Power is the only aspect Alex Pereira is better than prime Anderson Silva

[RockyLockridge]

better leg kicks

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Very different types of strikers. Anderson was quick, mobile and elusive, Poatan is like a fucking oak tree with lethal one shot power. Honestly head to head I would have to favour Poatan, its a rough stylistic match up for Anderson. But I dont think Poatan could go on the run Anderson did either, he probably aint beating Hendo for one.

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

But this post is not about a hypothetical fight between the two but who would have more victories against the top fighters of different eras and styles and. I think prime Silva would have beaten evey fighter of Poatan's resume, but I'm not sure if Poatan would have beaten every fighter of Anderson's. It would be much more safer to bet on Anderson against Ankalaev than on Poatan

I doubt that very much.

Anderson was a WW and MW. He sucked at LHW. When he (barely) beat Chael, he was a MW.

By contrast Alex is a tremendously-huge MW, who is now cleaning-out the LHW division.

I don't think Anderson could beat Jiri or Rountree at LHW. He likely would get beaten by Jan at LHW, seeing as he couldn't beat Weidman or Cannonier @ MW.

I think Alex would beat the dog piss out of everyone Silva beat @ MW, and that Silva would lose to the fighters Alex has beaten @ LHW.

 

[GordonMMARamsey]

Lets settle this by having them fight.

 

[NoStoneUnturned]

Off topic but I would have loved to have seen DC vs Alex at 205. DC with his ability to elevate and toss everyone, not named Jon Jones, would have possibly put some real doubts in Alex's head concerning his typical game plan.

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

Off topic but I would have loved to have seen DC vs Alex at 205. DC with his ability to elevate and toss everyone, not named Jon Jones, would have possibly put some real doubts in Alex's head concerning his typical game plan.

That would be a close one.

By contrast, DC being small + tremendously fat — with a "tight" boxing style would be a sitting duck for the calf kicks and length of Pereira's style.

Yet DC could catch Alex, in close, with DC's "dirty boxing."

I could see either winning, quite frankly, and I think DC would be a tougher fight for Alex than would Jon Jones.

If Jones was getting lit-up by Gustavson, he would be in real danger against Pereira. Especially a prime Pereira, fully-trained in MMA.

Keep in mind, Alex's old (older than Jones), and is only now coming into his own in MMA.

Had Alex started much younger, there's no telling how high he could have reached.

Hell, even old, Alex is reaching heights that no one else before him has ever achieved.

 

[DanDragon Machi]

I doubt that very much.

Anderson was a WW and MW. He sucked at LHW. When he (barely) beat Chael, he was a MW.

By contrast Alex is a tremendously-huge MW, who is now cleaning-out the LHW division.

I don't think Anderson could beat Jiri or Rountree at LHW. He likely would get beaten by Jan at LHW, seeing as he couldn't beat Weidman or Cannonier @ MW.

I think Alex would beat the dog piss out of everyone Silva beat @ MW, and that Silva would lose to the fighters Alex has beaten @ LHW.

Forrest is huge, man. I don't think Jan is more skilled than him
Griffin submited young Shogun and beaten prime Rampage

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

Forrest is huge, man. I don't think Jan is more skilled than him
Griffin submited young Shogun and beaten prime Rampage

Well, it's all speculation.

We are talking about extremely-talented fighters, so anything can happen, and nothing is a 100% lock.

I just think, at middleweight, Alex would have killed Silva, and that Silva would've lost to most of the guys Alex has beaten @ LHW.

At the end of the day, it's all just opinion.

 

[2004 account]

There are many differences

Defensively poatan has a system and actively looks to counter whereas Anderson flowed and relied on evasion


Offensively there is no one better at creating openings and capitalizing on them like poatan. Never seem him in a boring fight

Anderson has more accolades for now and defenses but I'm more impressed by how poatan fights and can't wait to see how he finishes his career.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Pereira is hittable. His defense isn't the best. He's so focused on stalking his opponents and looking for offense, that sometimes he just stands still and gets hit.

Anderson Silva was almost un-hittable in his prime. The only time he looked mortal was when his takedown defense wasn't working, and Chael Sonnen was mauling him. But he pulled that W out, so it's still a win for him.

 

[LeBron]

Poatan would viciously KO Anderson

 

[TheBulge]

I don't think Anderson is too arrogant to actually use his MMA skills to win a fight. Well maybe later against Weidman, but in his career he did take fights to the ground and there is the Lee Murray fight where he systematically took apart a very dangerous striker using more than just striking.

Obviously people would have wanted to see a striking battle here, and I would say the style matchup favors Anderson. Stalking a prime Anderson Silva like that is a very dangerous game, especially for Poatan who has shown vulnerability against counter punchers. Especially If this is @ MW where Pereira can take less damage.

 

[Dr. Rose]

Poatan has a better chin. Anderson was always slick enough to avoid direct hits, until, of course, Weidman.

 

[BlankaPresident]

Here in Brazil this is being widely discussed lol

It's only click baits from what I'm seeing around here.

 

[AmonTobin]

I don’t see much point in comparing them. They have totally different styles of fighting. There’s no commonality between these 2 other than fighting in the same weight classes.

 

[MeatGrinder]

In all other MMA valences Spider was better or at least the same Poatan level

Pereira would had NEVER submits all american wrestlers like Sonnen and Hendo using pure bjj

Pereira lost two rounds in a pure striking combat by a way shorter Rountree. Vitor is better than him and didn't last three minutes in front Anderson

All people that are putting Alex above Anderson as an MMA fighter are noob as fuck

Anderson fought a deflated, post TRT Vitor, not the absolute unit that took the eye of that bobble headed brit.

 

[CannotWin]

Not really


Edit: Não... Definitivamente... Não.

Nao tem discussao. Poatan > Silva.

 

[Nobru]

different styles, despite both being strikers

Alex is a terminator. Andy was a magician.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

In all other MMA valences Spider was better or at least the same Poatan level

Pereira would had NEVER submits all american wrestlers like Sonnen and Hendo using pure bjj

Pereira lost two rounds in a pure striking combat by a way shorter Rountree. Vitor is better than him and didn't last three minutes in front Anderson

All people that are putting Alex above Anderson as an MMA fighter are noob as fuck

 

[Yep]

Ok, that’s a pretty good thing to be better than Silva in