Just rewatched Silva vs Weidman I

[DS7]

Usually when this rivalry is up to discussion i hear a lot of people saying Weidman dominated all 4 rounds, the rematch was definitely(although Silva actually fucked Weidman`s nose up from the guard lol) all Weidman but man, that first fight was fantastic competitively speaking.
Weidman came out strong, took Silva down, GnP him a little bit and actually got Silva in some trouble with a Submission attempt. But then things changed, Silva defended perfectly and got up, and Weidman was getting fucked up badly.
Anderson was starting to do what he wanted and Weidman was starting to be where Silva wanted.
He initiate the taunting and got in Weidman`s head, he wanted him in a kickboxing fight and Weidman gave it to him, and because of that Silva was having an amazing sucess with leg kicks, conected some solid combinations with knees and punches and you could see in Weidman`s face his frustration and his pride getting in the way, zero takedown attempts in the next 3 and half minutes and getting kicked the shit out of him, 2 more minutes in that round and i think Silva would have TKO`ed him.
Very, very close round but Weidman edge it with the GnP and submission attempt, but that break and his corner advice for the 2 round was truly what gave him that world title, he recomposed himself, Ray Longo brought him back to their gameplan and we saw a new Weidman in that second round, focused, patient and when the oportunity came he put on an fantastic combo, jab, right hook, inverse right hook who tricked Silva in thinking that was a left hook so he wouldn`t need to move another step back and would maintain a safe distance with Weidman, but actually Weidman was already throwing a left hook who caught Silva right in the chin because he maintained that distance were he thought he would be safe, beautiful stuff.
I still have a lot of questions after those 2 fights but no doubt Weidman won fair and square, but he didn`t dominate Silva in the first fight like the majority says

 

[Joe_Armstrong]

 

[PlantCaravan]

anderson kept making googly eyes at him whenever he threw a sloppy strike. i loled.

 

[AceCooch]

It was a good fight, the second was disappointing and cringy as fuq...

I'm just glad Anderson was able to come back after that, and I don't think people say Weidman "dominated" the fights, but finishing Silva twice does set a general tone in discussions.

 

[LouisBolanos]

I totally agree TS there's this video on UFC's official YouTube channel showing the reactions of Jon Jones and I think Liz Carmouche (sp?) you know the UFC fighter with the double chin during the first Weidman Silva fight and Carmouche (sp?) was saying "OMG I think Silva's mind game is getting to Weidman, Silva has this!" and you could see from a simultaneous camera angle that Weidman was losing confidence in his striking and getting confused as Silva was clowning him around, his leg kicks were also landing on Weidman and I think Weidman had to train leg checks extensively with that really fat really depressed looking trainer of his for the rematch and that's how he broke Silva's leg in the second fight. In any case Silva was on track to winning that fight despite being laid upon a bit like he usually does against superior wrestlers.

 

[jase0910]

Twelve years later, who would have thought participating in a forum would require reading?

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

I'm trying to read it man, but please Sentences and paragraphs, its very confusing to read otherwise.

 

[Frank Kain]

The commentary from Rogan, Jones, and Faber captures a lot of what you mean, TS. You can see the concern in The Chris' team when Silva started to land and taunt him. Much more competitive than most remember.

 

[DS7]

I'm trying to read it man, but please Sentences and paragraphs, its very confusing to read otherwise.

thank you for the advice.

 

[MillerbyAreNSee]

We can talk all we want about how that fight was going but at the end of the day Weidman ko'd him. Albeit being Silva clowning around it was still a very bad loss for him. It changed his life and his whole career. Silva screwed up big time and Weidman capitalized on it.

 

[erhnamdjinn]

I totally agree TS there's this video on UFC's official YouTube channel showing the reactions of Jon Jones and I think Liz Carmouche (sp?) you know the UFC fighter with the double chin during the first Weidman Silva fight and Carmouche (sp?) was saying "OMG I think Silva's mind game is getting to Weidman, Silva has this!" and you could see from a simultaneous camera angle that Weidman was losing confidence in his striking and getting confused as Silva was clowning him around, his leg kicks were also landing on Weidman and I think Weidman had to train leg checks extensively with that really fat really depressed looking trainer of his for the rematch and that's how he broke Silva's leg in the second fight. In any case Silva was on track to winning that fight despite being laid upon a bit like he usually does against superior wrestlers.

rofl I see what you did there hahaha

 

[fartJokes]

Weidman had a good first round. It was competitive, but Weidman edged him out imo. Anderson was tooling him in the 2nd round, hands down, chin out, clowning hard, and gave it away. Not an impressive victory, not the way you want to win if you want to call yourself champion. Embarrassing for both fighters imo.

 

[Money509]

Andersons clowning finally caught up to him in the first fight . Second fight was supposed to settle the score but then silva snaps his leg. Kind of dumb the second fight ended that way, after that silva's skills declined too much and we never got to see a true fight that ends the rivalry between him and weidman. Is normal though.

 

[TUFNewb]

But Anderson fans have taught me that finishing someone is the ultimate form of domination.

 

[Jet40]

If you guys think the 1st round was competitive then you are a bunch of trolls. It was not remotely close.

 

[Caicara]

WEIDMAN TOTALLY DOMINATED SILVA IN BOTH FIGHTS HE IS THE GOAT HE IS ALREADY ABOVE SILVA

Poor people. They wish.

 

[riitzni]

Jesus man. A little formatting would go a long way. But not a ton since what you wrote is some odd stream of consciousness/play by play anyway.

I remember Silva getting some good kicks in but otherwise losing and getting taken down. The second fight I remember "focused" Anderson still getting his ass handed to him and almost dropped from the clinch. He got murked, k?

 

[Jedi Judah]

Silva was winning until he started clowning = Weidman was winning until he started doin spinning shit = too much cock guy

 

[Ninjarobby]

I saw exactly what you are talking about. You can see chris' confidence fade as he threw out his game plan and attempted to kick box with silva.

 

[GrantB13]

Silva gave that win to him on a silver platter. I have no doubt in my mind that if he wouldn't have made that move he would have finished Weidman. Weidman was fading fast.