UFC 153 – Demian Maia vs. Rick Story announced for October 13th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
An interesting welterweight bout between former middleweight title contender, Demian Maia and hard-nosed wrestler, Rick Story has been announced for the UFC 153 card set for October 13th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The news was announced by Story himself who made a post via his twitter account. Verbal agreements are likely in place on both sides.
Maia made an impressive start to his career at 170 pounds, stopping Dong Hyun Kim in the very first minute at UFC 148. Prior to that he’d been defeated via unanimous decision by Chris Weidman on the UFC on FOX 2 card, prompting a drop to 170 pounds.
Story rebounded from back-to-back defeats inside the octagon to Charlie Brenneman and Martin Kampmann in 2011 when he defeated Brock Jardine via unanimous decision on the UFC on FX 4 card in June.
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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