Is Anderson Silva Too Dominant to Bother With Demian Maia?
Dave Meltzer documents some of the notable facts about Silva’s reign as UFC middleweight champ: When Silva faces Maia, he will be going for the all-time record for title defenses in a single reign, and to extend his all-time UFC record winning streak, currently at 10 fights, nine of which have been via stoppage. He would already have the former record, but a win over Travis Lutter in 2007 that was scheduled as a title defense ended up as a non-title match when Lutter didn’t make weight. The next records he’d be gunning for would be most wins in championship matches for a career, and the longest time for a career as champion inclusive of all reigns. A win on April 10 would be his seventh in a title match, with the record being nine held by Randy Couture and Matt Hughes. With almost 42 months as champion, he’s still more than a year shy of Couture’s career record of 58 months as champion in five different title reigns. Silva, 34, has never lost in UFC competition. However, his quality of
