BloodyElbow<\/a>). \u201c2 AM, all lights turned on. All the security guards went down to evacuate people and things like that. When I stood up, there were some guys from that gang there and they saw me. I think it was a small town thing. The guy came at me to attack me, but not exactly attack me. He came to push me. No reason, man. They were very messy. They kind of ran the place.”<\/p>\nAccording to Demian Maia, he was upset with the push, but didn’t think much of it. The reason why he was upset was due to the fact that he was dealing with an injured knee and attempting to heal up.<\/p>\n
“I was upset because my knee wasn\u2019t getting better. I had hurt myself again in Sweden teaching class and stuff like that. When the guy came to put his hand on me, I threw an elbow at him. In his face,\u201d Maia said. But that elbow was so hard, he didn\u2019t fall over. He just imploded in the same place, you know. Do you know when a guy lands on his own leg? Yeah, man. He imploded. Man, by the time he fell, my first thought was, \u2018God, please help me. I hope I didn\u2019t kill this guy.\u2019 Because it was too strong and the guy blacked out right away. I thought, \u2018Imagine I killed this guy, I\u2019m going to be f\u2014ked, stuck in Sweden for the rest of my life.\u2019<\/p>\nImage Credit: UFC.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cF\u2014k, no one would want to know he came to assault me,\u201d Maia continued. \u201cIn the end, I would have killed the guy, Suddenly, I see a small guy coming up beside me quietly. All this I\u2019m talking about was in five or six seconds, I don\u2019t know. But very fast. The elbow, two punches. I walked backward, the guy came and hit me in the belly. This guy didn\u2019t hit me in the belly, he stabbed me. And I knew it right away. Why did I notice? Because these guys don\u2019t know how to fight, they\u2019re just making trouble. If the guy isn\u2019t a very good boxer who knows what to do, he\u2019ll never hit you in the belly. He\u2019ll hit the head. The guy will try to hurt you in the face. And as soon as it hit down here, I felt a knock and they ran away.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had this thing in my head, \u2018Can\u2019t get air, can\u2019t get air.\u2019 I knew that getting air could cause embolism, and I got this paranoia. I still didn\u2019t know if I was stabbed. I just felt the knock, but I was suspicious. When the guys ran away, I did it here. I looked over quickly and my shirt was soaked with blood,” Maia concluded.<\/p>\n
Demian Maia was rushed to the hospital and he didn’t sustain any life-threatening injuries. The Brazilian would continue his fighting career as he last fought back at UFC 263 in a decision loss to Belal Muhammad<\/a>. After the setback, the UFC agreed to part ways with the former title challenger<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhat do you make of Demian Maia being stabbed in a bar fight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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