Prime Anderson vs

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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

The invisible barrier exists in sports, Tony Hawk for example with the 900.Forrest Griffin was so nervous leading up to the fight he had to take drugs to sleep the night before.

 

[pankrat]

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?

Im adressing the argument of opponents being in "mental dissadvantage" prior to the fight because of some aura or whatever you wanna call it.

I especifically refered to the turning points on Okami or Griffin that made them look mentally defeated vs Silva and both are consequence of what happened DURING their fight because up until that point they looked as game and focused as ever.

You prefer to take it personallly and stick to whatever prejudice you had instead of actually adressing the point. Cool for you,

 

[HavokHarmon]

Im adressing the argument of opponents being in "mental dissadvantage" prior to the fight because of some aura or whatever you wanna call it.

I especifically refered to the turning points on Okami or Griffin that made them look mentally defeated vs Silva and both are consequence of what happened DURING their fight because up until that point they looked as game and focused as ever.

You prefer to take it personallly and stick to whatever prejudice you had instead of actually adressing the point. Cool for you,

Lol you’re too much dude. Yup. Auras don’t exist, fighters are robots and context doesn’t matter. Just brilliant.

 

[pankrat]

The invisible barrier exists in sports, Tony Hawk for example with the 900.Forrest Griffin was so nervous leading up to the fight he had to take drugs to sleep the night before.

Forrest Griffin allegedly taking sleep pills before a fight....as if that was some kind of argument, mate.

Silva made Griffin look silly because of the skill disparity, no mental or aura BS. Griffin didnt approach the fight different than many others. It was when he realized that Silva was so much ahead of whatever he was trying to do that he looked hopless.

Same with Okami, the other fight that is always referenced in that regard. Okami for the first 4 minuts of the fight looked as focus and game and ready as ever. It was once he realized that had nothing for Silva in the clinch (wich supposed to be Okami's realm) that he started to look helpless and mentally defeated.

Thats a matter of skill no mental mystic BS.

 

[pankrat]

Lol you’re too much dude. Yup. Auras don’t exist, fighters are robots and context doesn’t matter. Just brilliant.

You say nothing with that. I already pointed to what were the turnng points in Griffin or Okami fights.

You spit void talk about "aureas" with nothing behind it and take it personal if somebody refutes it. What can I tell you mate, stay safe.

 

[Moosetony]

Robert Whittaker
Yoel Romero
Paulo costa

This are all really solid guys and aggressive.

What are you opinions on the outcomes of these fights?

I honestly believe Anderson would take all 3 with Yoel posing the most theat.

I see Anderson matrixing paulo

I've been thinking about this a lot lately.
Where would he stand in todays current top 10 also

Id like to see prime silva vs mousasi.
Think mousasi would win

 

[Fioretti]

Lol you’re too much dude. Yup. Auras don’t exist, fighters are robots and context doesn’t matter. Just brilliant.

He's not saying that auras didn't or don't exist, he's saying it wasn't as big a factor as you initially made it out to be. He substantiated that claim with examples from fights that are commonly seen as fighters losing to Silva's aura.

 

[HavokHarmon]

You say nothing with that. I already pointed to what were the turnng points in Griffin or Okami fights.

You spit void talk about "aureas" with nothing behind it and take it personal if somebody refutes it. What can I tell you mate, stay safe.

Nope I got it, auras don’t exist and previous fights don’t matter. Fighters mindsets don’t matter and what they say isn’t true. I’m good to go.

 

[Dorkman]

Would have loved to see both Whittaker and Romero. Costa I think gets demolished. I only think he looked so good against Romero because stylistically it played into how he likes to fight where Costa wants to come forward, and Romero is game to throw back just as hard.

 

[pankrat]

Nope I got it, auras don’t exist and previous fights don’t matter. Fighters mindsets don’t matter and what they say isn’t true. I’m good to go.

WTF, it cant get more void and salty of a reply than this shit

 

[HavokHarmon]

He's not saying that auras didn't or don't exist, he's saying it wasn't as big a factor as you initially made it out to be. He substantiated that claim with examples from fights that are commonly seen as fighters losing to Silva's aura.

What exactly did I attribute to it specifically? None of the outcomes I postulated turned on that point so it seems moot to me, unless someone wants to assign it a null value.

 

[HavokHarmon]

WTF, it cant get more void and salty of a reply than this shit

I repeated your point and it’s void? Yikes lol

 

[pankrat]

This is what you said.

I think it’s easy to forget the kind of aura Silva had during his prime. I think a lot of guys ended up at a big mental disadvantage before the bell even sounded.

I replied directly to that.
Who are those "lot of guys" who stepped into the cage at "big mental dissadvantage"? And whats the evidence to state so?

I was very very specific countering that "argument". No BS.

You in turn retorted to take it personal or even to the cheapest BS like this:

I repeated your point and it’s void? Yikes lol

Stay safe.

 

[No Hespect]

I think Whittaker gets outstruck and TKO'd in the later rounds.

Yoel could be a dangerous fight, Anderson most likely couldn't finish him or even drop him - probably a decision win for Silva.

Ricky Martin has no chance. Silva by Matrix.

 

[HavokHarmon]

This is what you said.



I replied directly to that.
Who are those "lot of guys" who stepped into the cage at "big mental dissadvantage"? And whats the evidence to state so?

I was very very specific countering that "argument". No BS.

You in turn retorted to take it personal or even to the cheapest BS like this:



Stay safe.

Having skill and and aura aren’t mutually exclusive; demonstrating one doesn’t refute the other so that doesn’t really counter anything.

If you’d like an example of what I would consider evidence of his aura watch some of the pre fight stuff with Forrest where he talks about watching Silva beat guys he’s trained with and respects. Maybe it was hype, you never know, but out of all the ways to sell a fight this seems like a crappy one.

 

[JustBleed69]

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

Romero doesn't exactly have the best MMA wrestling though. His takedowns/ ability to hold people down in MMA is pretty mediocre compared to a lot of other wrestlers. I really don't see him doing much in that department.

 

[BFoe]

Shocking

I mean, I’ll also take prime Jon Jones to beat any other LHW in history. And favor Khabib over any LW in history. Isn’t that why they’re the GOATs?

 

[kkthx]

would beat all 3 of them

but the yoel fight would be atrocious

 

[GOATtalks]

I mean, I’ll also take prime Jon Jones to beat any other LHW in history. And favor Khabib over any LW in history. Isn’t that why they’re the GOATs?

They are GOATs because they have the most accomplishments, it doesn’t mean they are unbeatable. Aldo is the FW GOAT, but he loses to Max, Volk and Conor all day.

Anderson looked incredible in a far worse MW division than today. I wouldn’t favour him over Izzy, Rob or Khamzat.

I wouldn’t favour Jon to beat Jiri or Ankalaev.

The HW GOAT Fedor would get flatlined by Ngannou and styled on by Gane.

Khabib beats anyone at LW though.

 

[Brit_Brawler]

They are GOATs because they have the most accomplishments, it doesn’t mean they are unbeatable. Aldo is the FW GOAT, but he loses to Max, Volk and Conor all day.

Anderson looked incredible in a far worse MW division than today. I wouldn’t favour him over Izzy, Rob or Khamzat.

I wouldn’t favour Jon to beat Jiri or Ankalaev.

The HW GOAT Fedor would get flatlined by Ngannou and styled on by Gane.

Khabib beats anyone at LW though.

Khamzat has beaten absolutely nobody, particularly at middleweight to make such a wild baseless assumption.