GSP vs Silva - A size difference or a skill difference?

southpaw15 said:
both their skill levels are at the top of their divisions, hence why there would be a superfight

size advantage would definitely be going to Silva, but that's where GSP's skills and gameplan have a chance to make it a legendary superfight

I will also add

size advantage - silva
athletic advantage - gsp
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fight advantage - silva
 
magigong said:
did jones say that he wanted to fight silva.....silva said he may be open to it at a catchweight
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Silva said he is open to a weight that is fuckin stupid for the champ to agree too...


Next....
 
Superfights should not happen in MMA

Whoever loses will be deemed a "can"

Example

A LW named BJ Penn fought a WW named GSP
The LW lost by corner stoppage in the 4th round to the WW GSP

Now BJ Penn is known as a "can" and he "sucks"

Superfights destroy fighter's careers

It may be in the MMA "fans" best interest but not in the interest of the sport in the long term

Dana White should have never ever brought up GSP vs Silva
 
my2hungeeSX97 said:
Superfights should not happen in MMA

Whoever loses will be deemed a "can"

Example

A LW named BJ Penn fought a WW named GSP
The LW lost by corner stoppage in the 4th round to the WW GSP

Now BJ Penn is known as a "can" and he "sucks"

Superfights destroy fighter's careers

It may be in the MMA "fans" best interest but not in the interest of the sport in the long term

Dana White should have never ever brought up GSP vs Silva
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No

After he lost to Edgard 2x times
 
KoreanZawmbie said:
oh thats just cold man
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LOL I had to put them in otherwise people will say Silva has never been hurt before and that I'm batshit crazy so I had to put provide proof. I don't know why people try and say he's never been hurt or in trouble before; he fights for a living so it's bound to happen at some point. It's nothing to be ashamed of to say that he's been in trouble before
 
Lol at people saying skill.

Stupid ass GSP haters. Prove it bitches, GSP has beaten every single man he has been in an MMA fight win about 15 of which were top 10 fighters.
 
lhx58 said:
No

After he lost to Edgard 2x times
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Yes superfights are bad for the sport and can potentially destroy a fighters career

The fight before the 2 fights with Edgar was the "superfight" (LW Penn vs WW GSP)
After the superfight Penn was never the same

Superfights are only wanted by the WWE turned MMA fan

"True" mma fans like myself would never want a superfight between because "true" mma fans recognize that it can destroy a fighter's career (the loser)

MMA "fans" need to stop been so selfish and actually show respect to MMA fighters even ones that are not "big names"
 
magigong said:
question is, can gsp's perceived talent conquer silva's mediocre talent. if gsp has fought and beat better opponents, would'nt that be enough to beat anderson?
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Of course, but they still have to fight. Nothing is a gimme.
 
my2hungeeSX97 said:
Superfights should not happen in MMA

Whoever loses will be deemed a "can"

Example

A LW named BJ Penn fought a WW named GSP
The LW lost by corner stoppage in the 4th round to the WW GSP

Now BJ Penn is known as a "can" and he "sucks"

Superfights destroy fighter's careers

It may be in the MMA "fans" best interest but not in the interest of the sport in the long term

Dana White should have never ever brought up GSP vs Silva
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He recorded 2 dominant title defense after that. It was getting dominated by Edgar and Diaz that caused people to say he sucks. Based off Road to the Octagon though he seems back to normal; his takedowns looked slick and he pulled off a great armbar in practice but we'll see how those translate come fight night
 
Bulkster said:
GSP fans don't want to see GSP lose to a better fighter. Simple as that.
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You could say the same with Anderson fans and Jones.

Personally I don't think either of those fights need to happen but Anderson should definately have moved up to LHW post Hendo, in doing so he's avoided fighting superior competision(Shogun, Machida, Rashad etc) who would not have outsized him.

There isnt the same "talent drain" from WW as there is from MW if you ask me, alot of potential MW's fight LHW because its tradisionally offered more money/prestige, few potential WW's fight MW. Hence GSP has less need to move up to seek out the best talent of a similar size to him.
 
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markg171 said:
He recorded 2 dominant title defense after that. It was getting dominated by Edgar and Diaz that caused people to say he sucks. Based off Road to the Octagon though he seems back to normal; his takedowns looked slick and he pulled off a great armbar in practice but we'll see how those translate come fight night
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Good point on Ken Flo and "Yes" Sanchez

Anyway superfights delegitimize the sport of MMA
MMA is not boxing and will never be like boxing (i hope)

Dana White was very silly to ever bring up GSP vs Silva

It will never happen

People need to just "forget about it"
 
gsp and the lil gsps of the world are scared of what would happen to him and i dont blame them
 
if there is a skill difference, its GSP on the winning end. If they were the same size, GSP would use his wrestling and his non-garbage striking to do a Sonnen1 gameplan and a Sonnen2 round1 gameplan. Why do people think GSP has garbage striking like Bonnar, Forrest, Maia? The most I see is a Cote type of strike where he would land a kick or something but he wasnt threatening for a TD.
 
TheRassler said:
GSP fans don't want GSP to end up worst than the Forrest Griffin destruction by anderson, because it is destined to happen.
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ridiculous post is ridiculous. GSP has a pretty good chance of beating AS and I want to see the fight.
 
samoajoe said:
Lol at people saying skill.

Stupid ass GSP haters. Prove it bitches, GSP has beaten every single man he has been in an MMA fight win about 15 of which were top 10 fighters.
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That's what makes no sense to me about people's reasoning about not wanting to watch them fight; they're both the best at what they do with Anderson only having the clear advantages in size and striking and the size will be diminished or not a factor if they fight at catchweight/170. So really Anderson's big advantage is his striking, and GSP's big advantage is his transitions. It's the same as any other fight; both fighters are good at different things and we don't know which skill set is better than the other

Is Silva the greater fighter? Undeniably. He holds the records, GSP's behind him. But we don't know who is the better fighter until they fight
 
markg171 said:
The people who don't want to see a potential GSP/Silva fight - is it because of a potential size difference or a perceived skill difference?

Potential size difference?
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Or skill difference?
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I am a neutral fan on this fight. But as an observer and hardcore fan, I gotta say Anderson would destroy him if they were to fight. Especially confident after seeing GSP's last fight. (Cause Condit would have trouble beating an underrated, durable, Bjj wizard like Leites, imo... Meaning Condit isn't no Anderson, he's farrr from it.. like GSP) BUT my problem with this fight is... I haven't heard much catchweight talk... And most of the talk I hear about weight is that Anderson would be cutting for this... He already has the ticking clock against him... Idgaf what anyone says, shifting weight, EITHER WAY, takes a bit of a toll on the body... Though Anderson's similar to a robot, he's still a man.. So then we'd have the clock ticking faster on him. And I think we all need to sit back and enjoy the gift of watching the TRUE MICHAEL JORDAN OF MMA while his time is still present.
 
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