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On July 29, in the co-main event of the stacked UFC 214, Demian Maia will challenge Tyron Woodley<\/a> for the UFC welterweight crown. Though this is an undeniably massive fight for the Brazilian grappling specialist, he’s determined not to think of it as the biggest fight of his life \u2013 he learned not to do that in his first UFC title fight: a 2010 middleweight battle with Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n

Maia explained this thought process on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s about awareness and be conscious that it\u2019s just another fight and not see it as the biggest fight of my life. I really need to believe that,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I fought Anderson (Silva), I was like, \u2018This is the biggest fight of my life, and this is going to happen.\u2019 You\u2019re dreaming too much about the future, the tomorrow. Fighting Tyron I need to know that it doesn\u2019t matter what happens after this. I am living in this fight, just another fight and I feeling that, not just saying it. It\u2019s important. I am a much better wrestler, striker and I am much better in control of my feelings. I am much better overall.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe things that I learned with my time is that you don\u2019t put this kind of pressure, it\u2019s unreal pressure. Like, it doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s the last chance or not,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just another fight. I could’ve fought Tyron a couple of years ago, and now I am fighting him for the title. In my mind, it\u2019s just another fight. I need to go in there and win against a really tough opponent. If I put that in my mind that I got to win it will be pressure that can put me of track.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What do you think of these comments from Demian Maia?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/18\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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