Who's career has been more impressive, GSP's or Anderson Silva's?

[cburm]

To be fair GSP is still the lineal WW and MW champion and Silva just got cleared by USADA and can fight as soon as October of this year.

Really whem did whittaker lose his belt

 

[wearetheromans]

Georges determination to protect his record is kinda embarrassing

Gets gifted a win against hendricks, then retires...

Comes out of retirement for a "superfight" against the weakest mw champ since the ufc was in ita infancy

Refuses to fight anderson his whole career

After bisping, ducks the actual mw contenders, wont fight Woodley, goes looking for a custom tailored opponent at lw

 

[Steve-French]

1 win at mw vs contriversial champ for interem title not the real belt.

Really whem did whittaker lose his belt

Okay follow along now...
Evan Tanner def David Terrel

Rich Franklin def Evan Tanner

Silva beat Franklin

Weidman beat Silva

Rockhold beat Weidman

Bisping beat Rockhold

GSP beat Bisping

As of right now GSP is technically the lineal MW champion and never fought for the interim.

 

[Readybodisready]

Anderson's best wins are Chael Sonnen 2x, Henderson, and Vitor.

Okami, Marquat, Cote, Maia, Leites, Irvin, Griffin, Bonnar, Leben, Lutter...I mean really? A lot of these guys are great fighters, but most of them journeymen whom never held a title in the first place except Griffin.

GSP > Silva

Silva haters have absolutely no clue what they're talking about. Like this goof doesn't even mention Rich Franklin who at the time was touted to be MW GOAT, or Marquardt who was the next big thing and everyone believes would have reigned if it wasn't for Silva. Or Hayato Sakurai who he probably never heard of, who was #1 P4P when Silva destroyed him @ WW.

Haters of the GOAT can't be taken seriously.

 

[JackSchtotll]

Okay follow along now...
Evan Tanner def David Terrel

Rich Franklin def Evan Tanner

Silva beat Franklin

Weidman beat Silva

Rockhold beat Weidman

Bisping beat Rockhold

GSP beat Bisping

As of right now GSP is technically the lineal MW champion and never fought for the interim.

No: he called in sick and vacated. He ducked the MW top dogs and saying his a MW champ is a complete farce.

 

[UseARubberGuard]

Silva haters have absolutely no clue what they're talking about. Like this goof doesn't even mention Rich Franklin who at the time was touted to be MW GOAT, or Marquardt who was the next big thing and everyone believes would have reigned if it wasn't for Silva. Or Hayato Sakurai who he probably never heard of, who was #1 P4P when Silva destroyed him @ WW.

Haters of the GOAT can't be taken seriously.

Not to mention they also then call Forrest a "can", even though he was only one fight removed from beating Shogun and Rampage.

 

[JackSchtotll]

Not to mention they also then call Forrest a "can", even though he was only one fight removed from beating Shogun and Rampage.

It's "second degree fighter bashing". GSP fanboys will discredit and bash other fighters just because they lost to Anderson. I am expecting them to bash on Weidman and claim he's a bum too, just to further discredit Silva.

 

[fedoriswar37]

That's a lie.

GSP fanboys made up this lie to justify their fanaticism to a guy who couldn't put the spectacles Silva was showcasing while the CHANGED the sport. GSP's contribution to MMA is none, he was a fighter like all others, boring, nothing outstanding and his competition was inferior to what Anderson faced.

If it wasn't so, GSP could easily have stopped the weight cut and fought at MW. He didn't because he knew it was easier to fight oversized LWs.

Oh shut up GSP had a far bigger influence then Silva did on the sport and sold better. Silva barely spoke english and almost got put on the prelims by Dana because of his bullshit against Leites and Maia. Chael was a huge boost in Silvas career.

 

[JackSchtotll]

Oh shut up GSP had a far bigger influence then Silva did on the sport and sold better. Silva barely spoke english and almost got put on the prelims by Dana because of his bullshit against Leites and Maia. Chael was a huge boost in Silvas career.

I'm talking about how modern MMA is practiced, not about theatrics.

LOL, "spoke english". He could be mute: his role was to give the spectacles he gave, not speak.

 

[JKS]

Anderson! Beat better fighters in his career, more impressive title defense streak, more finishes and had a more impressive career prior to the UFC being a multi organizational champion in Shooto and Cage Rage

 

[fedoriswar37]

I'm talking about how modern MMA is practiced, not about theatrics.

