Both these guys are dynamic and full of potential. This has all the makings to be a complete war, or a complete let down. Who takes it?
If it hits the ground you gotta favour Silva to grab the choke. Should be a good fight, and Thatch should be a !ot bigger.
Thatch is in trouble if he loses, but Silva has plenty of time to improve if he drops this one. He's still a kid
Will be interested to see how Thatch looks physically in this new era. Does anyone have a recent pic of him. I mean he really looked like he might be accidentally taking tainted supplements.
I don't see this as a battle of missed potential. To me, both guys are exactly where their skill sets dictate. Fans overhyped both of them in the beginning, which leads to the perception of missed potential. But in reality, both have glaring weaknesses. To answer the question, I suspect Silva will win by submission in the first round. But with his cardio issues, who knows.
Thanks! Hard to tell much from that pic. His face might be a little less watery. My guess is that he'll look pretty significantly different than he did. That or he'll pop on a test. In the past, he's been suspect AF to me ...
What a disappointment both these guys turned out to be. Amazing first round fighters, but not much after that.
I thought Thatch had potential but Silva I never thought was good, he just tried to blitz guys and got a quick stoppage once but really hes not a good fighter
