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Post by ChrisAsbrockFTI on Jul 8, 2013 11:36:49 GMT -5
With the 6 year title reign now over, is Anderson Silva the greatest fighter of all time?
Late in the first round, he had Chris Weidman frustrated and it continued into the second round, until he got caught by a left hook and dropped.
What are your thoughts on Silva? Is he the greatest ever?
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Post by showtopp12 on Jul 8, 2013 17:34:56 GMT -5
I very rarely ever watched UFC. Only reason I ever watched it was to watch Brock Lesnar. But while watching Lesnar for that time, I was able to see multiple Silva fights and he was a BAD dude. I have no idea how people were in this sport years and years ago, but from what I saw in my limited viewing, he was definitely the best.... besides Brock Lesnar #TheBeast #NextBigThing #HereComesThePain #PaulHeymanGuy
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Post by cerebralassassin on Jul 9, 2013 15:15:31 GMT -5
Anderson Silvia, was so good that the only person that could have beat him was himself. If he would have just fought instead of trying to "play" around with every oppenent then his matches would have rather lasted longer than 2 rounds. I would say that Anderson was getting "bored" with the talent in his weight class. No offense to the earilier post but brock Lesner wasn't much of an MMA fighter. He was big, he was strong, but he didn't have the flexability or the mental strength to be sucessfully in the UFC. Yes he was the champ, but that was in a weak heavy weight division. He lost to Frank Mir by submission and Cain Velazquez by decision. If Brock would have been able to gain the submission game, I think he would have been unstoppable, but he didn't have enough knowledge to escape some basic submission moves. Now back to Anderson Silvia, no other champion held the belt longer and had more title defenses while they were champ. I think his timing was nice, because at the time he was champion the talent pool was pretty shallow, and some great fighters on the tale end of their careers but nonetheless he defended his title and dominated his weight class. I really like Jon Jones. I think Jon Jones has the opprotunity to be the best MMA fighter of all time. That kid has great striking and submission moves.
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Post by ChrisAsbrockFTI on Jul 10, 2013 8:25:27 GMT -5
I would definitely agree with that. Silva is in a totally different class than Brock Lesnar. I was a fan of Lesnar but, as you stated, he wasn't that good of an MMA fighter.
That was Brock's biggest problem was his submission game. The guy was a beast of a wrestler but couldn't translate the ground domination to submissions.
I think Jon Jones is a better all around fighter than Silva. I would love to see that superfight happen, but I know that is a pipe dream. Jones's striking is up there with Silva's but his submission game is def better.
If Jones continues to kick ass like he is, he will surpass Silva as the greatest.
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