Silva got subbed by Japanese cans in his prime twice

[Deezer]

Let me guess you only just learnt this?

 

[HelloJapan]

Oh, this thread. How original.

 

[sabretitan]

Ts must be ready for bed time

 

[TempleoftheDog]

About as original as a GSP tapped to strikes thread. I’d card this shit under the flaming, or trolling rule, if I was a mod.

But, yes, it did happen.

 

[dildos]

yes.

 

[alex21cms]

a diferent era of the sport had adesanya competed and trained mma in that era he d likely be 0 - 10 against japanese cans too

 

[MarleyLynx]

imagine Adesanya losing to someone with a 12-15-2 record or a journeyman who went 1-3 in the ufc.

Is this Jamahal Hills sherdog acc? Trying to come to reason with the L?

 

[chinarice]

Kind of off topic but I think Silva fans should like Adesanya. If a fighter is similar to your favorite fighter of all time, wouldn't you enjoy him as champion?

It's the same reason why a lot of Khabib fans like Islam Makhachev

No because Izzy is a threat to Silva's status so he gets shit on by the very insecure fanbase.

 

[TheSpider]

Silva is the GOAT

 

[brody_in_ga]

The GOAT living rent free in the heads of new MMA fans.

He may be the GOAT, but he has terrible air guitar skills.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

That's like saying Jan lost in his prime to Patrick Cummins

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Silva was also fighting at Welterweight. A Weightclass he should not have been at. Not to mention he wasn't with his team that lead him to his UFC run.

He actually was the #1 ranked guy in the world at 170 at the time....

 

[dangerousD]

Shhhhh people don’t like when you bring these losses up around here

 

[ThaiSexPills]

Kind of off topic but I think Silva fans should like Adesanya. If a fighter is similar to your favorite fighter of all time, wouldn't you enjoy him as champion?

It's the same reason why a lot of Khabib fans like Islam Makhachev

Izzy is a poor mans silva. He’s nowhere near as dynamic as Anderson was when he was the UFC champion.

 

[Glove]

Ryo Chonan had beaten Carlos Newton and Hayato Sakurai previously to beating Silva, and during that fight, Chonan was getting pretty beaten up and did that miraculous flying ankle pick as a "hail mary"

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

You think Chonan was a can? Lol.

FOH.

I'm not feeding what's under the bridge here.

A can has always meant someone who wasn't really good enough to be a professional fighter. It says pretty much all you need to know about Sherdog that there are people on it who think that fighters with winning records (for instance Chonan when Anderson fought him) weren't good enough to be a professional fighter.

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

Ryo Chonan had beaten Carlos Newton and Hayato Sakurai previously to beating Silva, and during that fight, Chonan was getting pretty beaten up and did that miraculous flying ankle pick as a "hail mary"

Actually the fight was pretty even until the submission -- watch it again. Even Bas said that in his commentary. Chonan was a lot better at the time than people give him credit for. That of course is the norm for Sherdog. Did you know Babe Ruth only hit 6 homeruns and batted .188 in his last season of baseball? If baseball fans were like MMA fans, they'd say that proved he was never any good.

 

[KID Yamamoto]

He actually was the #1 ranked guy in the world at 170 at the time....

Where fightmatrix? Due to what his win over mach?

 

[MeltGibsont]

imagine Adesanya losing to someone with a 12-15-2 record or a journeyman who went 1-3 in the ufc.

lol at you thinking that was Silva's prime... lol you clown

 

[PeterGriffin]

In 7 years, and 10 title defenses (11 if you want to count Lutter's)... Silva had 2 decisions.

In less than 2 years and 3 title defenses... Adesanya has had 2 decisions.

At least when Silva showboated or acted cocky inside the octagon, we very often got highlight reel finishes and something to impress the fans. Outside of the ring, Silva was almost always classy. Two things Adesanya is clearly second best at.