The Maynard-Diaz main-event for the UFC Fight Night™ Live on 01/11/2010 may not be a high-profile one but it is a very important fight under the lightweight division as to know who could have the bragging rights to have a possible match-up for lightweight champion BJ "Prodigy" Penn. As we all know, just recently, Penn demolished Diego Sanchez on their UFC 107 championship match. In addition, The Prodigy had already defeated three more top contenders in Joe Stevenson, Sean Sherk and Kenny Florian.
Gray Maynard’s nickname “The Bully” is a picture perfect way to describe his fighting style. With strength that would make Hercules jealous, Maynard bullies his opponents around the cage with his powerful wrestling base and overwhelming ground control.
Recently, the All-American wrestler has tightened up his boxing ability along with his submission defense, making “The Bully” even more difficult to deal with than before.
If there’s one thing that can be learned from this sport, it's that there is never a sure-thing for any fight. No matter how much a fighter is favored to win, anyone can be beat on any given night. It’s that type of unpredictability that makes MMA so much fun to watch.
It’s mind-boggling that everyone is looking past Nate Diaz in this fight. Diaz has already submitted Maynard before so he very well could do the same thing again. His long reach-advantage frustrated Maynard in the first fight; and while Maynard has developed his striking over the years, the long reach of Diaz will still be a problem for him in the octagon.
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