Good post. I agree.
Edit: except for the first part of your post.
Anderson had three tough opponents.
Vitor
Hendo
Weidman
He has two good wins and lost twice to Chris.
Rest of his record is padded.
You forget Franklin arguably beat Hendo when they fought, the fight was a razor thin split SD. Silva beat most of the top fighters in his division at the time, you can do this historical hindsight discrediting all you want, but it just makes you look like a tool.