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Originally Published 6 months ago Anderson Silva to Move Up to Heavyweight ?
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By SI.com Josh Gross -
Anderson Silva wants big-money event fights. And he's willing to work at heavyweight to make sure they happen.
Prior to Silva's flooring Forrest Griffin earlier this month in Philadelphia, SI.com confirmed that Silva's representatives had spoken with Zuffa about the heralded UFC middleweight champion moving up to heavyweight for the first time in his career.
Not only that, they already had an opponent in mind: Frank Mir.
Disinterested by middleweight contenders Nathan Marquardt, Demian Maia and Dan Henderson, and unwilling to fight close friend Lyoto Machida at light heavyweight -- where Silva could conceivably knock off challengers and make a disaster out of the UFC's marquee division -- "The Spider" needs new, challenging scenarios to stay motivated. A move to heavyweight would certainly achieve that, and according to Silva's manager Ed Soares, the UFC was receptive to the idea.
It would indeed be impressive for a former world champion at 167 pounds to climb all the way to heavyweight, where blockbusters against Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, or, dare we say it, Brock Lesnar, a fight Silva would accept if the money is right, could materialize.
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in light of not underestimating GSP's stand up striking I would like to point out that GSP is a "rush in" type of fighter. Hence the name "Rush". But anyways, what that would get him against Anderson Silva is a quick track to being knocked out. Like it or not, there are certain fighters that you just can't rush in on. I'll give you another person who I believe GSP would lose to if he kept the "rush" game plan. Mike Brown, he's always composed, never throws wild shots, and is just powerful, and wait... dont forget that he is 145 but dropped from 165, so he could put on the weight. GSP is a great fighter and so is Anderson Silva. I want to see Silva fight Some of the better light heavyweights though. Mir is going to destroy Silva if they fight. Not gonna be a pretty picture.
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6 months ago
anderson silva has lost his killer instinct. we saw a little bit of it come back against forrest griffin, but not enough to face frank mir. in mir's second fight against lesnar, he looked amazing. great strikes (much faster and herder than those that KO'd nogueira), and great ground game. the problem there: lesnar is too fast, too strong, and like it or not, too good at real wrestling.
anderson silva vs brock lesnar... silva wins
anderson silva vs frank mir... mir wins
also, everybody says gsp cant stand and fight against silva. they said that about his last few fights, most notably thiago alvez. he destroyed thiago's standing game. don't forget silva is human and underestimate gsp's all around game, including striking. that is the fight i want to see.
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6 months ago
if silva stays at 205 it doesbt mean he has to fight machida .. why not silva vs rampage or silva vs thiago silva
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6 months ago
hehe this is fun
well i personally will have to disagree with you, i hate that silva will not fight machida because i do think that machida would be more than willing to defend his title and i doubt he would take it personally... as for arlovski, i am a huge fan, but after fedor he kinda fell off ya know? once you get knocked out once its so much easier the next time... and as for tim silvia... never liked him... he's big, he's ugly, and he's slow... definitely a good striker, but not against the speed of fedor... he was simply outclassed that fight.
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6 months ago
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Yeah Fedor's shot on Arlovski was definitely not a haymaker getting lucky. It was a nice counter - but by the same token it wasn't the best time to try a flying knee.
It's unfortunate that we don't get to see Fedor fighting the best when they are at their peak anymore. Silvia and Arlovski aren't up there anymore - just look at their last two performances against Ray Mercer and Rogers. Both were quite humbling finishes and to fighters that have to be considered significant underdogs. Both losses were faster than Fedor disposed of them (not that this means anything).
True - I haven't heard Machida say anything regarding a matchup against Silva. But he hasn't said he wants to fight him either. I don't think Silva is scared to step in the ring with anyone... just looks at how he doesn't mind changing divisions to fight people. He even wants to go up against Roy Jones Jr in a boxing match, something you wouldn't do if you wanted to protect your record etc. He is after fighting the best around, but he does have limits on who he will fight.
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6 months ago
Retards, anyone who thinks Silva should be in HW and will "dominate" is a retard. Packing on enough weight to handle guys that are walking around normally at 280-290 would change his fighting style.
While nice to think about, Silva will get beaten back to 205 if he steps into the HW world.
Henderson should get another shot, he was the only man to make Silve "lose a round" and was submitted. Happens to anyone, submitted or KOd Happened to GSP 1 of each, Silva also has lost in his career, just not in the UFC which goes to say.. perhaps he just needs better middleweights to compete against? Rich Franklin was a joke as a champ. Take Liddel-Couture 1,2 and 3. Liddel is the champ 2 outa 3. Silve got lucky vs Henderson I think and its only a matter of time before he gets brought back down to reality and wakes up ass-flat on the mat. I dont think he sucks but anything can happen in a fight. as for GSP vs Silva.. i got money on GSP.. as a smarter fighter and relentless opponent. i think he would just outwait anderson who has proven in one of his last 3 fights that he can be a lazy ass pussy. If Dana put a clause into contracts that said if you dont win by KO or TO... you lose 1/2 your pay.. youd see ppl fight better
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6 months ago
to jimbo, again lol
your thoughts on the lesnar/fedor fight are interesting... however i have to civilly disagree with you... yes, at first glance fedor vs arlovski looks like a fluke, but zoom in and take another look... it becomes apparent that the shot that fedor threw to knock arlovski out was not a wild punch, it was very timed and powerful. as far as percentages go id rate the fight like this.... stand up fedor = 70% lesnar = 30% clinch fedor = 90% lesnar = 10% ground fedor = 60% lesnar = 40% it all depends on who is on top at the time and fedor usually doesnt let himself be on bottom.
as for the anderson silva vs machida fight... i do not accept that they are good friends... notice that the only one saying that he will not fight is silva, machida hasnt said a word about not fighting him.... doesnt sound like to me that machida wont fight him.... sounds like to me silva knows he'd get beat.
