Imagine prime Anderson Silva vs Sean Strickland!

[egk]

Lol you think that was prime Andy? Goodness

"prime" is always a bullshit argument to me. People think everybody is out of prime as soon as they lose. Anderson didnt fight many good strikers during his MW reign.

 

[White lightning 2]

I always lol at that...

Hahahaa

 

[egk]

Ya I meant Silva lol

Franklin was better than Sean IMO

Sean is maybe a little better than Marquardt. Maybe on par with Nick Diaz

Hendo, was a decent wrestler still when they fought plus the HBomb

Vitor and Lee Murray were way better than Sean

We'll just have to agree to disagree. I don't think any of thsoe guys were technically better than what Strickland showed. Not to say I think Sean is the greatest thing ever all of a sudden but he's good and I think MMA has progressed.

 

[CockSalesman]

sean strickland has great striking defense tho.

his stand-up is more similar to Weidman's stand-up than Forrest. forrest was terrible.

 

[bjjwar]

Probably something like this

Come on, look at that fight lol. Weidman was like a dead puppet standing in front of Silva, got all his TD's stuffed from round 2 on, was gassed and throwing at air. Silva just decided to toy with him like there's no tomorrow, he could've finished Weidman like 10 times, but he didn't even throw when Weidman was all opened up and instead was laughing at him.

 

[MrJPayne]

I'm guessing you mean Anderson not Weidman? I'd say Anderson fought an awful lot of guys who weren't nearly as good at striking as Strickland though. The only one on Anderson's record who was a great striker is Belfort. Hendo had a big punch but wasn't a great striker otherwise and Franklin was good but not great. Leben? Lutter, Cote, Leites, Maia, Sonnen. None of them were good strikers.

Idk man Sean worked some magic last night no doubt, but I would be lying to myself if I said I would favor him over Cote, Franklin, Hendo and even Okami or Bonnar tbh

 

[ryun253]

Come on, look at that fight lol. Weidman was like a dead puppet standing in front of Silva, got all his TD's stuffed from round 2 on, was gassed and throwing at air. Silva just decided to toy with him like there's no tomorrow, he could've finished Weidman like 10 times, but he didn't even throw when Weidman was all opened up and instead was laughing at him.

Anderson got caught clean multiple times. When he maneuvers and dodges punches he's a defensive genius, but when he gets caught trying to evade punches he's fooling around/lucky shot by Chris /shrug

 

[BowserJr]

We'll just have to agree to disagree. I don't think any of thsoe guys were technically better than what Strickland showed. Not to say I think Sean is the greatest thing ever all of a sudden but he's good and I think MMA has progressed.

MMA hasn't progressed much. That's where we disagree.

Franklin and Marquardtvwere far more diverse than Sean with better footwork

Lee was faster and more powerful

Sean is on par with Nick Diaz

 

[Xoleth]

Sean has a very weird fighting style, but it just seems better than Vitor's. Or Forrest. Or Rich.

Prime Silva is just better than prime Adesanya.
Faster, better reflexes, more KO power, more arsenal.
But I don't think he would finish Sean as easy as he finished Forrest.

Lol you think that was prime Andy? Goodness

I believe Silva is the vest MW striker.
But when did his prime end?
Before Chris, he was finishing Bonner, Vitor, Okami and Chael, in a quite easy manner.

 

[pankrat]

Idk man Sean worked some magic last night no doubt, but I would be lying to myself if I said I would favor him over Cote, Franklin, Hendo and even Okami or Bonnar tbh

You dont know if you would favour Sean over Cote?....wtf
Okami would look for the clinch/ground vs Sean

 

[bjjwar]

Anderson got caught clean multiple times. When he maneuvers and dodges punches he's a defensive genius, but when he gets caught trying to evade punches he's fooling around/lucky shot by Chris /shrug

Ofc, he had a great chin in his prime. Doesn’t change the fact that he could’ve finished Weidman alot of times. Weidman was almost begging for it, just standing in front of him, no head movement, gassed, throwing ridiculous slow punches into the air. Looked like a slower, smaller and gassed version of Forrest with worse striking. Made Silva want to toy with him like there’s no tmw since it looked like there was 0 threat. Karma is a bit** and Anderson payed the price for being so arrogant!

 

[MrJPayne]

You dont know if you would favour Sean over Cote?....wtf
Okami would look for the clinch/ground vs Sean

Go back and watch Cote from around that time fight, he was no pushover

 

[pankrat]

Go back and watch Cote from around that time fight, he was no pushover

I know Cote very well.
He got the tittle shot as injury replacement for Okami, after barely getting past Ricardo Almeida who was coming out of retirement and then moved down to WW and shortly after retired again.

After the Silva fight, Cote got stopped by Belcher and decisioned by Lawlor, and cut by UFC.

Not a pushover but if you actually favour him over Strickland it's evident that you vaaaastly underrate Sean, or maybe you just hate him.

 

[BowserJr]

Sean has a very weird fighting style, but it just seems better than Vitor's. Or Forrest. Or Rich.

Prime Silva is just better than prime Adesanya.
Faster, better reflexes, more KO power, more arsenal.
But I don't think he would finish Sean as easy as he finished Forrest.



I believe Silva is the vest MW striker.
But when did his prime end?
Before Chris, he was finishing Bonner, Vitor, Okami and Chael, in a quite easy manner.

Sorry but no Vito and Rish were better than Sean. Both more diverse.

Vitor way faster. Rich more powerful.

Silva would likely obliterate Sean with a Thai clinch and more powerful leg kicks

Silva fell off before the 1st sonnen fight. By the time of that fight Silvas chin was gone

 

[Mayonnaiseandjelly]

"prime" is always a bullshit argument to me. People think everybody is out of prime as soon as they lose. Anderson didnt fight many good strikers during his MW reign.

Lmao