Media Anderson Silva or MVP…. Who has better striking?

Anderson Silva, however, I do rank MVP very highly in terms of greatest strikers. I don't really know if there's anyone today I would pick to beat him in an MMA striking only matchup (they agreed before hand to not grapple)
 
yeah the exaggerations right now are getting pretty goofy.

anderson was a long reigning all-time great who clowned people in title fights for years, MVP hasn't even earned a title shot yet. there have been plenty of top-level strikers in the ufc, snipers on the feet, wonderboy, barboza etc and they never even snag a belt, and MVP probably won't either.

there should be a restriction that no one is allowed to make one of these hero worship threads until like a month after the latest fight. okay, he won a fight. no he is not anderson frigging silva.
 
Doctor Grudge said:
For like 2 fights Anderson Silva did that. What you're saying has described the way MVP has fought for most of his career, not Anderson Silva.

MVP never "almost murdered" anyone (which opponent are you referring to?). There is really no comparison in terms of power, finishing, and killer instinct. Anderson Silva has finished nearly every opponent he ever fought in the UFC until he lost to Chris Weidman.

MVP has not finished a single one - and his best wins in Bellator were close decisions also.

Anderson is a more varied striker and has incredibly high finishing ability. MVP is more one dimensional and has very little finishing ability. Their skills, build, reflex, and speed are comparable but those other factors put it pretty easily in Silva. Proof is kind of in the pudding, no? Silva is one of the GOATs, MVP is not.
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I’m thinking your memory is shorter than your pecker…
 
don't ask said:
George was an aggressive fighter and it didn't matter how the other person decided to fight, he steamrolled them. Anderson was doing the opposite.
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aggressive for fighting and getting batterd for 5 rounds
meanwhile anderson who isnt aggresive
going up at LHW and knocking fools out?
and can finish fights

a feat that gsp wont do in his prime
 
Probably a subjective thing, but I preferred Anderson's striking. Way more diverse and entertaining. MVP is great at distance management but darts in and out with limited strikes, he's a points fighter
 
Dark C3PO said:
MVP isn't even a top 10 striker in MMA history, let alone better than Anderson.
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This, Anderson is better. Thompson is better too. MVP is overrated imo, alot of it is his ridiculous size advantage that gives him alot of reach to do flashy striking moves.
 
with all honesty, and with zero hate, this 'question' can only be asked by someone who didnt watch prime AS.

cause it aint a question.
 
don't ask said:
I'm not sure what you're saying here, but he apologized to the fans and promised to make it up to the fans (and he never did lol).
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I explained why UFC 112 was a big deal, ans why Dana had strong criticism and reaction towards Anderson Silva in thst bout.
don't ask said:
They were unhappy about all three fights (though I remember the Cote fight getting the least criticism) and were openly wondering if Silva was trying to get stripped of the belt so he could leave or if he was trying to pressure the UFC into paying him more money. People were absolutely making the argument that a GOAT wouldn't need to rely on the other fighter to fight the way they want.
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I don’t know, i don’t remember that, all I remember was the Maia bout, and if you actually were around when thst happened, Anderson Silva had personal beef with both Maia and Vitor. That’s why Anderson fought like that towards Maia, look into it.
 
volcom5 said:
I explained why UFC 112 was a big deal, ans why Dana had strong criticism and reaction towards Anderson Silva in thst bout.
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Yeah, it was important because of Arab money, but Dana apologized to the fans. Because the fans were that upset.
volcom5 said:
I don’t know, i don’t remember that, all I remember was the Maia bout, and if you actually were around when thst happened, Anderson Silva had personal beef with both Maia and Vitor. That’s why Anderson fought like that towards Maia, look into it.
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It doesn't matter why he fought like that. Fans weren't happy he fought like that.
 
don't ask said:
Yeah, it was important because of Arab money, but Dana apologized to the fans. Because the fans were that upset.
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It was important for MMA as a whole and that is exactly why Dana was upset.
don't ask said:
It doesn't matter why he fought like that. Fans weren't happy he fought like that.
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Never said fans weren’t happy, but there is a lot context that you’re omitting. And like I mentioned, I don’t remember people getting up in arms over Leites and Cote, there were talks about them not deserving and being “cans” the Maia bout is the one where fans and the UFC openly criticized Anderson and like I mentioned, there was a lot riding on thst event.

Im pretty sure UFC 120 was the event to make it up to the fans, that or 122, it was either one of those free numbered UFC events.
 
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MVP is only good against aggressive strikers who can't close distance well. He would probably beat Prates, but he isn't great either.
 
don't ask said:
Yes, I watched those fights. The majority of fans were upset at his performances in all three of them.
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To be fair while those weren’t good fights fans were mostly upset because we had watched Silva obliterate some of the toughest guys in the division so those fights kind of felt like he just wasn’t trying. He set a pretty high bar for himself.
 
Anderson was truly special amongst special fighters.

His highlight reel-and the fact that most of it happened during title defenses makes me say Anderson

MVP simply hasn’t faced the level of competition and also got to the UFC too late.
MVP didn’t get dropped by Jake fucking Paul though. Can’t believe that’s reality…it’s almost as bad as the 13 second Conor v Aldo ko
 
This is the worst idea for a thread of all time
 
Tbh I don’t think Adesanya is as talented as either Anderson or MVP
Adesanya is more technical…more observational, less athletic then Anderson or MVP
 
MVP isn't a striking genius. He's a movement genius. No one can still work him out on the feet due to how he moves

Anderson was a striking genius
 
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