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I wasn't saying Fedor would outstrike Lesnar. I was just pointing out reasons why Fedor's striking, although good, isn't the best out there. Lesnar, as you say, hasn't been tested against good strikers yet so can't really gauge his level. But I have a feeling that if he was up against a good striker, he, like Fedor wouldn't hang around trying to stand and trade. From what I've seen, I would rate both of them as even on striking and personally wouldn't be surprised if Lesnar outstruck Fedor.
Fedor's advantage over Lesnar would be in submissions (as Lesnar probably has about none), fluency and experience. But I don't see him getting much opportunity to pull them off - just my opinion of course. Probably Fedor's best chance is to do what he does best - surprise Lesnar. Get the fight into a position that isn't expected. That would be his best opportunity to sink in a submission. If I could put a confidence level on the outcome of the fight, I'd say I'd be 75-80% confident Lesnar would win.
In terms of Silva/Machida... both great fighters. Both similar skills, with Anderson being more of an aggressive risk taker and Machida a master of escape and counters. I accept as genuine the reason for them not wanting to fight each other being due to them being friends. I am sure they have helped each other a lot and know each other's games inside out. I am happy to accept that when Silva props up Machida, he is being fairly accurate, but mainly giving cudos to his friend. I wouldn't be suprised to see Machida return the same back to Silva... of course, both can't be better than each other at the same time. Who is better? Don't really know, and probably won't find out.
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6 months ago
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why do you think that its improbable for mir to beat silva? guarantee that mir's BJJ is better than silva's and silva isnt gonna KO mir like he does all of those little 185 lbers.
also, machida vs silva = no questions asked about the winner... machida doesnt train with silva, silva trains with machida Period. why do you think that silva is so accurate? because he spends all day swinging at a guy who doesnt get hit. do you seriously think silva ever hits machida? maybe 15 times a day? idk if he does hit him a lot its like 30 times a day max. cuz lets face it, hitting machida 30 times is a lot...
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6 months ago
to jimbo again....
fedor has better striking, i think we can both agree on that right? so, what also makes him so dangerous on the feet is that when an opponent takes him down, or he takes an oppenent down, he is already starting a submission on them in the air. thats why he is the best.
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6 months ago
grumpy knows nothing what so ever about fighting if that post was serious, silva would destroy mir, and silva vs machida would probably be one of the best technical fights ever to be on the ufc, and if a friendly rivalry came about, it would be amazing.
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I've only seen Lesnar fight four times. Twice against Mir, once against Herring and once against Couture. None are great strikers, but against all three he showed better striking than his opponent. He seemed quite accurate and fairly fast for a big heavyweight, faster than his significantly lighter opponents.
I don't think Fedor is a great striker after seeing him against Lindland (a wrestler who got off a clean hit in at the start of the fight and bloodied Fedor), Arlovski (who was controlling the fight from range but tried a flying knee which left him wide open for the nice counter) and CroCop (who despite losing made quite a mess of Fedor's face). Yes, Fedor is dangerous and can show some nice speed and power, but by the same token, Lesnar's head and neck support look like they could take a beating should he get hit. That is why I think Lesnar on his feet won't be easy pickings for Fedor.
I also think one thing that makes Fedor dangerous on his feet is that the danger he poses on the ground. Not only can he knock you out with his fists, he could just take you down and either pound you or submit you. However, this is probably more so the case with Lesnar.
In terms of rating Lesnar's striking against an awesome striker like Anderson Silva... I wouldn't say it even comes close. That would be just crazy. Silva in my eyes is the best striker out there. He is very quick, accurate and has very nice timing. Machida would also be up there although he seems less dynamic and more a counter-puncher in general.
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6 months ago
not to bust your chops...
jim, i think that you make a great arguement to the fact that brock is fast (for his size) and his striking is good (compared to who though?) Lesnar really hasn't faced anyone with good stand up. i think the reason people like his stand up so much is because when he does connect it is very brutal, but what they dont realize is that just because he is fast for his size doesn't make him fast compared to fighters like silva, machida, evans, or fedor... i know it is impossible for lesnar to drop to 205 without becoming anorexic however i would like to see what he did aginst some of the better 205 lb strikers. would we all still think the way we do about him? you guys would probably be shocked at the extreme lack of stand up training lesnar has.
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6 months ago
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I like Fedor. Humble and an all round strong fighter. Not the best striker out there, but good enough to outstrike more fancied opponents. He is resilient and he not only knows how to find ways of beating opponents of different strengths, he knows how to frame the fight to his advantage and the weakness of his opponent. By all means one of the best in MMA and will go down as a legend of the sport.
