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[AnchorPunch]

Originally Posted by mmawolverine

id do maia vs any top 8 guy how bout alves
fitch vs kampman
bonnar retirement or loser of griffin/sonnen
big nog vs struve
herman vs barry/johnson
glover vs thiago silva
maldonado move down to 185 please
e. silva deflowered but comes back strong faces rick story

Oh man! Silva/Story would be a crazy brawl of a fight. I love the idea! Silva is the more technical and I'd bet on him winning, but Story would make it a fight of the night for sure!

Originally Posted by VimyRidge

Silva just destroyed a LHW that was very competitive in 3 fights against 2 former LHW champions (Rashad (lost majority decision) and Griffen (2 fights that could have gone either way)) and was one of Jon Jones' closest fights (although Jones has improved a lot) and people want to see Anderson Silva
fight a MW?????????

Uhh, Rashad/Bonnar was in 2006, not sure it holds that kind of weight. And, yes, Anderson is the MW champion so a lot of us want to see him defend his belt at his weight class.

Originally Posted by rivethead

I think Joe Silva should just let Anderson fight Frankie Edgar and get it over with.

rh

At this point, Silva/GSP is just a freak show fight for me. I'd happily watch it as such, just as I watched Silva/Bonnar. But I definitely don't like the MW belt being held hostage as he does it.

Originally Posted by roaddawg

Noone is being bullied and GSP is no pussy and infact has a good chance at defeating Silva with his speed and wrestling.

Exactly, and that's what RH just doesn't get. And why Silva should be fighting Mighty Mouse, fastest fighter in the UFC

[VimyRidge]

Originally Posted by AnchorPunch

Uhh, Rashad/Bonnar was in 2006, not sure it holds that kind of weight. And, yes, Anderson is the MW champion so a lot of us want to see him defend his belt at his weight class.

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Sorry, I meant WW not MW, I will change this.

[AnchorPunch]

Originally Posted by VimyRidge

Sorry, I meant WW not MW, I will change this.

Ah, I was really confused - I thought you were saying that it was pointless for Silva to stay at MW.

My bad, and my apologies for being douchy

[VimyRidge]

Originally Posted by AnchorPunch

Ah, I was really confused - I thought you were saying that it was pointless for Silva to stay at MW.

My bad, and my apologies for being douchy

No need to apologize, my bad.

[Fedorlei Gomipierre]

Anderson/Bisping

Glover/Rampage, but I see Rampage ducking out and Glover taking on a Bader or Hamill

Bonnar/Griffin III in the TUF house as a final send off.

Maldonado should take a serious look at MW.

Davis/Bader or Vinny

Fitch/Ellenberger or Maia

Maia/Kos or Fitch

Big Nog/Gonzaga or Barnett III

Herman/SDR or Jordan....PeeWee just looks like he doesn't give a shit and it's disappointing.

Erick Silva/John Hathaway, Alves or Siyar Bahadurzada

Tibau/Dunham, Michael Johnson(true test for Johnson), Varner, Volkmann

Story/Dan Miller, Simpson, Noke

Camozzi/Stann, Craig, Herman

Rony Jason/Pham, Do Bronx, Brookins, Cole Miller

Cane/Stann, Natal, Munoz

[Pasha K]

Big Nog vs Struve/Werdum

Anderson vs GSP/Weidman/Bisping

Glover Teixeira vs Rampage

Fitch vs Maia

Rony Jason vs Khabib Nurmagomedov

[rivethead]

Originally Posted by AnchorPunch

Exactly, and that's what RH just doesn't get. And why Silva should be fighting Mighty Mouse, fastest fighter in the UFC

I just realized that Johnson has more fights than Silva has defenses. Since that is the absolute most important-ist criteria of whether he's a worthy opponent, I say make it happen.

rh

[Kimbo> Rampage]

Originally Posted by Tyler Dirten

But he seems to be the only one of the three who is clamoring for a fight with the SMALLER fighter...

Agree... although JDS said he wanted to fight Jones... Edgar said he would fight Aldo when he was champion... those cowards...

ADAMANTLY refusing to fight the larger fighter.

GSP doesnt seem Keen on fighting Anderson either... He is questioned about fighting him just as much as Anderson is about fighting Jones.

BJ Penn is a great example... there's a fighter who CHALLENGED himself... and it sure wasn't by fighting SMALLER guys.
Silva could learn a thing or two.

Yep... so could GSP

[rivethead]

Surprisingly, you're counterpoints are once again off the mark. Edgar and Aldo are actually the same size. Edgar might have 5lbs of cageweight--that's debatable--but Aldo has a bit of length and reach on him. At HW, Dos Santos might have 15lbs on Jones, but he's giving up a LOT of reach.

But what you're missing--shockingly--is that people who are critical of Anderson are critical because he's the one doggedly pursuing a fight with the smaller fighter. This isn't a case of simply being asked in an interview "hey, would you fight X if the situation would work" and answering "sure, if the situation worked out."

This is a case of a fighter who is doggedly pursuing a fight with an uninterested, smaller fighter.


If it happened on a playground, or at a bar, you'd call that bullying.

rh

[Kimbo> Rampage]

Originally Posted by rivethead

Surprisingly, you're counterpoints are once again off the mark. Edgar and Aldo are actually the same size. Edgar might have 5lbs of cageweight--that's debatable--but Aldo has a bit of length and reach on him. At HW, Dos Santos might have 15lbs on Jones, but he's giving up a LOT of reach.

rh

Edgar and JDS were a joke... Edgar and Aldo are very close in size and If Jones bulked up, he could easily be bigger than JDS...

is that people who are critical of Anderson are critical because he's the one doggedly pursuing a fight with the smaller fighter. This isn't a case of simply being asked in an interview "hey, would you fight X if the situation would work" and answering "sure, if the situation worked out."

This is a case of a fighter who is doggedly pursuing a fight with an uninterested, smaller fighter.

Not at all, Anderson's stance is very strange... He doesnt want to fight Jones because he is "too big" yet doesn't see how GSP thinks Anderson is too big...

My problem is that... When Anderson says this... his critics come back with... he should have to fight Jones... 2 wrongs dont make a right...

The exact same thing they are complaining about, when he asks for GSP... It seems Anderson and his haters have more in common than it would appear... they cannot see blatant double standards...