An injury to middleweight contender Vitor Belfort got Demian Maia the title shot he always wanted at UFC 112, in 2010, but what happened inside the Octagon is still remembered as one of the most bizarre fights in the history of the promotion.
Maia entered the championship fight with a 12-1 record with five of his six UFC wins coming by way of submission, but Anderson Silva was in a different level. Most fans didn’t see how Maia could dethrone the 185-pound king, and he did not after all. However, the five-round fight was different than anything anyone had ever seen before.