Having said that, the one fighter in the entire MMA heavyweight division that I think really is a danger to Fedor, is Lesnar. I don't like Lesnar that much. However, he has long reach and quite respectable stand up (hard hitting and pretty accurate). I think Fedor might be at a disadvantage here. He is also very quick to move so not a lumbering sort that can easily be outmanouvered on a take down or got into a submission (sure Mir got him, but he was very green then and is improving in leaps and bounds). He is also very big (muscular big) and would definitely have the advantage on the ground. He is not fearful (although he can easily become disrespectful). I think Lesnar really could put on a dominant performance against Fedor - one that would shock many.
The other guy that is a big threat to Fedor would be Anderson Silva. If he was to get to a fighting weight comparable to Fedor (i.e. a HW fighting weight), his striking would be a huge danger to Fedor. He is also elusive and can fight on the ground.
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... ... ... ok... ... ... um.... you dont understand why fedor (the best heavyweight) doesn't join the ufc and prove he's the best?
... ... ... um maybe because the ufc's heavyweight division sux. um that might be a good reason.
PS wes... so what ur saying is give anderson silva a shot at machida basically, because there's no way hendo could beat machida.
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6 months ago
and i dont understand why there is even any fans for brock lesnar or fedor in all of these comments. if you took away lesnars weight and gave him a fight against any good fighter in the light heavy weight division brock wouldnt ammount to shit. i can see why people like fedor because of his record but what i dont understand is why he doesnt sign with the ufc and prove he is the greatest heavyweight fighter in mma today
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6 months ago
first of all forest griffin has gone three rounds with rampage won the fight beat shogun but anderson silva toyed with him and knocked him out with an impressive jab. so why couldnt he win in heavyweight. there is no reason for him to lose. if he was roughly the same weight as the other fighter i see no reason why he couldnt win.anyones comments who doubt anderson have no foundation to their argument
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I would like to comment on GRUMPYs comment... your a ****in loser for calling Anderson sliva a pussy I would like to see you last one day in Andersons shoes so you shouldnt run you bitchy mouth off. Secondly you say youd fight your brother hes probably seven years old your the ****in pussy. You oviously dont know shit about UFC if you think Brock would walk right through Silva. Brock isnt even a good fighter he just uses his weight for an advantage. If you watch his fights he just lays on his opponent and they cant push him off cause he ways to much.
P.S learn how to spell.. better yet get your grade 3.
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6 months ago
Silva
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6 months ago
Money
Its all about the money, but probably not for Anderson, why risk losing to lesnar, and look like BJ Penn. Anderson will take anyone at lightheavyweight anytime. Anderson has the height and reach to bang with anyone, even Lesnar. If he gets taken to the ground by a 300 pound beast, their is little that can be done. But as far as striking, he is the best pound for pound. If Lex Luther could full mount Anderson, that shows he can be beaten. Whats ironic is Anderson is being asked to move up through 3 weight classes, what are the other champs doing?
UFC is peanut money compared to boxing anyhow, what Anderson should do is wait until his contract expires and train for boxing. Anderson vs. Tarver, Anderson vs. Jones? He'd easily walk away with 10 million....even if he loses...
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6 months ago
about the guy 2 and 3 posts above me...
wow, he's an idiot.
anyways... anderson silva is scared of the light heavyweight division. he doesn't wanna be put in a stand up battle he cant win (machida), a muay thai clinch he cant get out of ( wanderlei), a hospital because of a KO punch (evans or rampage) or a stretcher from a superman punch (liddell). i dont blame him though, if i was him id stay away from those guys because they all have better stand up than him and none of them go to the ground easily
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6 months ago
Silva will run over Henderson this time for wanting a rematch, 1rd KO
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6 months ago
what a dumbass
man you ****ing retards are soo blinded by your stupidity and the fact that you are gullible 10 year olds that you have lost touch with reality lol. there was a wrestler who threw bruce lee around like a rag doll i forget his name but its been recorded. and yea he has never fought, he is NOT A GREAT FIGHTER look at the interview you LOOSERS. man its just pathetic how you children believe anything now adays. he was not a fighter, he was a great teacher, and had some great quotes about fighting but by NO MEANS WAS HE a fighter let alone the greatest. lol u guys are ****ing hilarious tho, im not gonna respond since i have a life but i hope you piss you waste your time crying behind the computer and replying pretending it doesnt bother you but i wont see it so i guess ill see you on the news when the two penis pal ****s are on the news for being typical examples of people with no lives and utterly useless to society.
for: "i chokepeople" also known as the wannabee fighter bitch and "bruceleeisaGOAT" also known as retard that believes moives
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6 months ago
lol what a joke
ichokepeople you are full of shit ahahaha a fighter, yea right. your on the computer all the time posting. and if you did know anything about bruce lee you would see that his student joe lewis(not the boxer) even stated that bruce was not a fighter, just a great teacher. your just soo dumb its ****ing incredible. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA im laughing soo hard tho i mean u beat up an obese **** and your bragging about it on the internet. you probably never fought anyone in your life ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha this is hilarious. your a joke ****.
and p.s. if you have to tell people your a fighter, your not a fighter.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
man atleast you made someone cry.. ahahahaha
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6 months ago
brock will knock the your teeth out
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6 months ago
its funny but you all bitch about brock. but it keeps you watching UFC and their ratings go up.
they and him most likely love you hate him, you just give him more power to go on.
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6 months ago
fedor would kill silva
brock would kill silva
silva is getting big headed and will get owned.
