UFC 102 TIME FOR MAIA TO EARN HIS TITLE SHOT

Ya, the guy is 10-0, he has submitted 8 of 10 opponents, and has fought some tough competition but I am tired of the talk of a title shot for Demian Maia. Chael Sonnen is the only Top 10 ranked opponent he has beaten and before that fight nobody was talking title shot for Sonnen. Maia has a deadly ground game, possibly the best submissions in MMA right now but has yet to earn a title shot in my eyes. That could all change in August at UFC 102 when he is set to square off against Nate Marquardt. To me, Marquardt is one of the few middleweights that has a realistic shot at beating Silva, though he has already lost to the Spider once. Marquardt has everything, power, good stand up, good take downs and an under-rated ground game. My money is on Nate for this fight but if Maia can beat him then he will finally be deserving of that title shot that everybody thinks he has already earned.