He's older, rustier, and smaller (mass) but Silva is a horrible stylistic matchup for DC

[frederick]

Silva hasn't even trained for 2 months and isn't in shape at all.

 

[haraigoshi]

still a Anderson fan but DC will put him on his back so fast and so hard that if he have any oxygen in his lungs his head will pop off from the impact.

 

[dyopri]

what if DC was one that got pooped by USDA, do you think Silva would have stepped up against Jones?

 

[fightfan2355]

Anderson hasn't quite learned his lesson yet. If DC fights this like a real fight, he might kill him.

 

[Hester65]

Silva is long and tall and thrives against straight-ahead, come-right-at-you types like DC. DC has great wrestling in the clinch but Anderson's clinch game is no slouch and again height matters in the clinch when you can strike (ask Firas Zahabi - he is adamant about this. Also note what the taller Jones was able to do clinching in their first fight).

Cormier should still be the favorite - as I said weight, strength, age, and ring rust are all factors too -but it wouldn't surprise me all that much if Silva stayed outside and circled and countered when DC made a mistake and got a KO. I just think Cormier's style is tailor-made for the Spider.

Discuss.

Silva's ability to land the clean, well timed strike has faded considerably. He had all those crazy finishes not on sheer power but by incredible placement.

Cormier will slam dunk Silva in the clinch. Silva doesn't have as much size as Jones does. Jones was able to do what he wanted to do in the clinch because of technical leverage in combination with his frame.

I would be very surprised if Cormier allows Silva to circle and strike. Cormier has a good enough chin to eat a few and good enough defense to avoid a few while getting to the clinch. Once Cormier gets to the clinch, this one is on the ground and Cormier gets to pummeling.

 

[NinjaSpider]

as a Silva im relieved he is for once coming into a fight as a huge underdog. Im obviously picking Cormier to win and im happy with that becouse i can basically lean back and relax. And then maybe theres that .1% chance Andy pulls of a Neo move

 

[The MMA Patriot]

Weidman moves very differently on the feet than DC. DC comes right at guys much more predictably IMO than Weidman.

rofl Weidman is clunky as fuck.

 

[Zerkalo.]

I like spider, but DC is a horrible matchup for him. Especially on 2-3 days notice for Spider. DC could get countered but his chin is incredible. He'll take down Anderson at will.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

The way I see it, if someone's a terrible matchup in this is Cormier for Silva.

Andy doesn't like dem wrestlerz.

Hendo and Chael disagree.

 

[sirmorbach]

Hendo and Chael disagree.

Chael won 5 out of 7 rounds.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Chael won 5 out of 7 rounds.

He also got finished twice.

 

[sirmorbach]

He also got finished twice.

My point remains the same. Wrestling is a strong tool against Anderson.

P.S. Hendo and Chael are nowhere near DC, but that's not even the case anyway.

 

[tmsxl]

The old Strikeforce DC that everyone hated is coming back to this fight. No chance he stands and bangs. Wall n stall and wrestle fuck all night

*pats myself on the back*