman dominated Maia on the ground years ago and never got any real praise for it.
 
Because it was a striking battle and he almost lost. After Maia looked awful vs Woodley and really bad vs Masvidal.

To be fair, Weidman dominated Maia on the ground years ago and never got any real praise for it.
So 30-26 striking battle means he almost lost?
 
Yeah, he had an even match on the feet with him in the first round, but after that it was all him. Not to mention that it was two grapplers striking, of course it was going to be ugly and evenly matched there.

Maia was supposed to be a mythical beast that was destroying everybody (minus Masvidal, clear win, but not a destruction) and was long overduenfor a title shot, but somehow he's not an impressive win for Colby? Give me a break.

Hate the guy all you want for being a goofy cunt, but at least give credit where it's due.
Haters just trying to discredit Colby anyway.

When RDA loses they’ll say he was over rated or too small and should’ve stayed at LW.
 
So 30-26 striking battle means he almost lost?

Maybe the cards didn't reflect it, but he was bloodied up and gassed, which is very unusual. He does LNP and wrestling for three rounds usually and seems fine vs Maia he's in a striking battle against a famously bad striker and he looks like one shot will finish him, which it would vs Woodley or RDA.

He won the fight, but he didn't look impressive vs Maia and Maia has looked bad his last few fights.
 
Because he talked an insane amount of shit about stopping him in Brazil and for the first round he got outboxed by one of the most one dimensional fighters ever
 
He got an interim title fight out of it. What more praise do you want TS?

But lets be honest here. Maia went on an epic run through WW just to get a title shot. 7 fight win streak including killers like Condit, Brown, Masvidal, Gunner, Magney. Then he had a hard fought 5 round loss to the champ Woodley.

Then he fought Colby. And touched him up in the 1st round.

Colby beat an old, worn out Maia and was gifted an interim title shot.

Why didn't Colby have to run the gauntlet through the division like Maia? Thats the real question.
 
The welterweight division is a mess right now. I still can’t believe Rory went to Bellator. He must have seriously been questioning his ability to rise to the top and become the champion. Because there is no way he is making that much more money over there. Crazy that he left.
 
Because he talked an insane amount of shit about stopping him in Brazil and for the first round he got outboxed by one of the most one dimensional fighters ever
How did he get outboxed when he outlanded him the whole first round and every judge gave the round to him?

Lmfao, Colby haters are such bitter and dumb people.
 
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