Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te anga atu a Ryan LaFlare ki tētahi o ngā wero tino uaua o tana mahi kāore anō kia hinga i a ia e aro atu ana ki te kaiwhakaako Jiu-Jitsu o Pirihimana i whakawhiwhia ki te tohu o te Octagon i Demian Maia. I whakamātauria e Maia ki a Rory MacDonald i te tau kua hipa, i te wā ka riro i a ia te mana mai i runga, kāore he ara atu. Engari ahakoa e mōhio ana te New Yorker La Flare ki te whakamātautau pakeke kei mua, e whakapono ana ia ka mau tonu tana painga i roto i nga tari patu me te whawhai. Kei te tumanako a Ryan LaFlare kia 12 mai i te 12 ina whawhai ia ki a Demian Maia i te UFC Fight Night 62. Ka wero a LaFlare i tana hoa tauwhainga a John Howard i a raua whawhai i te UFC Fight Night 39 i Abu Dhabi. Ko te toa toa a Maia (maui), e whakaahuatia ana e whawhai ana ki a Alexander Yakovlev, he tino riri ki te rekoata a LaFlare. 'Ko te tangata ko tetahi o nga tangata runga i roto i te ao, e mohio ana koe, o te akoranga he pai ia,' ka mea ia Sportsmail. 'He pai ake noa iho ahau. Ki taku whakaaro he iti ake pea te tikanga o tana patu ki ahau. 'Ki taku whakaaro he iti ake te ahua o te ahua, i waho o te pouaka ki a ia, a ki taku whakaaro he mea ka taea e au te whakamahi. Ko te nuinga o tana mekemeke he tino taketake, a kua mekemeke ahau i toku oranga katoa, na ko tetahi atu mea ka taea e au te whakamahi. ' I te mea kua tata ki te kotahi tau e kore ana e mahi i muri i tana whiu i te mate wheua i te marama o Akuhata kua hipa, kei te ripoata a Maia i tetahi pire hauora ma i mua o te whakataetae me te tohunga tuku e rapu ana ki te whakamiharo i ona hoa whenua i Rio. 'He tino whakapehapeha ahau ki te hoki mai ki Brazil,' i kii ia. 'Kei te tino harikoa ahau ki te whai wāhitanga kua hoatu e te UFC ki ahau, ki te whawhai i tētahi kaupapa matua i konei i Rio de Janeiro, he taone e arohaina ana e au - ina koa i te hokinga mai i tētahi whara. Kei te 100 ōrau ahau ināianei, he kaha ake taku kaha i taku i ōku puni o mua.' Ka tū a Maia i te wā o te UFC Fight Night i Maracanazinho i te ata o te Paraire. A, no te mea ko te rekoata 11-0 a LaFlare, tae atu ki nga wikitoria e wha i raro i te haki UFC, e mohio ana a Maia me tino pai ia ki te tuku i te koha tuatahi ki te rekoata ma o Amerika....
Kāore anō a Ryan La Flare kia whawhai ki tētahi i te taumata o Demian Maia. Ko te Brazil tētahi o ngā kaiwhakaako jiu jitsu tino whakahonoretia ki te whakahonore i te Octagon. Engari e whakapono ana a LeFlare kei a ia te painga i roto i nga tari whawhai me nga tari patu. Kei te whai a Maia ki te whakamutu i te kore whiu a LaFlare mā te whakaoti i mua i ōna hoa whenua. Kei te hiahia a Josh Koscheck ki te wikitoria ki te kaitākaro whakamiharo a Erik i te whakataetae matua tahi.