And in the heavyweight do you mean
bulldozer - brock
ground - nogera
ground - mir
ground - cain V? lol i dunno, i just hope you dont mean the natural.
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6 months ago
omg i just read your comment Guest....
are you stupid or do you just wake up and decide that your going to be idiotic everyday? fedor would wipe the ground with anderson silva... one thing for sure... silva wouldnt do that head bobbing thing in front of fedor or he'd get laid out. what people like you dont realize is that fedor has to pick up weight to even fight people that are halfway decent competition for him because he throw everyone else around like they are nothing. Sambo + Judo > Muay Thai + Brazilian Jujitsu. The two fighting styles clash and sambo is a more well rounded fighting style. Fedor can put AS in a flying anything and AS has to work for submissions.
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6 months ago
um... seriously...
its already been said, but ill say it again... the HW division is running thin... and the LHW division is plentiful... the only reason silva wouldnt want to fight LHW is because he's scared of fighters like Machida, Rampage, Evans, Liddell, Shogun, and Wanderlei... like it or not all of those fighters just named could severly hurt anderson silva... even if they didnt win they could still put an end to his career over a short period of time... so whats the easiest way for silva to get out of that? move up higher to the crappy heavyweight division where his only competition is 3 ground fighters and a bulldozer that sux mma period.
bet ya cant guess which 4 im talkin about...
no, but seriously... silva is scared to have to face the best competition for him in the world.
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6 months ago
Look at all these fedor and brock fans lol u guys fkn suck! the spyder baby!
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6 months ago
ok i don't really see the point in all this. Anderson Silva might be the P4P but i don't seem him as amazing.
Andersons words were "he doesnt respect anyone who fights on the ground"
stop saying hes the best, cause he isn't. When i see him beat a well accomplished mma fighter without walking off everytime they go down. Then i will respect him.
Hes just getting arsy now.
And i recon damian Mia would batter him
And the brock lesnar comments, shut the **** up. ITS OLD! If it were anyone else, you guys would be squeezing orgasms out of your ass over it.
And fedor didn't sign with UFC cause he likes to be with co-promotions so he can fight as many people as possible. which makes sense really. He doesn't wanna be stuck with just a few people in the UFC.
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6 months ago
i hope silva wins one fight at heaveywieght in the ufc then goes to srikeforce and calls out fedors BIG PUSSY ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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6 months ago
I'm just a sissy
I'm just a sissy.
I didn't sign with the UFC because im just SCARED. When i found out Dana White wanted me to fight Big BROCK LESNAR, i had nightmares, i was horrified and i even peed in my bed the same night. As far as me fighting that beast named ANDERSON SILVA, you already know i want NO PART of that man. I belong in strikeforce where there's no competition. I'm sorry my fans im just a big overrated SISSY
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I'm just a sissy
I didn't sign with the UFC because im just SCARED. When i found out Dana White wanted me to fight Big BROCK LESNAR, i had nightmares, i was horrified and i even peed in my bed the same night. As far as me fighting that beast named ANDERSON SILVA, you already know i want NO PART of that man. I belong in strikeforce where there's no competition. I'm sorry my fans im just a big overrated SISSY
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6 months ago
i didnt sign with UFC because im scare of Lesnar. Now Silva wants to go heavyweight. Forget UFC, im staying in Strikeforce where i can be the legend here.
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6 months ago
WHAT!!!!!
FEDORRRRRRRRRRR????????? FEDOR SUCKS!!! PAnzy is afraid to come to ufc cuz he knows he would get rocked!
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6 months ago
lets be serious silva would get killed at haevyweight he is a great fighter maybe if some idiot tried to forrest griffin him or chris leben him he might win otherwise take to the ground and beat the shit out of him
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6 months ago
Wha??
What the **** are you guys talking about? How would it look if he makes a mockery of the LHW division? Who gives a shit how it would look. If he can make a mockery of such a talented division then so be it. That's the way the sport goes. I love Anderson Silva...probably one of my 3 favorite fighters, but he needs to figure out what he's doing or retire.
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6 months ago
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A NOTHER BULLSHIT STORY
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6 months ago
Let us see SILVA VS BROCK !!!!!
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6 months ago
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anderson vs mir would be an awesome fight. when anderson moved up to LHW he looked just as big as forest and he schooled him. also right now i dont really want to see two guys who don't want to fight, fight.but in a few years down the road when machida and anderson have beat everyone around them and there is nobody left. then it would be cool to see them fight in one of the biggest ufc fights in history. and it makes sense that they dont want to fight each other because they know each others weakness. so when they fight it might get exposed to everyone. last thing i want to add is that anyone who calls a ufc fighter a pussy what does that make you? when any ufc fighter would school you in a fight. you would never fight a ufc fighter. so it doesn't make you look tuff to call someone a pussy who is tuffer than you.
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6 months ago
anyone who thinks that anderson silva moving up to hw division is a good idea is an idiot. Silva would get man handled by brock and probably by mir to he just doesnt have the jiu jitsu to compete with someone that much bigger and stronger laying on top of him. Silva should fight dan henderson and maybe the winner of marquardt and maia and then he should fight the winner of rampage vs rashad. but as far as silva moving up to HW, not a good idea, he will lose .
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Silva beating GSP...very VERY feasible. Machida? You must be on something.
