{"id":393705,"date":"2022-06-23T18:52:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T18:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=393705"},"modified":"2022-06-23T19:08:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:08:44","slug":"brazilian-grappling-legend-demain-maia-on-how-charles-oliveiras-offensive-ground-game-can-defeat-islam-makhachev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/brazilian-grappling-legend-demain-maia-on-how-charles-oliveiras-offensive-ground-game-can-defeat-islam-makhachev\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Grappling Legend Demian Maia on How Charles Oliveira&#8217;s Offensive Ground Game Can Defeat Islam Makhachev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former two-time UFC title challenger Demian Maia spoke on MMA Fighting\u2019s exclusive podcast and talked about a much-talked-about potential fight between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev. After Oliveira defeated Justin Gaethje via submission, it was clear to all that he was the best lightweight fighter on the planet by a significant margin.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s one name that\u2019s always brought up as his stiffest competition and It\u2019s none other than Islam Makhechev. Many believe the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Khabib Nurmagomedov has the acumen on the ground to shut down Charles Oliveira\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>However, Maia doesn\u2019t share this sentiment, and he is of the belief that Charles Oliveira\u2019s guard game is enough to overcome any adversity he may face from Islam Makhachev on the canvas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-393706 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/mak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/mak.jpg 721w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/mak-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/mak-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf there\u2019s a man to beat that type of fighter, it\u2019s Charles, because Charles has [a good] guard [game],\u201d<\/em> Maia said on this week\u2019s episode of MMA Fighting podcast\u00a0Troca\u00e7\u00e3o Franca.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou have to have [a good] guard to beat someone like that, enough guard to at least survive but also be offensive, to be dangerous there. Charles has that. Charles is a dangerous fight for that type of fighter. Not to mention he\u2019s dangerous as hell on the feet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/just-picture-looking-over-your-shoulder-and-seeing-me-there-robert-whittaker-pushes-back-against-israel-adesanyas-suggestion-for-a-move-up-to-the-205-pound-division\/\">\u2018Just Picture Looking Over Your Shoulder and Seeing Me There\u2019- Robert Whittaker Pushes Back Against Israel Adesanya\u2019s Suggestion for a Move Up to the 205-Pound Division<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Demian Maia mentioned how he used an aggressive approach on the ground against Olympic grappler Ben Askren when they fought in 2019. Demian Maia talked about timing your ground offense in the right way so as to ensure that your opponent doesn\u2019t have too much energy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vRt9C78N39g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of the same strategy when I fought Ben Askren. I was taken down and was working right away. You can go for a sweep or a submission during the takedown. Not that you can\u2019t be off your back, but you don\u2019t wanna be there early, when you opponent has too much energy to hold you and steal rounds.&#8221; [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/6\/22\/23177379\/demian-maia-charles-oliveira-dangerous-fight-islam-makhachev-khabib-nurmagomedov-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Islam Makhachev vs Charles Oliveira will be one of the biggest fights of the year on the merits of its stylistic intrigue. Both men have varied skill sets on the canvas and the fight will be electric in the stand-up department as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former two-time UFC title challenger Demian Maia spoke on MMA Fighting\u2019s exclusive podcast and talked about a much-talked-about potential fight between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev. After Oliveira defeated Justin Gaethje via submission, it was clear to all that he was the best lightweight fighter on the planet by a significant margin. However, there\u2019s one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":393707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}