Maia's sloppy standup leads to one-punch KO by Marquardt

Demian Maia's jiu-jitsu is world class but that's where it ends as far as "world class" mixed martial arts for the Brazilian. He found out what it's like to face a well-rounded fighter with 38 fights under his belt. During a short feeling out process, Maia threw two leg kicks then he tried a flying left knee and kept his chin exposed. Nate Marquardt unloaded a huge right. Maia spun around in the air and fell face first onto the ground. Marquardt jumped into to throw a few more shots on the grounded Maia (10-1, 5-1 UFC) but pulled his punch forcing referee Dave Hagan to step in and stop the fight at 0:21 of the first round.
On any other night, Marquardt would be due a fat check for Knockout of the Night. Unfortunately Todd Duffee recorded the fastest knockout in UFC history (seven seconds) earlier in the evening.
Marquardt (29-8-2) thanked god and the fans at the start of his conversation with UFC announcer Joe Rogan. Then he turned his attention to UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva.
"I want that belt and I don't know who's going to get the next shot, but if you want someone who's going to kick Anderson Silva's butt, you're going to have to give that shot to me"
The crowd roared and when a shot of Silva went up on the big screen, he smiled and nodded, as if to say, "bring it on tough guy!"
Silva crushed Marquardt over two years ago back at UFC 73. Since then Marquardt has reeled off four wins in fight fights.