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6 months ago
I thought you were the one who said that Bruce Lee had no ground game until i reread what you wrote and realized that i made a mistake by putting your name instead of the moron who said that he had no ground game.
But you were right on the money with your answer. Bruce Lee would ALSO be wayyyyy too fast for the UFC fighters. Even with the weight disadvantage, he would still destroy most of the fighers in the UFC because of his intelligence,his speed, his grapping ability, his power and many more.
Jeet Kune Do is a combination of various fighting styles.
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6 months ago
P.S. Now I feel like a douche!
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6 months ago
Exactly, why should he fight Hendo again? he already had his shot and even if he did fight him again, it would be the same result so i dont want to see that movie twice.
I would like to see him destroy either Rampage or Shogun before he fights in the HW division.
Doesnt anyone know about Rickson Gracie? to me, he is the second best fighter of all time behind Bruce Lee. I wish he was still young and in his prime. He would probably dominate the UFC as well.
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Just reread. Sorry. I think that I missed the punctuation and thought you were attacking my intelect. I still maintain that no one has seen Bruce fight (other than the geezers who were there but I apologize for calling you retarded.
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On my first comment i really meant to reply to the moron who said this,
" c'mon now bruce lee wouldnt even last against an mma fighter...bruce lee has no ground game whatsoever...he would get beaten to a pulp on the ground "
NOT YOU Ichokepeople.
If you read what i wrote, i was actually saying the same thing you said by defending Bruce Lee's Ground game. Bruce Lee was GREAT no matter if he was on his feet or on the ground. Thats one of the reasons why i said that he knew many different fighting styles.
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Also, I fully agree that A Silva should (and can) fight wherever he wants and as far as Hendo goes, he already had his shot.
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P.S.
The way MMA has developed IS JKD minus foul tactics.
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6 months ago
No one has seen Bruce lee fight. You are talking about scenes in movies retard. If however you talk yo people who actually knew him or god forbid, READ what is published of his writings you will learn that he knew quite a bit about ground fighting.
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This is for you Ichokepeople
Have you ever seen Bruce Lee's fights. He has no ground games, are you serious? This man is the most dedicated,the most technical fighter you've ever seen. He Knew so MANY different fighting styles that he would be able to adapt to the UFC style. Now, back to the subject...i would love to see Anderson Silva fight in the LHW division but it would make more sense if Machida wasn't the champ. He's getting bored in the middle weight division so maybe he should fight whereever he wants.
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6 months ago
actually wanderlai silva siad he would fight anderson and it would be a good brawl
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6 months ago
as much as i love to watch silva fight i dont think he would have a chance against lesnar, lesnar would just over power him, take him to the ground and then pound him as that is what he does soooo good. I think silva vs manchida would be a quality matchup.
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right stuff ur a retard GSP just couldnt take the size of silva he couldnt muscle him, the fight starts on the feet and silvas striking is just to good... its out of this world your just a hter GSP has good stand up but he cant stand with anderson silva
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does everybody forget that GSP is the single best wrestler/grappler pound for pound in the UFC. If GSP could stay alive long enough for a takedown he would control Silva just like Henderson did but even better. There is no question silva would dominate him on the feet, but GSP has a high fighter IQ and wouldn't keep the fight there like Griffin did. If the fight would go to the mat GSP wins.
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GSP IS NO TREAT FOR A. SILVA. Gsp is a champion in his division cause he's way bigger and stronger than all his opponents. He knows he's many years behind A. Silva's skills.... GSP'll be knocked out on the first round....
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Bruce Lee
"c'mon now bruce lee wouldnt even last against an mma fighter...bruce lee has no ground game whatsoever...he would get beaten to a pulp on the ground"
Actually, Bruce had a phenomenal ground game. He spent almost as much time on training his ground game as he did on his stand up. I train Jeet Kune Do. It is almost exactly the same as modern MMA except that it is not a sport so foul tactics are ok. A number of fighters from my gym compete in MMA and are doing very well. Bruce only weighed 125 lbs when he died so I don't think that he could have fought in the UFC but outside the ring I would give him a fair shot at any one. Some of his training partners were actually pretty close to Lesner's size. Kareem would have done very well as a HW.
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idk why anderson silvas being such a bitch, dan henderson and rampage jackson were good friends and like dan henderson said at UFC 75 " me and quinton are friends, i've known him for a really long time but i have no problem trying to punch his face in"
haha thats why hendo is the SHIT
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frank mir would kill anderson silva, mir has good enough take downs and the minute silva feels 250 of pure power on him for the first time in his carreer he will relize why he stayed at 185 lbs. i think silva should fight at 205 there are plenty of worthy people in that divison, but if your an MMA fan and you watch the UFC you would agree, that if anderson silva and frank mir fought frank would take anderson silva down and muscle that little bastard into a kamora.
the spider is the best fighter in the world but heavyweight.... i mean come on hes human
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why heavyweight??? to slow for silva^^
yeah thats bullshit!!!! hendo diserves another title shot against silva!!! and after that he can make his weight how he want!!! but not fighting against machida is pussy like!!! they are friends and not brothers like the klitshkos!!!
and the lightheavyweight division is the strongest in UFC!!! not fighting there, makes it look like he is afraid of machida and the other big names like rua, rampage or evans!!!
