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[Afro]

Originally Posted by BDunn

I have to dicagree i think Loiseau and silva should fight before he jumps up to 2nd IMO

well Silva is the #1 contender right now so I got him at #2

[Afro]

Originally Posted by nole

look at this he is not even rated in the top 20 of MW's in MMA standings, keep jocking his dick
http://www.mmaranks.com/mw

sure a ranking that has Nathan Marquadt ranked #3 and just as bad over Paulo Filho is believable right?

and Leben over Tanner, Loiseau, and Terrell.. those are terrible rankings.

[Raiders18]

Yeah Leben over Loiseau is just down right dumb.

[BDunn]

Originally Posted by Afro Samurai

well Silva is the #1 contender right now so I got him at #2

Where did you see that at?

[nole]

Originally Posted by BDunn

Where did you see that at?

yes where

[killerinstinct]

Originally Posted by nole

ya i do if you saw the last 2 pride fights he was in you would know what your talking about, 3-2 in pride hahahahahahaha, if you cant cut in pride goto UFC (jens pulver)

that bridge works both ways though.Baroni,Wanderlei,coleman,and others went to pride b/c they couldn't hang in the UFC.I don't think it's so much that The competition is easier ,but more of a fresh start.A new opportunity. and stop acting like you know everything b/c you've seen a pride or 2.You can watch all the pride tapes you want and your still the same guy who when doesn't have any real good response to an argument or is getting out debated will sy something like go watch some pride and comeback.How about instead you present some facts and show people your opininon.

[killerinstinct]

Originally Posted by Raiders18

Strengths: Silva’s striking is arguably unrivalled at 185lbs in terms of technique. Where other fighters produced by Chute Boxe tend to be wild and reckless with their strikes (Wanderlei Silva, Luiz Azeredo), Anderson is anything but. His striking style is classic Muay Thai, with a heavy importance placed on knees and leg kicks. The strength of Silva’s leg kicks was shown no better than in the Murray fight – while Murray continually looked for the big knockout punch, Silva stayed on the outside and concentrated on leg kicks, slamming his shin into Murray’s thighs so often that before long, the British fighter’s movement was completely taken away from him, and this enabled Silva to pick him apart using the rest of his arsenal. Recently people have been talking about Silva’s dangerous elbow strikes, and he showed this off by knocking Tony Fryklund out with a unique elbow strike to the head that he has since christened the ‘Anderson Elbow’. And as Alex Stiebling can attest to, Silva’s shins are like razorblades, and a kick in the right place can easily slice a forehead wide open.

While Silva is widely known as a striker, this doesn’t mean that he lacks a ground game. Anderson holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and while he hasn’t actually submitted anyone in an MMA fight, he did run a submission clinic on Alexander Otsuka, transitioning from armbars to triangle chokes to leglocks with sublime skill. And although Otsuka proved impossible to finish, I feel that Silva is a highly dangerous competitor on the ground should he be forced to use his submissions. And while his wrestling and ground-and-pound probably isn’t on the level of some of the other fighters in the weight class, don’t think Silva can’t do that either – not wanting to trade strikes with the powerful Curtis Stout, Silva immediately took him down, and spent the round pounding on him from the top en route to a KO. Needless to say, Anderson Silva is a well-rounded competitor who is certainly able to fight in any area of the game.

Weaknesses: A look at his record would probably suggest that Silva’s kryptonite is submissions, but watching his fights, I don’t think this is fair. Silva was able to avoid the submissions of Carlos Newton on the mat, and Newton is an extremely skilled submission artist. I’d be more inclined to say Silva’s biggest weakness is a psychological one. Whether it’s down to taking opponents lightly, or simply mental lapses ala Kevin Randleman, in the fights that he’s lost, it has been as if the real Anderson Silva just didn’t turn up. I believe that nine times out of ten, Anderson Silva would probably defeat Daiju Takase with ease – but watching their fight, you would never believe that Silva is on the same level as Takase, never mind ranked by most fans far above the Japanese journeyman. The Chonan fight was just as bad a showing for Silva – Chonan, who has hardly looked like a world-class striker in later fights, actually outstruck Silva standing before catching him with the submission. Comparing that fight to the Murray fight would make you believe that Silva had a less-skilled twin brother.

The bottom line? When he’s ‘on’, Anderson Silva is near unstoppable. But when he’s not, if you’re his opponent, you’re in luck. And although we haven’t seen the ‘bad’ Anderson Silva for four fights now, who’s to say when he’ll next emerge?

Thats just something i found on Silva, basically when he's on he's unstopable but when he's of well just read above what it says.

you see nole when you have an opinion you present it with facts.You don't just go around and say stupid shit like go watch some pride and comeback. Why the biasm torwards Pride?Why not show respect for all mma? not just pride.

[nole]

Originally Posted by killerinstinct

that bridge works both ways though.Baroni,Wanderlei,coleman,and others went to pride b/c they couldn't hang in the UFC.I don't think it's so much that The competition is easier ,but more of a fresh start.A new opportunity. and stop acting like you know everything b/c you've seen a pride or 2.You can watch all the pride tapes you want and your still the same guy who when doesn't have any real good response to an argument or is getting out debated will sy something like go watch some pride and comeback.How about instead you present some facts and show people your opininon.

Not really Baroni got popd for roids, he realised that he cant fight without them. Coleman same shit. Wand didnt like the treatment he got in UFC . Watch the Wand vs Tito fight , you lilttle kid were you like 9 at the time, it was a close ,but contreversial dec.

[killerinstinct]

Originally Posted by nole

fuck up bitch you dont know shit

you responded to him talking about you making 2nd grade comments with a 2nd grade comment.you pretty much proved his point.

[killerinstinct]

Originally Posted by nole

thank you one person who knows his shit

just b/c not every agrees with you doesn't mean they don't know there shit. If you were going to go by that logic than you must not know anything b/c almost everyone disagrees with you 70% of the time.