Event – UFC 102
Fight taking place in – Portland
Date – August 29th
Middleweight top 5 contenders Demain Maia and Nate Marquardt sign for UFC 102 battle which could determine the next title shot against Anderson Silva.
Maia is a very impressive 11 and 0, 5 without lose in the UFC, he has defeated –
Ryan Jensen
Ed Herman
Jason MacDonald
Nate Quarry
Chael Sonnen at UFC 95
Marquardt 31-8-2 already a well known name at middleweight in the UFC and has already lost to current belt holder Anderson Silva record includes recent wins over -
Wilson Gouveia at UFC 95 and Martin Kampmann at UFC 88.
This fight will be a true test for Maia who is a true submission specialist against Nate Marquardt who is well rounded and has won his last fight by TKO. This is hard to call but think Maia has a real ground game and took take down Marquardt and make him tap quick. Submission specialists are definitely having a hot winning spell in the middleweight, ignore the last title fight as it will only get me started lol 
Anyways be a great fight and if Anderson Silva does make a full time step upto light heavyweight could prove to be the next champion.
Danny Denhard
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