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Earlier this month, on the main card of UFC 211, Jorge Masvidal<\/a> took on Demian Maia<\/a> in a contest that was widely perceived as a welterweight number one contender fight. Despite some big moments on the feet, Masvidal became the latest casualty of Maia’s incredible grappling skill,<\/a> surrendering four takedowns and giving up almost eight minutes of control time on the mat. He lost a split decision as a result.<\/p>\n

On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>, Masvidal recounted this bout with Maia, and explained what surprised him most about the grappling star. Apparently, he was caught off guard by the Brazilian’s sheer strength, and by his innovative use of half guard.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe strength level surprised me,\u201d Masvidal explained. \u201cHe\u2019s strong, definitely the strongest guy I\u2019ve been in the cage with, and his half guard is really a class like I\u2019ve never seen. I\u2019ve rolled with multiple Mundial champions and ADCC champions, and his half guard is unique. Like, when you\u2019re in his half guard, you feel threatened the whole time like you don\u2019t ever feel threatened with many people in grappling. And that\u2019s not just MMA; I\u2019m talking about straight grapplers, good guys on the ground who come from that same background that I roll with on the regular.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is unique. Very, very tailored to MMA, being active, aggressively sweeping. So it was a treat. I actually learned a couple things from it that I could use myself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Masvidal also explained that he feels he has quite a bit to work on after being held down by Maia for so long.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m the type of guy that if I get held down for 10 seconds in practice, I f*cking go crazy. Later on, I\u2019m thinking about it still. I still have to deal with that, that this guy was able to do it for a lot longer than 10 seconds in a fight. I\u2019ve got to fix those holes and stuff.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What did you think of Jorge Masvidal and Demian Maia’s UFC 211 fight?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/22\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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