According to Sherdog, these are the top fighters in the UFC MW division:
Bisping
Belcher
Weidman
Sonnen
Boetsch
Munoz
Belfort
Okami
Stann
Lombard
Shields
Who do you think has the biggest chance of upsetting the champion?
My top 3 will be:
1. Belfort - Has the most power/speed to hurt Silva standing. Also has decent strength and submission skills to threaten Silva if they were to clinch.
2. Weidman - Has shown improved stand-up and has pretty good takedowns.
3. Lombard - Pretty much same as Belfort but with less experience with big fights and still rather unproven in the UFC.
I don't think those are the #2,3,4 fighters in the MW division, but they have the best chances at Anderson Silva.
By the way, I omitted Sonnen because I doubt they will let him fight Silva again. UNLESS he managed to beat Jones.
Bisping
Belcher
Weidman
Sonnen
Boetsch
Munoz
Belfort
Okami
Stann
Lombard
Shields
Who do you think has the biggest chance of upsetting the champion?
My top 3 will be:
1. Belfort - Has the most power/speed to hurt Silva standing. Also has decent strength and submission skills to threaten Silva if they were to clinch.
2. Weidman - Has shown improved stand-up and has pretty good takedowns.
3. Lombard - Pretty much same as Belfort but with less experience with big fights and still rather unproven in the UFC.
I don't think those are the #2,3,4 fighters in the MW division, but they have the best chances at Anderson Silva.
By the way, I omitted Sonnen because I doubt they will let him fight Silva again. UNLESS he managed to beat Jones.
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