Do you lock back at Tim Sylvia more fondly now?

People who live low caliber, slobbish lives (ie. Most of sherdog) have no comprehension of what it takes from you to win competitively at a high level, let alone to become a champion, let alone to defend a championship. Tim did it at a time when much fewer eyes were on the sport, but he did manage to survive against and then finish a prime Andrei Arlovski, and a beast of a Jeff Monson. He deserves more respect by the UFC marketing machine.
 
knee on belly = poop on mat

I remember when he shat himself in a fight. classic.
 
ArtardFiesta said:
Tim was universally hated during his day. He was kind of awkward guy who people said had no skills and because of matt hughes bullying he was even more awkward always desperately looking for acceptance.

We hated him with a passion and all cheered when Couture and Fedor beat his ass.

However given the state of UFC HW today, do you have the same level of hate for him? Especially given the modern golden boy tom aspinall.

Let's look:

He won the HW title twice. And in each of his reigns he actually defended his belt.

The first time the guy lost his belt, Mir broke his arm and the ref stopped the fight. Tim was pissed and wanted the fight to continue, he wanted to keep going despite his broken arm. In comparison Tom now feels like a fighter more cut out for amateur fighting where fighters are wrapped in protective head gears and bubbles to prevent injury.

The second time he won his belt he was near KOd. Being teh fighter that he is, he got up, kept fighting and landed a blow to KO arlovksi and win the belt the second time. The way he handled pressure and escaped defeat is something Tom has proven he is incapable off.

He also was willing to go with a broken arm and fight to the death during a time when pay was shit. He made 40K vs mir, and 90K vs arlovksi.

So while we hated him then, how do you view now in 2025 with our current HW division?

IMO his legacy is better then tom's. If they ever put tom in the HOF I cant see how sylvia is not in.
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The Mainiac was a big fearless brawler, UFC HW Champion that hit hard.

His fight with Fedor was a classic among many victories during 10 Years of GOAT-ness.


joy2day said:
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Guess with those piddly a$$ checks, Timmy couldn't finance a Hyabusa. :(
 
If Tom got knocked out in under 10 seconds by a much smaller 48 year old boxer, or dropped in the opening 10 seconds by a 44 year old with shit striking who he outweighed by 50+ lbs and was almost a foot taller than, I somehow doubt OP would be keeping that same energy.
 
Kinda looked like everyone in Maine and middle America’s abusive stepdad… which happened to be the demographic of Slipknot fans back then. Think that’s where the hate comes from.
 
Timmy was probably the worst champion in the history of the ufc. The fact he was crying about being bullied by Matt Hughes showed he was never close to being the baddest man on the planet. He did deliver one of the nastiest head kick knockouts in the history of mma against tre
. I legit thought he was dead
 
Seems like a good dude after listening to Jacksons podcast. It's not that I never liked him, he just seemed not as likeable/marketable as other guys - especially during that time.

But to your question - yes I do look back at any fighter from this era fondly because of how generic most of these guys are today.

It's like watching WEC with the blown up roster and fights on every week.
 
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