Originally Posted by Party Animal:
“if thats the case what was Silva's excuse for the most embarrasing display ever seen in the Octagon when he fought Damien Maia dont get me wrong Silva is a great fighter but styles make fights and he looked dreadful against Sonnen for 24 minutes
Looking forward to having a large bet on this fight
GSP would not last a round against Silva just the same as Aldo would not last a round against GSP fighters in all fight sports never do well against heavier opponents the odd one or two has come out on top but 99% of the time the lighter guy loses
I remember Bob Foster who was a great Light heavywirght boxing champ fight twice at heavy and got completely destroyed on both occasions
in fact the List of great fighters moving up and failing is huge
for that very reason Jon Jones would not live with the top heavywieghts
and for my money He is pound for pound only behind Aldo”
Silva never looked in danger against Maia, he almost looked bored. It was an awful fight, but yet again Silva pretty much saying "Try stop me", which Maia clearly couldn't do. Silva didn't look dreadful against Sonnen. Sonnen came in on illegal drugs and Silva came in with an injury, plain and simple. Name me another time Silva has performed like that ever before in the UFC? (And I'm not talking about dancing around with Maia, I'm talking having the fight taken to him and losing a fight). You cant, because it hasn't happened. So Sonnen comes in after taking illegal substances, comes in with Silva having a key injury and comes in to hold Silva down on the ground for five rounds, yet STILL cant stop Silva? I think that says it all really. That's what can separate greats and legends. When you can be out pointed for four and a half rounds only to pull off something spectacular in the final minutes, that's special.
Also, when I compared the other fighters (GSP, Aldo) I was talking P4P, not them competing against each other. Though while saying that, claiming GSP wouldn't last a round with Silva is beyond madness. GSP once again showed his brilliant technical striking not long ago (and no, it's not as good as Silva's, then again hardly anybodies in the UFC is) and his wrestling and take down offense is top notch. GSP is a smart fighter, he wouldn't come in and play to the strengths of Silva. For me Silva is the top fighter in MMA, but to try to say GSP wouldn't last a round with him is crazy. I cant say it would last more than a round, because nobody knows, either could come out and finish the fight in a matter of seconds, but GSP is certainly capable of lasting a round with Silva.
Have a big bet on the fight, best of luck to you. Sonnen could win, because this is MMA, anything is possible. If Sonnen even attempts to stand with Silva for long though, I'll be surprised if he doesn't get some sense knocked into himself. Sonnen will try to employ the obvious gameplan of keeping Silva down for as many rounds as possible, let's hope that game plan fails.