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Ground game isn't the question mark with Silva. Roids and level of opposition he faced in the UFC are the real questions about him.
How was Anderson Silva considered GOAT when he had no legit ground game?
He was a top-notch striker, no doubt. But he always had known weakness. You knew he was in trouble when a good wrestler takes him down. I always believed GSP had legit arguments as GOAT more than Silva. Even Jon Jones has better arguments with how well-rounded his game is, whether stand up striking or wrestling/BJJ.
He does have a ground game. It revolves around avoiding damage and preventing the opponent from advancing position while being aware of opportunistic sweeps/subs. Very effective in its own way.
His weakness in respect to grappling is that he's a pretty poor wrestler.
HENDO fought Anderson in 2008.
Less than a year earlier, he became a 2 division Champ in PRIDE, by beating it's long reigning King @ LHW!! (2007)
Arguably the greatest KO in UFC history. (2009)
WON THE STRIKEFORCE LHW CHAMPIONSHIP (2011)
KNOCKED OUT FEDOR "THE GOAT" EMILIANENKO (2011)
Won arguably the greatest fight in UFC history!! (2014)
KO'D an always dangerous Tim Boetsch. (2015)
Delivered a brutal KO to Hector Lombard! (2016)
Uhhh....better than prime Hendo, TRT Hendo. The Hendo that went on from this lost to beat Palhares, Rich Franklin, Bisping, Babalu, Cavalcante, Fedor, and Shogun...Not prime Henderson, that's for sure.
Yeah, Wanderlei was done when he decided to start fighting heavy hitters in Hunt and Mirko. Everything that was left in his ability to take shots left with that Crocop headkick.
Dan Henderson is an all-time great, no question and IMO has the best resume in MMA but lets not act like he was on some big win streak heading into the Silva fight. He lost his fight right before fighting Silva.
And you have to understand who Dan Henderson was at the time.
Not prime Henderson, that's for sure.