LOL, "spoke english". He could be mute: his role was to give the spectacles he gave, not speak.

No , your talking about what they were to fans, and GSP clearly was more as he sold more. It doesnt matter what his "role was" he was more exciting to watch but that didn't translate to fans wanting to see him fight.

 

[JackSchtotll]

No , your talking about what they were to fans, and GSP clearly was more as he sold more. It doesnt matter what his "role was" he was more exciting to watch but that didn't translate to fans wanting to see him fight.

You are putting words in my mouth. I never said that.

I stated that Silva had a much greater impact on how the sport is practiced and how it evolved, than GSP who practiced an orthodox and bureaucratic version of MMA.

One of the reasons Conor was so popular is that he brought back some of the magic of watching Silva.

My points are purely technical: I don't care for numbers, PPV, the popularity contest.

 

[Readybodisready]

Also lol @ TS statistic manipulation. Being aware that Anderson has more top 10 wins than GSP he opts to only mention top 5 wins which GSP happens to have more of, not realizing that there is a thin like between guys ranked #6/7 and guys @ #5/4.

GSP fans have always been nerds obsessed with statistics and try to spin everything in their man's favor.

 

[JackSchtotll]

Also lol @ TS statistic manipulation. Being aware that Anderson has more top 10 wins than GSP he opts to only mention top 5 wins which GSP happens to have more of, not realizing that there is a thin like between guys ranked #6/7 and guys @ #5/4.

GSP fans have always been nerds obsessed with statistics and try to spin everything in their man's favor.

And obsessed with Anderson too for some reason....

 

[PopeUrbanII]

Goat St. Pierre.

 

[fedoriswar37]

You are putting words in my mouth. I never said that.

I stated that Silva had a much greater impact on how the sport is practiced and how it evolved, than GSP who practiced an orthodox and bureaucratic version of MMA.

One of the reasons Conor was so popular is that he brought back some of the magic of watching Silva.

My points are purely technical: I don't care for numbers, PPV, the popularity contest.

How the hell did Silva have a greater impact on how the sport is practiced come on now your just talking out of your ass and im actually a huge Silva fan. More and more people trained like GSP, well rounded guys with cardio who could wrestle and strike and win rounds . Silva didnt evolve anything he was unique and there was no point in trying to emulate him. Modern MMA is guys who from the beggining train everything, there is less and less specialists like anderson so no he didnt revolutionize anything like you say.

 

[unfinishable]

Also lol @ TS statistic manipulation. Being aware that Anderson has more top 10 wins than GSP he opts to only mention top 5 wins which GSP happens to have more of, not realizing that there is a thin like between guys ranked #6/7 and guys @ #5/4.

All I see is you trying to manipulate stats.

 

[JackSchtotll]

How the hell did Silva have a greater impact on how the sport is practiced come on now your just talking out of your ass and im actually a huge Silva fan. More and more people trained like GSP, well rounded guys with cardio who could wrestle and strike and win rounds . Silva didnt evolve anything he was unique and there was no point in trying to emulate him. Modern MMA is guys who from the beggining train everything, there is less and less specialists like anderson so no he didnt revolutionize anything like you say.

When he was trashing everybody, what was the way to beat him?

 

[Readybodisready]

All I see is you trying to manipulate stats.

No that's the GSP fan's way.

What's funny is your guy doesn't even have the stats that matter the most, silva does. Longest title defense streak, longest UFC winning streak, beaten most ranked opponents, most amount of finishes against ranked opponents etc. who wins in these simple, clear categories?

I mean, you can have your little "GSP has spent the most amount of minutes in the octagon while being on top of his opponent" type of silly stats but I look at substance.

 

[unfinishable]

No that's the GSP fan's way.

What's funny is your guy doesn't even have the stats that matter the most, silva does. Longest title defense streak, longest UFC winning streak, beaten most ranked opponents, most amount of finishes against ranked opponents etc. who wins in these simple, clear categories?

That's your opinion, I like to favor
Most top 5 ranked wins
Most UFC Titles
Most UFC Title Bouts
Most UFC Wins
2 weight Champion

Oh, and the Silva fans way of just forgetting he has 8 losses in his career (4 in his prime) and more importantly a 2 time ped cheat that actually ruins everything he has accomplished. You can't be a steroid cheat and a Goat candidate at the same time