Anderson reveals rib injury in the fight against Weidman - "I was 85%"

Yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaah, this is basically just to hype the rematch.
 
He's messing with the media again. Fighters are always injured going into fights, so this is just Anderson having his fun with that.
 
has a Brazilian ever lost without an injury....

thems some excuse makin mofos
 
Flash_Monsta said:
What does his rib have to do with him dropping his hands, under estimating his opponent and getting clocked on the chin?
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Exactly like having a broken rib is really going to effect someones movement. I've fought with two broken legs and still beat the shit out of three guys.
 
Meh, I think we can all agree it had no impact on that particular fight. That fight was a lol-fest from the moment Anderson started to get all Abu-Dhabi on us. My personal opinion on that fight was that Anderson was trying to bait Chris into a striking match while keeping his hands down to avoid takedowns most efficiently and then obviously got overconfident in his defense. Rib injury or not, Chris caught him flush on the chin.
 
If he had been ground down by body shots over 5 rounds this might be an excuse.

Cracked rib doesnt excuse dropping your hands and getting dramatically knocked the fuck out.

Brazillians and their excuses, I wonder if any of them ever lost a fight where they were not 'injured'.
 
Weidmans powerlevel will be over 9000 in the rematch.
 
I think he was more around 69.7% for the fight but he will be around 88.2% for the rematch.
 
ohh!!! come on!! that was the same excuse he made when shale wrestlefuck him for 23 minutes.
 
AS is a lame excuse maker, he makes himself look stupid a la jones.
 
I bet weidman was below 65%
He had a long layoff and injury before the fight.
But you know, champ don't make excuse


Weidman by KO
 
Man, how quickly your greatness is forgotten (or dismissed) after a single loss, all the credentials, accolades, unforgettable moments, championships won, all lost. Indeed, blind hate and the eagerness to witness a mans fall from grace just exacerbates the unbridled enmity of possibly the greatest mixed martial artists of all time. Miraculously, a guy can have a stunning 16 consecutive wins 10 title defenses and 12 post-fight bonus awards, but in this modern what have you done for me lately era, just one loss and you are hot garbage son.

I pause briefly, before anyone decides here and now to cease reading having pegged me as an Anderson Silva fanboy whiteknighting for my hero. **INNT!!! Game show buzzer [X] sound** Wrong!! Your assumption is not only unfounded -- it is dead wrong. Check my post history, I'm no Andy fanboy & like Weidman all the same. Actually I bet on Weidman in the initial fight. Essentially, all I'm doing by posting this message is dropping my one single bead of water in the ginormous Anderson Silva hate filled bathtub that is Sherdog. That said, it just so happens that I would be more inclined to pull the plug and let the water (or hate) seep out than participate in flooding the bathroom - and I would do the same for Weidman in this ludicrously manufactured hater festival.

Placing it into context, Anderson was not making excuses directly after the loss nor was he making YouTube clips in a shameless attempt to discredit his opponents legitimate victory -- as hard as it is to believe, he simply answered a question in which there were myriad rumors about heading into the fight. Namely, speculation that Anderson had sustained a pretty severe rib injury. Indeed, all fighters come in banged up, but there are injuries -- and then there are injuries. Most likely we will never know the severity of this injury or what its impact on the outcome was, (if any at all) however, to castigate the former champ for candidly mentioning it in an interview is a bridge too far IMO.

Regarding the rib injury itself: Undoubtedly, any way you slice it, it was a no win situation for Anderson from the get-go. Certainly had he not taken the fight he would have been called a chicken, a coward, and a punk who was intentionally ducking Chris Weidman. Following the Jon Jones debacle of UFC 151, for a fighter like Anderson to pull out of a main event for anything less than a gunshot wound to the head would not only draw the ire of the boss, his fans, and his nation, but also the mixed martial arts community as a whole. Fact is, be it in his best interest or not, injury be damned, Anderson manned up and took the fight anyhow -- perhaps it was hubris or perhaps it was simply not a debilitating enough injury to postpone the dance. Who knows but Anderson? That is why he was setting the record straight.

