Impressed by Weidman Dropping Sliva in the Thai Clinch

[Sivo The Ram]

it was awesome. and if you watch the reply you can see just how close chris was to finishing it, his follow up shots barely missed

 

[flanellograf]

it was awesome. and if you watch the reply you can see just how close chris was to finishing it, his follow up shots barely missed

That doesn't really say much. A lot of punches thrown at Silva have barely missed. That's sort of his forte.

 

[Michael13]

Weidman pretty much has everything.....we all talk about those complete athletes.....he is exactly that.

 

[Project 86]

silva was flash ko'd by that shot

his chin is glass now

 

[Buddy Revell]

Not really. The fact that he was out on his feet from thst punch speaks volumes to how deteriorated he is the leg snap was the exclamation point.

 

[Castro Alves]

 

[Chaos Theory]

Good night Irene! Can't believe Weidman KO'd him and broke his leg in one fight.

 

[Steve08]

I actually thought Silva was just pulling guard at first, but I saw how stunned he really was in the replay with his eyes getting hooded and shit and realized that Chris Weidman doesn't fuck around. I was especially surprised because like 10 seconds before it happened I was saying to the people I was watching with that Weidman probably wants to avoid Silva's clinch haha.

 

[MikeyLan]

It blows my mind this isn't getting more attention.

Chris Weidman straight up beat the brakes off Silva in round 1, and he started it by dropping him from Anderson's signature position. The way he went low then high to drop him was incredible.

I made a thread about it earlier. It's called
"GIF of Weidman flash-KO'ing Anderson from inside his deadly thai plum"

 

[s1fys]

I'm more surprised by how easily Silva was rocked.

 

[Figure8Guitar]

I definitely think his age and all those years of rough training are just catching up to him. I realize Chris hits pretty hard and he got him right on the ear, but Anderson used to eat shots like that all day without ever being fazed. Could be that his chin went downhill all at once.

 

[orangecuse]

As crazy as the end of the fight was, this was the part of the fight that stands out most to me. Anderson's Thai Plum is probably the best part of his game, and when he locked it up I thought Weidman was in big trouble. I couldn't have been more wrong as Chris proceeded to drop Silva with a right hook moments later. Chris said in an interview after the fight that he wanted to clinch with Anderson and believed he would be better there. As far as spectators, though, who could have seen this coming?

This

Truly Ando's kyrptonite. Beat Silva in all of his strengths.

Hands down low

clinch and leg kick check.

And this

 

[PureDominance]

I'm more surprised by how easily Silva was rocked.

Not really surprising... it was a pretty hard punch and caught him right behind the ear... most people would go down from that shot.

 

[PJ_Benn]

Jorge Rivera did the same shit to Silva. He is just past his peak and Weidman is a great fighter. Anderson never used to care about getting hit but his chin doesn't hold up now, and maybe this horrible injury will save him becoming like Chuck when he lost his chin.

I still expect Belfort Weidman to be competitive because Belfort is still at his his hormonal peak and there are other competitive fights for Weidman.

It's the end of an era, not the beginning of a new one.

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

Looks like Anderson was out. His eyes were closed and when he fell back, the 2nd punch woke him up.

 

[thetaylor22]

I still expect Belfort Weidman to be competitive because Belfort is still at his his hormonal peak and there are other competitive fights for Weidman.

It's the end of an era, not the beginning of a new one.

Belfort only has a chance if he gets TRT clearance in Brazil. This fight probably happens Memorial Day in Vegas. It'll look like the Anthony Johnson fight minus the quick stand ups

 

[FightsFTW]

Yup, definitely impressive, I was thinking about the Franklin fight and saw Anderson start to jerk Weidman the same way and I thought "Oh shit! Get the fuck out of there Weidman!" Then Silva got dropped and I was like wtf!? How the fuck can people not accept that Weidman is just a horrible match up for Anderson is beyond me.

 

[MaveDeltzer]

Remember when you could do this to Silva in the clinch and he laughed it off. Getting old is no fun.

 

[ShinkanPo]

I was really getting excited when he got back up from the takedown usually when Silva gets taken down he remains there but this time he managed to get back up and have Weidman in the Clinch I was really hoping that he would turn it up like the Rich Franklin fights and give Weidman a beating in the clinch but he just got dropped.

Sad day for a Silva fan.

 

[AviatorShades]

-Outstruck Silva
-Taunted him back in the first fight
-KO'd him
-Dropped him from the thai clinch
-Broke his leg by checking a kick

Chris defeated Silva at his own game.

Sounds like he defeated him at every game.