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silva is the man hand down
If silva moved to heavyweight that would be great but before he does he needs to fight the dragon. Ok their good friends but this is the UFC,MMA people its all about showing the people the fans who love the sport a fight test the limit of your ability. Silva is the man pound for pound but if the only reason he wont fight Lyoto Machida is because their close friend is not good enough for me.
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WOW, yeah move to heavyweight and get another handpicked opponent to prove your p4p status! Maybe Anderson can fight Coleman or Kimbo then!
BORING zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Sizing things up
If Anderson SIlva fought remotely close to the way he does now at 265lbs he'd mess up Lesnar because you need that size and torque to handle a man of that stature. To think Silva is gonna hurt Lesnar now is kinda wishful. Lesnar doing a choo choo train is would run him over like a freight train and take every kick, punch, elbow that Silva can toss and say oh ya you hit me now its my turn. Lesnar comes from being tossed around in pro and fake wrestling doing 10ft high suplexes with guys the size of andre the giant right face down on the matt. All that abuse. So you think hes gonna go oh i was hit now I fall down and act like I'm KO"d? lol
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lol but bruce lee was too fast mayb he would have ran and thrown lightning fast kicks hahaha could have happened and i dont think he could have fought in the ufc cause of his weight if u really wanna think about it i would say bruce lee solid 150-130 somewhere around that maybe
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c'mon now bruce lee wouldnt even last against an mma fighter...bruce lee has no ground game whatsoever...he would get beaten to a pulp on the ground
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6 months ago
kimbo hahahaha
kimbo isnt good enough for MMA
silva could ktfo if he want.
anyday, anywhere
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6 months ago
Lesner is too powerfull for Silva. He could beat all the rest though. UFC is pretty weak in heavyweight class.
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maybe they just SAYIN they skerred....why you ask would they both say this?hmmmmmmm,maybe cuz the ufc should be payin them WAYYYYYYYYY more to fight each other....just a thought,i really have no idea since i know neither of them,.nor how much they get paid....silva vs kongo 1st not mir
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ANDERSON SILVA IS NOT P4P ARTIST, THIS IS A FOCK FREAKIN MIND.
A LOUSY MMA DUDE.
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I Know
One of his training partners is Nogueira... So I think that he knows what to expect on HW.... Give his a try... He is the best
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i recon he can do it seriously... it would be great to see him take on people way heavier. weight classes make the whole sport boring, but its done because the rules and so forth make it much more advatage to the heavier person. i recon silva is still good enough to win
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i am not impress with your performance
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silva
stop talking shit and put up against Dan Henderson, Henderson should be the # 1 light heavy contender. Need to let Henderson fight Silva or Machida and than Make Silvas punk ass fight the winner...Either way Henderson deserves a tittle fight......FK all the Silva hype.....
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ok i like silva and im glad he wouldnt mind moving up yo heavy weight but him not fighting lyto machida is kinda lame
i would fight my brother or best friend in this sport to find out whos better why not
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TITO?
WHAT ABOUT ORTIZ FOR SILVA...LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT HAS ALOT OF POTENTIAL THAT I DONT THINK SILVA WILL BE ABLE TO JUST PICK APART,MAY BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND
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They should get Silva to vacate the Middle weight and GSP to vacate the Welter Weight Belt. That would make things a little more interesting. There are few fights that I want to see for GSP in that division. Kampmann Swick? This is like when they put Leites in with Silva. I thought are you fackin kidding me? There are a couple of guys that are approaching or have hit legend status in MMA I say make it interesting and see if they can dominate at two weight classes. Thei would give them the chance to adjust physically so there would be no excuses.
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^^^^What?!? GSP has said that he wants to fight Anderson. He just wants a few months to prepare his body to be competitive at 185. He has been a fighter that always put and emphasis on his physical abilities so I could see why he would not want to fight coming in way smaller.
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GSP doesnt want any part of Anderson Silva. Anderson is the HW is not a great idea to me. I'd rather see him fight in the LHW division instead.
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I would pay to Silva fight Lesnar. That is a battle that would say a lot about size versus technique. I think people are kidding themselves if they think that Silva's BJJ will save him from Lesnar or Carwin. Mir's BJJ didn't seem to matter, and I don't think it would save Silva either. Royce Gracie did beat a lot of guys that were much bigger than him with his BJJ, but that was back in the day when few guys were proficient at BJJ, You can't compare the strikers and wrestler today to the strikers and wrestlers in the Gracie days.
His speed would make him a contender, but if he got taken down it would be game over.
I do agree that the best fights for him would be at 205, but I don't want him to go into that division if he has no intention of fighting Machida. I would just make a mess of the division.
Make GSP vs. Silva happen first. Then let him do what he wants.
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I agree with you 100% Royce Gracie. GSP is not that brave.
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Gsp vs Silva will not happen unless Gsp is willing to move up to fight him but im not sure he will move up just to fight Anderson Silva. He doesn't want another loss on his record.
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that victory against forrest made him too cocky if he steps into HW against brock or mir silva would get raped esspecially by brock. i hope dan hend wins on his upcoming fight with silva. and i hope he does get raped in HW ~dont like silva never have never will
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6 months ago
This shit is getting ridiculous. What happend to GSP vs Silva?
