Handing over the torch....

[Zabit 145 Goat]

If Israel Adesanya beats Anderson Silva its gonna be heart breaking. Watching arguably the Goat and one of my favorite fighters of all time lose and hand over the torch will be painful..

What other times in MMA history do you recall where a legend handed over the torch to a young, exciting prospect that you will never live down?

 

[3nigma]

Silva is washed up and has been beaten several times over the past few years.

His torch went out long ago and has nothing to pass.

 

[TheIrishPsycho]

He handed it over years ago bro.

 

[Mortal Wombat]

Weidman broke that torch.

 

[elwani]

 

[AimedWithV]

If Israel Adesanya beats Anderson Silva its gonna be heart breaking. Watching arguably the Goat and one of my favorite fighters of all time lose and hand over the torch will be painful..

What other times in MMA history do you recall where a legend handed over the torch to a young, exciting prospect that you will never live down?

Hughes-GSP
Nogueira-Velasquez
Mirko-JDS
Penn-Edgar
Randy-Chuck

 

[Sonny Qc]

Silva passed the torch to bisping lol.

 

[Sonny Qc]

Hughes-GSP
Nogueira-Velasquez
Mirko-JDS
Penn-Edgar
Randy-Chuck

Randy - Brock ?

 

[AimedWithV]

Randy - Brock ?

Didn't feel like that to me.

I kinda considered Randy torchless by then, making his underdog HW championship run impressive even more.

 

[AimedWithV]

If Israel Adesanya beats Anderson Silva its gonna be heart breaking. Watching arguably the Goat and one of my favorite fighters of all time lose and hand over the torch will be painful..

What other times in MMA history do you recall where a legend handed over the torch to a young, exciting prospect that you will never live down?

In addition, I'd like to point that this is so rare that torches are passed properly in MMA. So much chaos and controversy.

GSP has his torch in the closet, Anderson's wasn't passed to Weidman, Fedor's fell in Stary Oskol gym, Ronda hid hers under the pillow....Jones uses his to melt the doze....

 

[chinarice]

If Israel Adesanya beats Anderson Silva its gonna be heart breaking. Watching arguably the Goat and one of my favorite fighters of all time lose and hand over the torch will be painful..

What other times in MMA history do you recall where a legend handed over the torch to a young, exciting prospect that you will never live down?

He already passed the torch 5 years ago.... July 2013.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Brown-Aldo
Sakurai-Anderson

 

[20falarVerdades]

It needs to be said that 42 year old Anderson Silva styled on KO Machine Derek Brunson. I wouldn't be too surprised if he beat Israel

 

[Perrichet]

It needs to be said that 42 year old Anderson Silva styled on KO Machine Derek Brunson. I wouldn't be too surprised if he beat Israel

If by styled on you mean outstruck and outgrappled getting a gift decision win you are right

 

[20falarVerdades]

If by styled on you mean outstruck and outgrappled getting a gift decision win you are right

I believe you are confusing this fight with Hendricks vs GSP

 

[Limit Smasher]

You're 5 years late, TS. Torch was passed to Weidman long ago.

 

[VinceArch]

It needs to be said that 42 year old Anderson Silva styled on KO Machine Derek Brunson. I wouldn't be too surprised if he beat Israel

"Styled on" lol. Yeah, call it that.