Sadly though, there is no such thing on Sherdog as rationale; rather, every explanation regarding a fighters health after a loss is met with illogical cynicism -- warranted or not. Indeed, it is excuses as opposed to explanations, for not only is Anderson Silva a weak chinned fighter who has been shucking and jiving against inferior competition for nearly a decade -- it just so happens that the duplicitous Brazilian is also a liar. Generally speaking humans get the benefit of the doubt unless they are proven to be habitual liars, however, this is not the case in MMA. Unfortunately, MMA competitors are held to a higher standard than the general public by their "loyal" MMA fan base.

Sad really.
 
MMA Goodfella said:
Man, how quickly your greatness is forgotten (or dismissed) after a single loss, all the credentials, accolades, unforgettable moments, championships won, all lost. Indeed, blind hate and the eagerness to witness a mans fall from grace just exacerbates the unbridled enmity of possibly the greatest mixed martial artists of all time. Miraculously, a guy can have a stunning 16 consecutive wins 10 title defenses and 12 post-fight bonus awards, but in this modern what have you done for me lately era, just one loss and you are hot garbage son.

I pause briefly, before anyone decides here and now to cease reading having pegged me as an Anderson Silva fanboy whiteknighting for my hero. **INNT!!! Game show buzzer [X] sound** Wrong!! Your assumption is not only unfounded -- it is dead wrong. Check my post history, I'm no Andy fanboy & like Weidman all the same. Actually I bet on Weidman in the initial fight. Essentially, all I'm doing by posting this message is dropping my one single bead of water in the ginormous Anderson Silva hate filled bathtub that is Sherdog. That said, it just so happens that I would be more inclined to pull the plug and let the water (or hate) seep out than participate in flooding the bathroom - and I would do the same for Weidman in this ludicrously manufactured hater festival.

Placing it into context, Anderson was not making excuses directly after the loss nor was he making YouTube clips in a shameless attempt to discredit his opponents legitimate victory -- as hard as it is to believe, he simply answered a question in which there were myriad rumors about heading into the fight. Namely, speculation that Anderson had sustained a pretty severe rib injury. Indeed, all fighters come in banged up, but there are injuries -- and then there are injuries. Most likely we will never know the severity of this injury or what its impact on the outcome was, (if any at all) however, to castigate the former champ for candidly mentioning it in an interview is a bridge too far IMO.

Regarding the rib injury itself: Undoubtedly, any way you slice it, it was a no win situation for Anderson from the get-go. Certainly had he not taken the fight he would have been called a chicken, a coward, and a punk who was intentionally ducking Chris Weidman. Following the Jon Jones debacle of UFC 151, for a fighter like Anderson to pull out of a main event for anything less than a gunshot wound to the head would not only draw the ire of the boss, his fans, and his nation, but also the mixed martial arts community as a whole. Fact is, be it in his best interest or not, injury be damned, Anderson manned up and took the fight anyhow -- perhaps it was hubris or perhaps it was simply not a debilitating enough injury to postpone the dance. Who knows but Anderson? That is why he was setting the record straight.

Sadly though, there is no such thing on Sherdog as rationale; rather, every explanation regarding a fighters health after a loss is met with illogical cynicism -- warranted or not. Indeed, it is excuses as opposed to explanations, for not only is Anderson Silva a weak chinned fighter who has been shucking and jiving against inferior competition for nearly a decade -- it just so happens that the duplicitous Brazilian is also a liar. Generally speaking humans get the benefit of the doubt unless they are proven to be habitual liars, however, this is not the case in MMA. Unfortunately, MMA competitors are held to a higher standard than the general public by their "loyal" MMA fan base.

Sad really.
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... you know that from now on, you will be branded a SIlva nuthugger by most in here, right??? (despite if you like him or not) :icon_lol:
 
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