Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos FORTALEZA, Brazil – UFC welterweight Demian Maia knows he dodged a bullet when former 170-pound champ Georges St-Pierre chose to return to the octagon as a middleweight. “I’m glad they didn’t set up his fight in my weight category,” Maia (24-6 MMA, 18-6 UFC) told MMAjunkie after the Friday weigh-ins for this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 106. In an unexpected twist, St-Pierre (25-2 MMA, 19-2 UFC) is fighting 185-pound champ Michael Bisping (30-7 MMA, 20-7 UFC) later this year after what will be nearly four years of semi-retirement. Had St-Pierre decided to return to his native division, Maia would have been shoved further back in the line
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UFC 211′s Demian Maia thankful Georges St-Pierre is returning at middleweight – MMA Junkie