{"id":72654,"date":"2013-10-31T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=72654"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:37:49","slug":"erick-silva-calls-out-fellow-brazilian-demian-maia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/erick-silva-calls-out-fellow-brazilian-demian-maia\/","title":{"rendered":"Erick Silva Calls Out Fellow Brazilian Demian Maia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xerick-silva-confused.jpg.speedilic.ic_.maQXpcXfFH.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39857\" title=\"390x270xerick-silva-confused.jpg.speedilic.ic.maQXpcXfFH\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xerick-silva-confused.jpg.speedilic.ic_.maQXpcXfFH.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xerick-silva-confused.jpg.speedilic.ic_.maQXpcXfFH.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xerick-silva-confused.jpg.speedilic.ic_.maQXpcXfFH-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/390x270xerick-silva-confused.jpg.speedilic.ic_.maQXpcXfFH-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rising UFC welterweight Erick Silva is trying to take a move out of Chael Sonnen&#8217;s playbook and has called out a Brazilian fighter in the form of Demian Maia.<\/p>\n<p>If booked the UFC&#8217;s welterweight division will be poised for a barn burner fit to headline or co-headline any Fight Night type event.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Brazilian took to twitter to announce his aspirations to take on his fellow countryman and one of his divisions top athletes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">E ai <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/demianmaia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@demianmaia<\/a> o q acha, d voltar as vit\u00f3rias em cima d um cara ruim de ch\u00e3o e horr\u00edvel nas defesas de quedas com eu?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erick \u201cA Fierce Tiger\u201d Silva (@ErickSilvaMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErickSilvaMMA\/status\/395884368407060480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Translated: <em>Demian, what do you think of getting back to the wins vs. a guy with a bad ground game and terrible takedown defense like me?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Erick Silva is coming off of a KO loss at the very &#8216;brick-like&#8217; hands of Korean import,Dong Hyun Kim. While Demian Maia just notched his first loss at welterweight at the hands of Jake Shields on the same night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Rising UFC welterweight Erick Silva is trying to take a move out of Chael Sonnen&#8217;s playbook and has called out a Brazilian fighter in the form of Demian Maia. If booked the UFC&#8217;s welterweight division will be poised for a barn burner fit to headline or co-headline any Fight Night type event. 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