I was just thinking since UFC pretty much has said they will never welcome Sylvia back, Do you think he has potential in Bellator? would he win the Strap or a Tourney? I mean everyone on here says Bellator has the weakest HW division so how bout it?? thoughts?
He'd probably be competitive against some guys, but I can't see him winning 3-4 straight.
The 1-trick, striker only guys might successfully blitz him, but he also might smother them for 15 minutes - cage or floor.
Even Prindle has a good chance against Sylvia nowadays (the amount of hate-ish that Prindle gets is really undeserved)
I think you're overrating Prindle and underrating Sylvia.
Prindle's tough as hell and fine on his feet, but can't keep a fight standing to save his life and Sylvia knows how to get to the ground. Good chance of a Sylvia - Pudz rerun.
If you're into the whole mmamath thing abe wagner got annihilated in bellator.
Well, yes, but you're also picking his worst outing in 5 years.
He's fought better guys than Wagner and done better since then, too.
Can Sylvia even get motivated enough to make 265 anymore? He's a disgusting 300+ lbs. in his last several fights.
Probably.
He fights at his normal walk weight (300-310) when he can get away with it.
Sometimes when he's tried to cut, he missed a bit (270-275). However, both fights went forward - and he probably knew that would be the case, so I'm not sure how hard he tried. In a case where he truly had to hit 266, I suspect he'd do better.