Prime Anderson vs

Striker Fox said:
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The most ironic thing about this is how shitty a game mw2 is jesus christ while also being an absolute silva fanboy he probably has a poster of a red lambo over his bed.
 
Costa would either get sniped moving in or get so gun shy as to turn the fight into a boring UD win for Silva.

Romero would have some success if he chose to use his wrestling but wouldn’t be able to finish Silva with it, ultimately getting chopped down after looking good early.

Whittaker would try to make it a war of attrition and use pressure to try and mess up Silva’s timing but get clipped and finished once Silva got a read on him.

I think it’s easy to forget the kind of aura Silva had during his prime. Even after Chael had success against him in their first bout it just seemed like there was no way to actually beat this guy. The best you could do was draw the fight out. Not saying he was actually unbeatable, no one is, but years of dominating and pulling out wins even when he was losing is tough to get over and I think a lot of guys ended up at a big mental disadvantage before the bell even sounded, which made him even more difficult to bring down.
 
romero and whittaker absolutely destroy any version of anderson.

anderson would beat costa though.
 
HavokHarmon said:
I think it’s easy to forget the kind of aura Silva had during his prime. Even after Chael had success against him in their first bout it just seemed like there was no way to actually beat this guy. The best you could do was draw the fight out. Not saying he was actually unbeatable, no one is, but years of dominating and pulling out wins even when he was losing is tough to get over and I think a lot of guys ended up at a big mental disadvantage before the bell even sounded, which made him even more difficult to bring down.
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That talk about "aura" is mostly BS and often used to downplay Silva's opponents.
It's once they felt Silva's movement, skill and remarkable strenght and chin that they were at a mental dissadvantage.

People often point to the Okami and Griffin fights.
They both started as focused as you can get, just like in any other fight if not more. It was at a certain point during the fight (Okami when got shut down in the clinch, Griffin when got dropped with a punch that didnt even see coming) that they started to feel hopeles and their body language, their resolution, changes drastically, but it happened DURING the fight, not BEFORE because of aura or some BS like that
 
Yoel Romero would be his toughest match out of the three because he would be able to take him down.

Both Costa and Whittaker will be trading punches so Silva would have a chance
 
Anderson had good TDD for his time but that's the one thing that's leveled up the most since his time. If he's going to lose it's to overwhelming wrestling. Not because he can't trade blow with someone. The level of striking isn't THAT much better since then.
 
pankrat said:
That talk about "aura" is mostly BS and often used to downplay Silva's opponents.
It's once they felt Silva's movement, skill and remarkable strenght and chin that they were at a mental dissadvantage.

People often point to the Okami and Griffin fights.
They both started as focused as you can get, just like in any other fight if not more. It was at a certain point during the fight (Okami when got shut down in the clinch, Griffin when got dropped with a punch that didnt even see coming) that they started to feel hopeles and their body language, their resolution, changes drastically, but it happened DURING the fight, not BEFORE because of aura or some BS like that
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I felt it as a fan watching his fights. Fighters talked about it both before and after bouts they had with him. How much it impacted fights is debatable but it certainly existed.

Also, his aura was the very last thing I mentioned after saying that he would beat the top middleweights of today. Exactly how much of his dick do you need to see down someone’s throat before you think they’re treating him properly?
 
JustBleed69 said:
Anderson probably beats them all, but Whittaker would be the toughest.
An old and washed Silva had a very competitive fight with Adesanya, he really is a freak in the striking department.
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Completely disagree. He beats them all, but I think Whittaker is his easiest fight. Romero is probably the hardest fight because of his wrestling and Anderson may need to wait for him to gas. Costa and Romero have great chins but Whittaker's is relatively average and wouldn't last long against Anderson
 
Brit_Brawler said:
Weidman beat Anderson with the theat of the takedown imo. Also going against most opinions, I believe That Anderson was no longer prime. Weidman is clearly nothing special on the feet ( no disrespect to chris)
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I don't think many people really believe a MW is in his prime at 38, that's even pushing it for a HW.
 
TKO's Costa

UD win over Romero

Late KO over Whittaker. Would be fun while it lasted though.
 
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