A biography for Demian Maiahasn’t been written yet.
“I felt when I was hitting guys or going for a takedown at 185, sometimes it was like hitting a wall.”
“When I see wrestlers fight, they train a lot of boxing because they don't want to end up on bottom.”
“I think I've already won the most important titles in Brazilian jujitsu and grappling.”
“I don't like winning in a violent way.”
“My loss to Marquardt was just one of those things. I made a mistake and got caught. I think I had a lot more to offer in that fight, but he caught me before I had a chance to show it.”
“Everybody needs money, obviously, but that's far from being the most important thing in the world to me.”
“People always go to the ground with me trying to just hold me. They stall and wait for the referee to stand them back up so they can start it all over.”
“I want to show in a violent sport like our sport, you don't need to hurt anybody in order to win.”
“Any man can be defeated.”
“Chael is a pretty tough and strategic opponent and very hard to put down.”
“Fights are fights. It's a cliche, but it's true, you can never know how they'll go down for sure until you do it.”
“Grappling is my style.”
“When I started to strike a lot back in the days I lost a little bit my jiu-jitsu. It's normal.”
“A loss is horrible, and it's even worse in the UFC.”
“The striking game is always a lottery game, so I prefer to take the safe situation. Submission is the best for me. I'm the guy looking for it all the time.”
“Don't get me wrong - I love going to academy every day and training as hard as I can; I love to learn. But I have other plans. When you are in the UFC, you gotta save 80 percent of your time for that. I want to do other nice stuff, other things that give me pleasure also.”
“I have my principles. I'd rather die than change my principles.”
“Jiu-jitsu fighters usually have an advantage in longer fights even though MMA has breaks between rounds.”
“I had good teachers and I loved to compete in jiu-jitsu. I was doing good, a world champ, but I always knew I wanted to fight.”
“Everybody that I fight always avoids jiu-jitsu.”