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Originally Posted by roaddawg  This super fight between Silva and GSP was supposed to happen after Silva beat Sonnen in their 1st fight at UFC 117. Silva was waiting on GSP to beat Jake Shields at UFC 129. |
It was actually supposed to first happen after 112. The deal was all but signed when Silva put on the worst performance by a champion in the history of the UFC.
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Originally Posted by roaddawg No one cared about Weidman, Hendricks or Jon Jones at the time. Infact Jon Jones wasn't even the lhw champion yet until UFC 128 when he beat Shogun. Obviously by the time GSP beat Shields Jon Jones had zero title defenses. Both Silva and GSP were the two dominant champions in the UFC often involved in p4p discussions.
A fight with Bisping would be a lucrative option otherwise I see him taking the time off. I don't see him being eager to burn one of the 2 remaining fights on his contract on any relative unknowns. Ofcourse as usual Silva will fight whom he is told to by the UFC unless he is signing his own paychecks. |
Like I've continually said, Anderson has the earned right to take as much time as he wants and angle for huge fights for last two if wants to do so. Nothing wrong with that at as long as he's willing to drop the title. Champions need to defend their titles.
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Originally Posted by roaddawg Smart fans also know that Silva finishes most of his fights in highlight reel fashion within 2 rounds unlike GSP who hasn't finished an opponent in ages.
Fans may not care about his mic skills or his inability to hype fights but he does his talking in the ring in true RJJ fashion. Casual fans love seeing finishes. |
When he does finish or attack his opponent it's great to see Silva fight. However there's too many instances where Anderson simply doesn't try for the finish, or for anything really. At least with GSP you know he's going to continually try. He also is only fighting the cream of crop at WW, guys who never get finished. Finally people seem to forget that as you go longer in weight classes it's harder to get the finish due to the increased cardio and decreased power at the lower weight classes.
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Originally Posted by roaddawg Noone likes Chael not even Jon Jones so thats not much of a shocker. Weidman is a relative unknown. Again Silva has everything to lose and nothing to gain. |
None of that matters, it's his responsibility to defend his title. Anderson Silva is a great mixed martial artist, he's just a terrible terrible champion.