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No-shows Abu Dhabi defeat
Mayes lost to Shamil Gaziev via unanimous decision (27-30, 27-30, 27-30) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.
ANALYSIS
We've seen some lousy efforts from Mayes over the years, but this was unquestionably one of the worst. A one-dimensional brawler with zero means of generating secondary offense, Mayes spent nearly 12 minutes (11:58) of this fight being controlled by Gaziev on the mat. He was either unable or unwilling to do what was necessary to work his way back to his feet, and he lost a lopsided unanimous decision as a result. The very definition of roster depth, Mayes is just 4-5 (1NC) in 10 UFC bouts despite the fact he has been fighting low-level competition his entire run.
We've seen some lousy efforts from Mayes over the years, but this was unquestionably one of the worst. A one-dimensional brawler with zero means of generating secondary offense, Mayes spent nearly 12 minutes (11:58) of this fight being controlled by Gaziev on the mat. He was either unable or unwilling to do what was necessary to work his way back to his feet, and he lost a lopsided unanimous decision as a result. The very definition of roster depth, Mayes is just 4-5 (1NC) in 10 UFC bouts despite the fact he has been fighting low-level competition his entire run.
Scheduled against Gaziev
Mayes is scheduled to compete against Shamil Gaziev in a heavyweight fight at UFC Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3, per Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl.
ANALYSIS
A month from now, Mayes will look to build a winning streak by defeating Gaziev. He got back in the win column by defeating Caio Machado via unanimous decision at UFC on ESPN 55.
A month from now, Mayes will look to build a winning streak by defeating Gaziev. He got back in the win column by defeating Caio Machado via unanimous decision at UFC on ESPN 55.
Gets right back in win column
Mayes defeated Caio Machado via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) at UFC on ESPN 55 on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
This was viewed as close to a pick 'em when the fight went off, and it played out that way inside the Octagon. The truth of the matter is if these two men fought ten times, both are likely to win five. Mayes has always had questionable cardio, and it showed here. He basically took the third round off, but the judges felt he did enough good work over the first ten minutes, including a Round 1 knockdown, to earn the decision. Now 32 years of age and having alternated wins and losses in his past four fights, "Lord Kong" is the very definition of roster depth.
This was viewed as close to a pick 'em when the fight went off, and it played out that way inside the Octagon. The truth of the matter is if these two men fought ten times, both are likely to win five. Mayes has always had questionable cardio, and it showed here. He basically took the third round off, but the judges felt he did enough good work over the first ten minutes, including a Round 1 knockdown, to earn the decision. Now 32 years of age and having alternated wins and losses in his past four fights, "Lord Kong" is the very definition of roster depth.
Machado up next
Mayes is scheduled to compete against Caio Machado in a heavyweight fight at the UFC's April 27 event, per Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl.
ANALYSIS
Mayes will look to establish some better consistency across 2024. During 2023, he defeated former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski via second-round TKO but also suffered decision losses to both non-champions Augusto Sakai and Rodrigo Nascimento.
Mayes will look to establish some better consistency across 2024. During 2023, he defeated former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski via second-round TKO but also suffered decision losses to both non-champions Augusto Sakai and Rodrigo Nascimento.
Inconsistent ways continue
Mayes lost to Rodrigo Nascimento via unanimous decision (27-30, 28-29, 28-29) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
ANALYSIS
It was another lousy effort from Mayes, although better than his May 2020 fight against Nascimento in which he was submitted in Round 2. Don'Tale had real difficulty getting out of the starting blocks here, generating virtually no offense until Round 3. A good portion of that appeared to be the result of Nascimento tiring. There simply wasn't enough volume from Mayes over the course of the first ten minutes for him to have any chance of winning a decision. The very definition of roster depth, "Lord Kong" drops to 3-4 (1NC) in his first eight UFC bouts.
It was another lousy effort from Mayes, although better than his May 2020 fight against Nascimento in which he was submitted in Round 2. Don'Tale had real difficulty getting out of the starting blocks here, generating virtually no offense until Round 3. A good portion of that appeared to be the result of Nascimento tiring. There simply wasn't enough volume from Mayes over the course of the first ten minutes for him to have any chance of winning a decision. The very definition of roster depth, "Lord Kong" drops to 3-4 (1NC) in his first eight UFC bouts.