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6 months ago
i think silva is the p4p best...i think he would beat fedor
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i agree on the comparison of wanderlei'carrer with anderson, it's to risky for a fighter to move up weight just for the fun of it, when wanderlei got himself on that 8man heavyweight tournament as a fedor replacement back in pride he paid the price so bad that mentaly he was never the same fighter again + i think anderson will be much more exciting at the lightheavyweight.
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There is no way Silva will dominate this division. Just to many big guys with good ground games. Lesnar, Mir,Couture, Nog and Gonzaga. I also think he was scarred to fight Machida and also knew that a GSP matchup would be more then he could handle.
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6 months ago
Good to see freak fights are alive n kicking...
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grumpy zou are a dumb son of a bitch!!!
Anderson is a great fighter,the best pound for pound in the world right now,if there isnt anyone that can beat him at 185,and maybe not even at 205 why not move up
if he feels confortable fighting as a heavy weight,he should go ahead and do it,that will give him the challenge hes looking for,and even if he looses a couple fights that wont take away what he has done
he is the best,and any weight division he fight he will give his best to give us a good fight!
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Wandy?!? Really?!? No comparison.
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6 months ago
I remember when Wanderlei Silva was running through everyone in his weight class, then he moved up to heavy weight. He did great at first, but then ran into Mark Hunt and Mirko Crocop. This was the beginning of the end for him. I'm sure Anderson will suffer the same fate. He'll do great at first, but he will suffer some losses in this division.
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6 months ago
Bad Idea lol although I would pay to see silva fight Emelianenko...
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What many of you don't seem to realize is that size is not a factor for some one with his skills. I am a borderline dwarf at 5'5" 135lbs. Yet, in high school very few people could beat me due to my greaco roman wrestling and Tai Chuan Tao training. I once beat a kid who was well over 6' and probably weighed 250. My sister\'s boyfriend was 6'2" and I made him piss blood. The difference between Silva and and Lesner is greater in skill and smaller in size. No one now known will beat Silva. Hell, Silva is the same weight as Randy Coture and taller. Randy still being a legit threat to Lesner (doubt it? Watch!) Silva will walk right through him.
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Lesnar to big for Silva hell he to big for anyone. He will just lay on you like he did mir and thier won't be much you can do about it. But if anyone can beat him its Silva...
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I didnt read most of these comments because most of you are tards, but Silva's got the skills to dominate any division, you know its the truth.
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I would pay to see Silva vs Lesnar at HW.
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6 months ago
he will die if he goes to heavyweight
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6 months ago
lol.
heavyweight will be the ending time for Anderson Silva.
he will deffinetly DIE in this division.
Michael Jordan in Basketball is far to good to be true.
but in MMA, sometimes FAKES that involves MONEY.
a very good example...FORREST GRIFFIN one of the greatest fighter in MMA.but what he did was SHAME and FUNNY..
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if andesrson silvas natural weight is 220, he should be able to be very quick at heavyweight. Its not like being lighter automaticially makes you quicker. 220 is silvas optimal weight.
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All you guys saying anderson would destroy in heavyweight have gotta think how will he adjust to carrying all that extra weight. Would he keep his speed and agility? I think if this did happen there would have to be a large adjustment period.
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I agree with the above that Silva is the Michael Jordan of MMA, he makes really good guys look downright bad and he could do the same for many many heavyweights. Just because you're big and powerful like a heavyweight doesn't mean shit without technique and speed, bruce lee would destroy everyone in the heavyweight division, brock and fedor included, and he happens to big one of The Spider's heroes. Fighting may have come a long way from the early UFC, but Royce Gracie did prove that technique and precision will overcome strength disadvantages.
Three things:
1. Anderson is a MARTIAL ARTIST, a technical master and his unspoken message to every MMA fighter is YOU NEED TO TRAIN HARDER.
2. A bold move to heavyweight would make for some interesting fights, especially against some of the very good heavyweights, like Carwin, Velasquez, Gonzaga, Mir, Minatoro.
3. His greatest threat is Lyoto Machida and the friendship story works well for both champions, it would be a risky fight for both, and they may be in a position to be stubborn about it.
I'd bet that his next fight is Mir or Velasquez. And my money's on the Spider.
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6 months ago
How stupid a suggestion...
...Ayo Joecore, I'll agree w/your assessment of the LHW division as the deepest in talent right now, and therefore the most competition.
I'm thinking Rampage, Jones (in years), Machida &...well...if they signed Mousasi...
...that would make interesting 205 fights for the Spider.
A HW move is warped.
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I CANT ****ING WAIT THIS IS GOING TO BE ****ING AWESOM
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6 months ago
i think fedor would kill spider
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6 months ago
anderson vs fedor
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ANDERSON SILVA IS THE MICHAEL JORDAN OF MMA. HE DOES WHATEVER HE WANNA DO BECAUSE HE CAN WIN ANYONE. He doesn't want to fight Machida cause their both will have to fight to their death, basically, and a loss like that will be devastated for both of them. Unnecessary disaster for two very close friends.
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6 months ago
silva would beat brock's ass as is. he doesn't even need to gain weight to destroy that roided out pussy. heh
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DOWNGRADE FOR SILVA.
THIS IS THE PERSPECTIVE PLAN FOR ANDERSON SILVA HE IS WAY TO GOOD FOR HIS WEIGHT CLASS.
