Anderson Silva and Jose Aldo. Who had the better career? Is it close?

Guest84 said:
Silva was consistent in his peak, Aldo was consistent throughout his whole career.

You are trying to discredit Aldo due to his age, but their mileage is about the same. Aldo retired still competitive, but not enough to actually get a title, by a hair.
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I have nothing but hespect for Scarface, young buck. Stating his age and record is not discrediting him, it's quite literally the exact opposite.

Silva was consistent until he was almost 40 and had a career-changing injury. He was competitive into his mid 40s after that. The most accomplished fighter in the sport's history who broke, set, and still holds an outrageous number of records. That's as fucking consistent as it gets.
 
Fioretti said:
I have nothing but hespect for Scarface, young buck. Stating his age and record is not discrediting him, it's quite literally the exact opposite.

Silva was consistent until he was almost 40 and had a career-changing injury. He was competitive into his mid 40s after that. The most accomplished fighter in the sport's history who broke, set, and still holds an outrageous number of records. That's as fucking consistent as it gets.
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When you point out Aldo and AS age to show who is more impressive, you are not taking into account mileage, and theirs is similar.
Silva had the leg break, good point, but also had the steroid problem.
Don't forget that Aldo's reign comes all the way from WEC, when it was pretty much the same as what is in the UFC. Running through people.

Aldo, strong early career, great champion, strong late career.

Anderson,above average early career, FANTASTIC reign, below average end of career.

Take it as you want it.
 
Silva just gets more credit bc he was a higher weight class and had his entire run in the UFC rather than split with WEC. Aldo's schedule was actually tougher than Silva's IMO. Plus yes.. he never pissed hot.
 
Guest84 said:
When you point out Aldo and AS age to show who is more impressive, you are not taking into account mileage, and theirs is similar.
Silva had the leg break, good point, but also had the steroid problem.
Don't forget that Aldo's reign comes all the way from WEC, when it was pretty much the same as what is in the UFC. Running through people.

Aldo, strong early career, great champion, strong late career.

Anderson,above average early career, FANTASTIC reign, below average end of career.

Take it as you want it.
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You said Aldo was more consistent. Aldo retired at age 35 with a record of 31-8. Silva was 38 years old with a record of 33-4.

I'm mentioning their age and record because it's relevant to your inaccurate statement of Aldo being more consistent. He wasn't.

If all you want to say is that Silva ended his career with a streak of losses, in his 40s, after a career-altering injury, then just say that. If you want an actual comparison, try comparing it properly. Aldo never fought past age 35. Silva defended his title 5x from 35+ and got a first round KO in the weightclass above.

Even if you stretch it out to match Aldo's number of fights (39), Silva is the more consistent fighter with a record of 33-6, right before his 39th birthday.

Shucks.
 
Fioretti said:
You said Aldo was more consistent. Aldo retired at age 35 with a record of 31-8. Silva was 38 years old with a record of 33-4.

I'm mentioning their age and record because it's relevant to your inaccurate statement of Aldo being more consistent. He wasn't.

If all you want to say is that Silva ended his career with a streak of losses, in his 40s, after a career-altering injury, then just say that. If you want an actual comparison, try comparing it properly. Aldo never fought past age 35. Silva defended his title 5x from 35+ and got a first round KO in the weightclass above.

Even if you stretch it out to match Aldo's number of fights (39), Silva is the more consistent fighter with a record of 33-6, right before his 39th birthday.

Shucks.
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Again, you bringing age in, completely ignoring mileage.
Aldo's losses only to prospects or champion. Anderson Silva, not so much.
One retired with nothing else to offer top competition, the other retired in the brink, but oh so out of reach, of a title shot.

If you can't look at those things, and see that their careers, not only their reigning time as champion, as extremely comparable, I got nothing else to offer you, and that's ok.
 
Guest84 said:
Again, you bringing age in, completely ignoring mileage.
Aldo's losses only to prospects or champion. Anderson Silva, not so much.
One retired with nothing else to offer top competition, the other retired in the brink, but oh so out of reach, of a title shot.

If you can't look at those things, and see that their careers, not only their reigning time as champion, as extremely comparable, I got nothing else to offer you, and that's ok.
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Career title fights:

Silva: 17-2

Aldo: 11-4 (1 of the 11 was an interim title)

Silva's first loss in a title fight came at age 38. Aldo's came at age 29.

Age is directly related to consistency, new blood. Jones is the only fighter who has been more consistent than Anderson Silva at the highest level. Even Jones hasn't matched or beaten a lot of Silva's records. Aldo retired at 35, Silva was a decade older when he hung it up. Fuck.

Hespect The Spider, boy.
 
Fioretti said:
Career title fights:

Silva: 17-2

Aldo: 11-4 (1 of the 11 was an interim title)

Silva's first loss in a title fight came at age 38. Aldo's came at age 29.

Age is directly related to consistency, new blood. Jones is the only fighter who has been more consistent than Anderson Silva at the highest level. Even Jones hasn't matched or beaten a lot of Silva's records.

Hespect The Spider, boy.
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Age is more of a factor in lower weight classes also.

No disrespect to Spider or to Aldo, I have been following MMA for a long time, great champions and fighters with their own strength.

Take care.
 
Paul E Gensinger said:
Anderson because he lost his title on a fluke.
Aldo lost his title in his Prime,---got mirked. Probably the worst title defense of any champion in MMA history. Aldo beat the Jeremy Stephens of the world, wow. Once he had to fight the next generation of FW (Volk and Holloway), he got beat down.
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The twisted logic of silva fanbois in a nutshell.
 
Guest84 said:
Age is more of a factor in lower weight classes also.

No disrespect to Spider or to Aldo, I have been following MMA for a long time, great champions and fighters with their own strength.

Take care.
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Funny you mention this. Aldo moved down as he aged, Silva moved up, consistently.
 
Definitely Anderson Silva

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