{"id":388566,"date":"2021-06-23T07:07:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=388566"},"modified":"2021-06-23T07:08:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:08:59","slug":"demian-maia-praises-matt-brown-following-recent-rematch-callout-the-respect-is-mutual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/demian-maia-praises-matt-brown-following-recent-rematch-callout-the-respect-is-mutual\/","title":{"rendered":"Demian Maia praises Matt Brown following recent rematch callout: “The respect is mutual”"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC welterweight veteran Demian Maia praised Matt Brown following his recent callout for a rematch, suggesting that “the respect is mutual.”<\/p>\n

The 43-year-old Maia recently lost a unanimous decision to Belal Muhammad at UFC 263 and following the fight, UFC president Dana White hinted that could be the last time we see the legendary Brazilian inside the Octagon as Maia is one of the oldest fighters in the UFC and is on a two-fight losing skid. However, Maia has said that he wants to fight one more time before he hangs up his gloves for good, and he called out Nate Diaz for his final fight.<\/p>\n

Another fighter who called out Diaz is Brown, who recently knocked out Dhiego Lima at UFC Vegas 29 to snap a two-fight losing skid and bounce back into the win column. Brown said that he would be open to fighting either Diaz brother or potentially have rematches against Donald Cerrone, Robbie Lawler, or Maia for the final fight of his career. Maia and Brown previously met at UFC 198 and Maia won in the third-round by rear-naked choke. Five years later and Brown has called out Maia for the final fight of his own MMA career<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Taking to his social media<\/a> to respond to Brown, Maia praised his former foe and said that the respect is mutual, though he didn’t necessarily accept Brown’s proposal for the fight.<\/p>\n

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