Throwback Anderson Silva Second To None

[buddahead]

He rolled perfectly with the Hbomb.

Your right. But I don't think alex is much faster than henderson, honestly. Don't see a reason he couldn't do the same with alex left hook. Or at least get out of the way.

off topic a bit but Does anyone remember when he was on tuf? When he put his back against the cage. And he just let bader, punch him over and over again and just kept waving his hands, like "come on".
Not that bader some huge puncher, but it was still impressive.

 

[Gamer007]

Prime Chimaev subs prime Silva. Other than that I’d favor prime Silva over the rest of the top mws.

Subs Anderson Silva? Silva was never subbed by a conventional submission his entire career. In fact Silva fought some of the best submission artists in the UFC, and never once was in danger of a sub loss.

He was amazing off his back, one of the greats at mitigating damage and protecting himself. If anything, Silva has a much higher chance of subbing Khamzat once he gets tired and shoots for panic takedowns. Silva TKO round 3


Khamzat has NEVER subbed an elite fighter in his career, unless you count the pre-fight jaw injury Whittaker had. Khamzat is overrated at MW, he just fought DDP who fortunately had zero grappling, which we already knew when he fought Brunson years ago.

 

[nonoob]

GOAT

What many don't understand is that he'd have 15-16 title defenses if he stayed exclusively at MW. The Travis Lutter fight also should've been a title defense, but Lutter not making weight screwed Silva out of the #1 all time spot.

But yea Anderson was doing things that still haven't and won't be replicated any time soon.

2,457 days as champion, one of a kind. No fighter has ever carved out an organizational legacy like Silva when you consider he joined the UFC at age 30! Islam tied his winning streak but Islam joined the UFC at age 23! With context, his records are pretty untouchable.

The Mak legacy, respect, however many title defenses he has when he retires, in No Way, shape, or form resembles The Spider's dominant mindset of knowing he's the best, and living it. The Spider consistently beat the best in amazing ways.

FWIW, If Silva had been confronted by a super hot prospect from a lower weight class calling out to TAKE HIS CHAMPIONSHIP BELT, Silva would have ended that Quickly.

 

[BowserJr]

Disagree. Weidman had his number. Anderson clowned because nothing else was working for him. His Aura was still in tact except Chris wasn't scared of him. In the two years right before the Chris fight Anderson front kicked TRTitor back to Bolivia, ran thru Okami, decisively beat his toughest opponent in the UFC Chael in the rematch and styled on Bonnar. Anderson wasn't suddenly a geriatric aged fighter. He beat Nick Diaz after, went toe to toe with future champion Bisping and gave LHW champion DC all he could handle as a last minute replacement.

The Chris was built to beat the Spider.

Silva was clearly declining when he fought Sonnen the first time.

He went from Eating KO artist bombs like nothing to getting dropped by Sonnen who never dropped anyone else.

Silva's clowning was frustrating Chris. You could see it in his face. Prime Silva doesn't get koed by chris

 

[HHJ]

Prime Silva doesn't get koed by chris

I think he does.

I think weidman had the right combination of skills to give Anderson real problems

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Silva was clearly declining when he fought Sonnen the first time.

He went from Eating KO artist bombs like nothing to getting dropped by Sonnen who never dropped anyone else.

Silva's clowning was frustrating Chris. You could see it in his face. Prime Silva doesn't get koed by chris

he had broken/injured ribs in that fight and went on to defend his MW title several more times. So now PRIME Silva isn't while he was champion in the middle of a historic run? GTFO. Chris beats Anderson all day every day.

 

[TJH Exitium]

at his peak, he genuinely looked bored when standing in front of elite fighters who were trying to take his belt

 

[Pierce 34]

The Mak legacy, respect, however many title defenses he has when he retires, in No Way, shape, or form resembles The Spider's dominant mindset of knowing he's the best, and living it. The Spider consistently beat the best in amazing ways.

FWIW, If Silva had been confronted by a super hot prospect from a lower weight class calling out to TAKE HIS CHAMPIONSHIP BELT, Silva would have ended that Quickly.

Zirrgrizz

 

[wannabetoughguy]

Silva's clowning was frustrating Chris. You could see it in his face. Prime Silva doesn't get koed by chris

Frustrating him in the best way. Weidman took his belt and defended it. I was, still am, the biggest fan of Silva, but that's not fair to say.

 

[wannabetoughguy]

I think he does.

I think weidman had the right combination of skills to give Anderson real problems

Leading up to the fight Silva was writing off Weidman and imo didn't want the fight to begin with. Even at a catch weight he would have rather fought GSP.

 

[Lee Danger]

The Spider consistently beat the best in amazing ways.

Maia, Leites and Coté were not the best and he didn't beat them in amazing ways.

Anderson's opponents were for the most part perfect match-ups for his style and considering his entire career i'd argue that he was the best when he was in peak confidence, knowing to be the superior fighter in the cage, when the confidence wasn't there he delivered some of the most horrible performances ever seen in the sport and Weidman finally crushed his confidence for good.

People forgot how hard Silva tried to postpone or just avoid the Weidman's fight: Chris was the most complete fighter he fought up to that point and he knew that.

 

[buddahead]

So ignoring the fights after then right?
Diaz, DC, Bisping. That was over 3 years and after recovering from a catostrophic leg break. Pretty sure his first fight with Chris wasn't some magical point where he was far too slow and far too old.

Chris had his number.

Yeah that number was 38 As in years old. I saw Micheal "Air" Jordan brick a dunk When he played for the wizards. He still was able to occasionally drop forty on a motherfucker.Of course there will still be flashes of brilliance.. ithese dudes are GOATed. But sustained consistent dominance is not feasible anymore. Sadly, the athlete is usually the last one to realize it .
Do you not believe in prime for athletes? it's not a magical point.It's a gradual process.It just looks over night to us.Because we only see him a couple times a year.