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Demian Maia added to his resume as the winningest Brazilian fighter in UFC history on Saturday when he defeated Lyman Good at UFC on ESPN+ 2.
Maia (26-9 MMA, 20-9 UFC) snapped his three-fight losing skid and joined the elusive 20-win UFC club when he beat Good (20-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) by first-round submission in their welterweight bout, which streamed on ESPN+ from Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Brazil.
Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Maia’s victory over Good at UFC on ESPN+ 2.
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The winningest Brazilian fighter in UFC history fights next at #UFCFortaleza. @DemianMaia tries to snap his 3-fight skid and go for UFC win No. 20 next against @LymanGoodMMA.
Full play-by-play: https://t.co/7L2iMV8YaK pic.twitter.com/3KmfmidwFp
— MMAjunkie (@MMAjunkie) February 3, 2019
#UFConESPN+ 2 Closing Betting Odds: Demian Maia (-200) vs. Lyman Good (+170) #UFCFightNight144 #UFCFortaleza @espn+ @ufc @BrendanFitzTV @bisping @MMAOddsBreaker
— Nick Kalikas (@FightOdds) February 3, 2019
Maia backs Good near the fence and takes him down. Good springs back up but Maia takes him right back down #UFCFortaleza
— Sherdog by Mandatory (@sherdogdotcom) February 3, 2019
One minute in and we already know the desired rematch with Ben Askren is not a good thing as of now for Lyman Good.
— Matheus Aquino (@MatheusDCAquino) February 3, 2019
Maia is doing what he does in a very textbook type of way right now, and that is a very scary thing for Good.
— Heidi Fang (@HeidiFang) February 3, 2019
Maia is all over Good, like a spider-monkey. #UFCFortaleza pic.twitter.com/NWVp5XcowV
— The Mane Event (@EliasTheodorou) February 3, 2019
Aaaaaaand Demian Maia gets the tap. Wow.
— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) February 3, 2019
MAIA!!!! The O.G Human Jansport!!! #UFCFortaleza
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) February 3, 2019
Dang… @demianmaia made that look easy. And I’ve trained with Lyman… He’s a strong dude! #UFCFortaleza
— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) February 3, 2019
Damien Maia is a living legend
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) February 3, 2019
Maia strangles yet another fighter. #UFCfotaleza pic.twitter.com/0eYwPqaNWw
— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) February 3, 2019
Jiu Jitsu!! Congrats to the master @demianmaia! https://t.co/9A1V3fjoLv
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) February 3, 2019
Ageless backpack #UFCForaleza
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) February 3, 2019
Damn Maia is a beast
— David Michaud (@bulldawgUFC) February 3, 2019
Yay!! Damien Maia! Oliveira!! Jiujitsu! Jiujitsu!! #bjj #ufc
— Roxanne Modafferi (@Roxyfighter) February 3, 2019
MOST WINS IN UFC HISTORY
22 – Donald Cerrone
20 – Demian Maia
20 – Michael Bisping
20 – Georges St-Pierre #UFCFortaleza— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) February 3, 2019
MOST SUBMISSIONS IN UFC HISTORY (updated)
13 – Charles Oliveira
10 – Demian Maia
10 – Royce Gracie #UFCFortaleza— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) February 3, 2019
This was Demian Maia’s EIGHTH rear naked choke victory in the UFC, passing Kenny Florian for most RNCs in UFC history. #UFCFortaleza
— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) February 3, 2019
#UFCFortaleza results: @DemianMaia def. Lyman Good via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:38
Full play-by-play: https://t.co/A0COINsf1Z pic.twitter.com/AZInfIeKQk
— MMAjunkie (@MMAjunkie) February 3, 2019
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