Silva - Weidman 1 a fluke?

[Calivornia]

Odds makers are still in denial and delusion.

Rather, odds makers know fans are still in denial and delusional.

 

[melvinj0]

Silva did a good job of playing off Weidman's strikes with taunting, he convinced people he wasn't really trying.

 

[SherdogGoat]

Edit: double post

 

[snugglecakes]

How many punches did andy slip doing his show up stuff before 1 landed? 10? 20? What woulda happened if andy actually fought back instead of trying to show off?
Oh weidman won round 1 with a takedown? How effective
Were his take downs in round 2 were weidman was starting to get tired?

 

[iLesnar]

You got no idea how betting odds work.

 

[Toxxus]

Seriously, is this still not understood?

Odds makers are responding to the crowd (and their betting), not any legitimate estimate of who is or is not more likely to win.

More people believe Silva will win in the rematch so the odds favor him. It has no bearing on the real probability of him winning.

 

[MortalWombat]

I'm surprised Silva isn't more of a favourite. To me, fight 1 didn't really tell us anything we didn't already know. Wonder if Silva's going to vBankrupt me twice.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Then bet all your money on him TS. He is the underdog going into the second fight after all. You should be excited about the prospect of making more money.

This + 10x over. You might even call this Anderson Silva money player. That said, Weidman by 1st round sub, or 3rd round KO.

 

[Got GOAT]

Silva did a good job of playing off Weidman's strikes with taunting, he convinced people he wasn't really trying.

This. Right on the money. Silva was trying and wasn't hacking it. He was frustrated and because of this he started to pretend that he was God (to throw Weidman off), as if he was untouchable (even though Weidman was already touching him). The more he was punched, the more he pretended he was invincible. He was in self-denial, a self-defense mechanism at the very core of any human being (especially a cocky one like Anderson Silva). Silva landed nothing significant but some leg kicks, he knew it, and pretended that he could do more until he got brutally KO'd.

The rematch will have Weidman with his hand raised once again. 1st or 2nd round T/KO or sub.

 

[Sirwastealot]

This is a very interesting match up, Weidman is better than Silva because he can win the fight in more ways, he can dictate where the fight goes. We also saw that he can hold his own in the stand up, take Silva down, submit him.

But the KO did happen while Silva was clowning. Not to give fuel to the excuses of Silva nuthuggers, because i think Weidman is capable of beating Silva, but the KO is probably not gona happen again. On the feet Silva will still be very dangerous.

 

[clayj]

Odds makers are still in denial and delusion.

Oddmakers are in the business of making money, they couldn't care less who wins. The odds are determined by the flow of money being bet on one fighter or the other, the sportsbook at the casino will always make money no matter the outcome. They employ PhDs in math and computer science to develop software programs to guarantee this. If Silva is the favorite, it means more money is being bet on him than Weidman, simple as that.

 

[Shogun Rising]

Anderson fan says the fight didn't count.

And will be betting on Anderson like the first fight didn't happen.

Not too hard to figure out.

 

[TeamTanner]

Odds makers are still in denial and delusion.

You don't seem to understand the role of the odds maker.


They set a line based on how they believe the money will come in. If the line proves to show little movement over time, then the line was set as best it could be done.


Who the better fighter is and who ultimately wins is completely irrelevant to that.

 

[teammb1]

Look at the odds. Smart money says that wasn't no fluke

 

[sloter21]

If not, then why Chris Weidman the underdog?

I remember Silva being taken down the first round the getting ko'ed the second, yet he's still the favorite in the rematch?

Was it a fluke? No can it happen again ? Yes. Will It happeb again? Who knows. Maybe it wont maybe it will.

 

[EARLOBE]

I'm hoping for the odds to open up a bit and for Weidman to become a bigger favourite. Easy money to be made.

 

[BGDDYKWL]

Similar to Edgar-BJ in the sense that Anderson has such an aura/legend that has been so ingrained in people's heads that it's hard for them to shake that. Weidman beats him even worse this time around and removes all doubt.

 

[ostlerrage]

It wasn't a fluke but Silva did get very cocky and careless. I think Silva is a much more skillful fighter than Weidman and it will show in the rematch.

This. Weidman's a great fighter but he won because do silva's foolishness. The second fight will determine who's better. I think it's silva.

 

[Thai Domi]

Still?

 

[bjjwar]

If not, then why Chris Weidman the underdog?

I remember Silva being taken down the first round the getting ko'ed the second, yet he's still the favorite in the rematch?

It's the same with Serra vs GSP.

Silva toyed with Weidman and payed the price for it.But he could have KO'ed Weidman like 20 times if he took it seriously.Weidman was gassed and stood in front of him for like 4 minutes without throwing anything.