Ok my earlier poor humor aside, seriously, what about Belfort for Silva next?
Provided he makes a good showing againt Franklin of course. I’d love to see that.
[quote]Barachiel wrote:
Ok my earlier poor humor aside, seriously, what about Belfort for Silva next?
Provided he makes a good showing againt Franklin of course. I’d love to see that.[/quote]
I would love to see it as well. One problem. Vitor is at 185, and if Silva fights at 185 it will be against Henderson.
If Silva moves to 205, there are enough interesting (to the UFC) fights to keep him active until he retires next year. Being that Silva has his own marketing challenges, they will probably want to stick in with guys that are proven PPV draws. I am sure this list includes Rampage, Tito, and eventually Rua.
Since we are already off topic on this silly thread, why not go even further off topic…
The 185 division seems a little light for big names and top tier guys. They have some guys closer to the end of their career than the beginning of it in Henderson, W Silva, and Marquart. Vitor is in the same boat. They will need these guys to fight quite a bit while they market some younger guys. Hell with AS going to 205, Rich should come back down to 185. Then you have:
Henderson
Franklin
Okami
Marquart
Maia
Belfort
Akiyama
W. Silva
Palhares
Cote
etc…
This actually looks a lot more interesting without A Silva. It looks a lot less interesting without Vitor and Franklin.
[quote]JohnnyNinja wrote:
The only thing more ridiculous than the topic of this thread is anyone realistically thinking the question: “Silva vs Lesner?”[/quote]
Who the fuck is Brock Lesnar?
[quote]Barachiel wrote:
Ok my earlier poor humor aside, seriously, what about Belfort for Silva next?
Provided he makes a good showing againt Franklin of course. I’d love to see that.[/quote]
Doesn’t the winner of Belfort/Franklin get the next shot, and after that Hendo is up? I think Vitor would make a good fight.
I think that is why they signed Vitor…and Akiyama.
If Akiyama adjusts well in the Octagon with a few more wins…I think he will at top of food chain in MW division. Okami…I know he’s boring for the most part…but damn,he gets no deserved respect. I figured we would have seen a rematch with him and Silva by now.
Do we really want to see this again?
griffin suffered some major injuries apparently… fractured jaw and something else.
it was legit, he was rocked 3x.
there is absolutely no one who can challenge silva, except possibly machida (but i doubt it)…
silva v machida needs to be made
then silva vs lesnar (or fedor if he owns lesnar by that time)
silva vs gsp wont happen… gsp is too small… silva would destroy him… i’d still like to see it happen though.
basically we need some throwback style pride fights, fighting out of his weight class etc…
i had some insane gif’s of him owning forrest but they got taken down… just ridiculous.
peace
I too though the fight was rigged (I had $50 on Forrest for the upset, 3-1 odds). At any rate, after I watched the fight again, in slow motion, I was just staggered by Silva’s skills. He put Griffin down a couple times and could have finished him, but instead let him back up to his feet (once by lending a hand). Silva proved that Griffin’s toughness and work ethic are nothing compared to Silva’s raw skill, talent, power, speed, etc…
BJ Penn did the same thing. He displayed scary talent coupled with a new found work ethic. He made Kenny look like a second-grader.
After watching Silva-Forrest it became apparent that Silva is just an alien, a freak of nature, one of those rare fighters that pop up once every generation.
silva is just the roy jones jr of mma… no one has seen it in mma before.
no one knows how to deal with it.
Those of you salivating for Silva v Lesnar are just fucking stupid.
Lesnar would probably put him in a coma. Lesnar outweighs him by 60lbs (natural weight assuming Silva is 220 and Lesnar is 280).
Really?
GSP v Silva at a catchweight of 190. GSP walks around at 190 or so and is crazy cut at 170lb.
I second that. Silva’s main weakness, which isn’t really as weak as people think, is his wrestling. Brock would take him down and pound him into hamburger. Brock is a beast and I don’t see anyone coming close to beating him. Maybe Carwin…
[quote]adarqui wrote:
silva is just the roy jones jr of mma… no one has seen it in mma before.
no one knows how to deal with it.
[/quote]
I didn’t think so. Forrest was totally not on his game in that fight. I’m not saying he could’ve won, but that was one of Forrest’s worse performances. He seemed almost in awe of Silva, he was slow, and he hesistated way too much.
After watching it a thousand times everything looked legit. I think Forrest may have been injured or ill because he didn’t look himself but he got knocked down twice and hurt badly if not knocked out the third time. I wonder what he was doing after the first knockdown, he motioned to the ref and I couldn’t tell if he was looking for an out or saying he was ok.
I think the fact that he mysteriously ran out of the ring and dissapeared added to the fight looking strange and theories all over the place as to why.
Yeah, Forrest had a moment of lunacy thinking he could stand and bang with Silva. He got rocked earlier in the round and then it was pretty much done from there. When the commentators are telling you to keep your head down you have a problem.
[quote]BantamRunner wrote:
Those of you salivating for Silva v Lesnar are just fucking stupid.
Lesnar would probably put him in a coma. Lesnar outweighs him by 60lbs (natural weight assuming Silva is 220 and Lesnar is 280).
Really?
GSP v Silva at a catchweight of 190. GSP walks around at 190 or so and is crazy cut at 170lb. [/quote]
I agree, it’s lunacy. If Silva couldn’t stop Henderson taking him down, and TRAVIS LUTTER’s crappy two leg attempts, there is no way he has a snowball’s chance in hell against Brock’s freight train wrestling. He has a chance with the first few hits, but then the fight is going down and not going back up.
[quote]Aussie Davo wrote:
adarqui wrote:
silva is just the roy jones jr of mma… no one has seen it in mma before.
no one knows how to deal with it.
I didn’t think so. Forrest was totally not on his game in that fight. I’m not saying he could’ve won, but that was one of Forrest’s worse performances. He seemed almost in awe of Silva, he was slow, and he hesistated way too much.[/quote]
Agreed.
There is no need to threaten me with violence, fellas. I was only posing a question to the Combat forum. No need for threats. I’m not one for fisticuffs.
But I am for shooting someone in the spine when they turn around.
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
There is no need to threaten me with violence, fellas. I was only posing a question to the Combat forum. No need for threats. I’m not one for fisticuffs.
But I am for shooting someone in the spine when they turn around.[/quote]
It was a good post apparently, got some attention and got everyone talking.
griffin would never throw a fight, he got rocked at least 4 times on the button. silva is the second coming… the end…
I dont like all of the WWE stuff that dana has added to the UFC…everything from the crazy colored hair that the fighters have had to Dana’s encouragement of thier antics and such, to Dana hiring that bisexual rocker to kiss bj penn when he fought GSP. All of this, makes the UFC a bit more “fake” every time they do these things.
Then you have a guy that is one of the biggest sluggers in the UFC and he RUNS out of the ring. That’s pretty dramatic so I have to wonder.