BUT, SAD TO SAY HIS CAREER IN MMA NEARLY ENDING BY MEANS OF MOVING HIM IN A HEAVY-WEIGHT DIVISION....WHAT THE HELL OF A FOCKIN PLAN.
THIS IS SOMEWHAT BUSINESS IN MMA SPORTS. IF YOUR WAY TO GOOD SOMETIMES MAKE YOUSELF WAY TOO POOR....TO LET NEW ONES MAKE THEIR CAREER SHINE.
IS THIS REALY THE MMA PRESIDENT's INITIATIVES?
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6 months ago
157 is not a division in the ufc douche bag 145-155lb is lightweight and they let you get away with 1lb so if your 157lb you didnt make weight. all you guys are so dumb!
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Yes, i beat a lot of heavy weights in my days, but things are a lot different now. I did it just to put BJJ on the map and to show people how good BJJ was. Aderson Silva is the best p4p in the world and if you're still hating on him, you're just not a true MMA fan. Just go watch the WWE Brock Lesnar fans. MMA don't need you whatsoever. The great ROYCE GRACIE!
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kimbo will ktfo silva, silva is not bigenough for heavyweight
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6 months ago
Why not drop down to 157, take BJ's belt, on up through GSP, Lyoto and then Brock. You know deep down you're thinkin, holy @#@$ he could probably do it.
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6 months ago
that would be asome
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youd fight ur bro cuz hes a lil bitch like you not a world class fighter u cockbite
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This would truly make Anderson the pound for pound king if he could make it happen. It doesnt make any sense for Anderson to fight in lhw if he is not going to fight the only guy that has the best chance at beating him. Everyone talks about how a wrestler is going to be the guy who beats silva so let him add a little bit more strength training on top of his normal 220lbs and hes going to keep that blazing speed and just add more power. Personally I dont see any wrestler just laying on him and pounding him out. Anderson will be very fast in hw and will be using his bjj and counterstrike skills to finish even more opponents than he did in Middleweight, but hes definitely going to have to work for it and that is what is going to be so great! I hope it happens
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6 months ago
silva will get killd in hw. lhw is the divison fore him. griffin was stupid that brawl whit silva jackson will kill him
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6 months ago
Brock will be called Broke loosner after he gets KO by Carwin, Silva, Couture in a row. Lesnar gonna get cocky with the stand up soon and will try to stand and not rely on his wreslting. That's when he'll die.
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how would it look then if he as a former middleweight fighter made a mockery out of the UFC's biggest division?
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would be nice to see Silva knocking out brock with a paw forreststyle but I wonder if this fight would make sense. 205 pounds division is the perfect division for him but Silva is clearly scared of loosing against Machida ( He actually laughed about it at te press conf). Its not only about friendship.
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Grumpy is an idiot. Did anyone else see the part where they said that silva doesnt want to make a mockery out of the UFC's best division?
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205 is where the competition is at, quite heavy and highly skilled fighters.
A move up to heavyweight, would only be interesting 'cause of the size difference, but the heavyweight-division is the weakest division of the UFC, so why should someone who wants to fight the best step up to heavyweight with a light-heavyweight division packed with great fighters in front of him?!
I think Machida and Silva are not that close, it's just that their fights/styles have something in common.
We had other guys who call each other friends fighting and it didn't matter, it's their job, so what...
Let them compete and they shall be friends after the fight again...anyway, Machida vs. Silva should not be Silva's next fight as there are some great fighters he should/could fight before in the light-heavyweight division.
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6 months ago
he should worry about dan hendersons right hand first, then figure out where to go next. if he wants to be the best, he still has to fight fedor.
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6 months ago
thats bullshit!!! the lightheavyweight division is better for silva!!! the heavyweights are to slow for him^^
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6 months ago
a fockin greedy..
anderson silva is a dream boy fockin freak.
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6 months ago
i know he's good but is he big enough to take brock lesnar laying on him
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UFC POLICY..
HEY! FOLKS...
1st..---TWO BRAZILLIAN FIGHTING IN THE UFC OCTAGON MEANS NO MONEY.IT WON'T GENERATE PROSPECTIVE TARGET..IT BECOME A LESSON FROM THE PAST ANDERSON SILVA vs. THALES LIETES FIGHT.
2nd..--ANDERSON SILVA MOVING TO HEAVY-WEIGHT IS DANA WHITES PLAN...SO YOU ARE OUT OF THIS.
3rd..--NOBODY WANTS TO FIGHT HIM IN HIS WIEGHT CLASS.
SO NO WONDER...FOLKS! THIS IS ALL ABOUT BUSINESS IN MMA..
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this is a great move if it were to happen. i wanna know how good anderson really is and i think he could beat most heavy weights. royce did it why not andeson. yea heavyweights are better all around fights but anderson is ahead of his time. eventhough he is giving up weight if he cant keep it standing he has a speed advantage.
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SILVA'S A PUNK THAT WHY DE DOSENT WANNA FIGHT LYOTO THEiR NOT EVEN THAT CLOSE I'LL FIGHT MY OWN BROTHER IF I HAD 2 SILVA IS JUST A P USSY WTF AM I RITE PEOPLE AND SILVA AND MIR WOULD BE A BAD ASS FIGHT BUT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN HAHAHA THATS A JOKE ABOUT BROCK RITE I MEAN IF U WANNA SEE SILVA GET MURDERED THEN GO AHEAD HAHAHA
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