Weidman never proved he's better than Silva.

[Starman]

Except for finishing him brutally every time he fought him.

 

[Starman]

That guy’s a troll pay him no mind. Literally all his posts are some snarky put downs about white Americans.

White with a capital “W” Americans.

 

[leto1776]

Also nobody prefight was saying Silva was past his prime. He looked the exact same as he always did.

There was a good period of time when people on here would be like “nuh uh, lots of people were saying he was” and then shut up as soon as you asked for proof. It was always fun.

‘Also, the classic “he only lost because he was showing off” even though he had done that many times, as well.

Silva fans love to sip from a river called denial

 

[robbie]

The 2 - 0 record for Weidman over Silva certainly doesn't hurt Weidman's reputation. KO win for CW in the first fight. Silva was in his prime with 17 wins in a row up until the Weidman fight and then all of a sudden Silva wasn't in his prime anymore...

 

[NoStoneUnturned]

One of the weirdest entanglements in MMA history. I can never get my thoughts to be consistent from one day to the next. I can’t envision Chris beating prime Silva ever. I mean Chris’ falloff was monumental. Horrible even. But he did beat slightly out of prime Silva, twice. Just weird.

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Still one of my favorite finishes of all time.

 

[markg171]

It was pretty much all risk and no reward for Silva. If Anderson had beaten Weidman he would have beaten a fighter with only 9 previous fights. It really wouldn't have added much to Silva's stock it would have seemed.

Silva knew he was supposed to retire after Sonnen 2. Anyways Chris was the better man on the nights they met. Nothing else matters.

Yeah man, that's exactly why Silva:

• Pretended he wasn't taking any fights for the rest of the summer after Weidman became #1 contender for murdering #2 Munoz
• Further pretended actually Weidman should fight another contender again
• Further pretended he wasn't fighting in the fall when Weidman stuck to his guns that he already was #1 contender
• Let Weidman think he wasn't fighting for the rest of the year, prompting Weidman to get surgery and take the Boetsch fight to stay busy
• Only for Silva to suddenly declare he'll fight now that Weidman's tied up as he's ready to step in and save the Brazil card
• To which Weidman said fuck it, he'll fight Silva regardless of surgery and Boetsch
• Only for Silva to say "noooooo, I no make 185 on this much notice sorry"
• Which Weidman said fine "I'll fight you at 205 I don't care if the belt's on the line or not"
• "Nooooo, no Weidman nooooo. I fight retired Bonnar instead. Is a good challenge for me"
• Then Silva weighs in at a soft 202, AKA well under the up to 206 he was fighting Bonnar at, proving he could've made 185 if he'd bothered trying but was just trying to get out of fighting Weidman. Let alone just fought at LHW anyways as Weidman said he was willing to do.
• Demolishes Bonnar as expected, but again refuses to acknowledge Weidman is waiting in the wings
• Weidman and Boestch continues due to the existing contracts but falls through after Weidman dislocates his shoulder and pulls out
• 9 months later, with no other possible way to avoid it, Silva faces Weidman a year after he was already #1 contender when all that's happened for both fighters is Anderson meaninglessly fought Bonnar and Weidman injured his shoulder
• He gets destroyed. Nobody really expected it standing sure, but everybody expected Weidman to be an awful matchup because he was Chael with great BJJ and good standup. AKA the two things that let Silva overcome Chael.

Anderson was avoiding Weidman because he knew it was an awful fight for him. If he wanted to retire after Chael 2 it was only because he knew his next opponent was the better Chael 2.0. And he was right.

 

[chimpoehurricane]

That's subjective since it depends on whats your percecption about how he was rated.

To say he was average is objectively retarded. Period.

Your reading comprehension is struggling. I quoted buddy who said average. I said overrated.

OVERRATED

That's not what he is saying but anyways....No, not even then. He was only losing, often in competitive matches, with top5ers while making quick work of Gastelum, the same guy who gave the champ Israel all he could handle for the belt.

English is not my first language. If it's yours, and still you have problems grasping what the word average means....

Isreal is extremely overrated and ducking Alex rubber match to go play paddy cake with journey men and jobbers. Prime Silva sparks him and Chris the same night.

I said OVERRATED.

You sound a bit slow.

 

[chimpoehurricane]

Still one of my favorite finishes of all time.

Luckiest fighter in history but good on him. SILVA deserved that KO.

 

[chimpoehurricane]

Was Silva past his prime when he fought Weidman? YES.
Is Prime Silva better than Prime Weidman? YES (in my opinion).
That said, Weidman was the better fighter both times they fought.

Fight 1:
Weidman took Silva down and beat his ass in the first half of Rd 1, then refused to play into his counter punching game after they stood up. Silva lands some vicious leg kicks and Weidman has no answer for them. Silva started showboating in Rd 2 to provoke Weidman into striking, and it backfired hard.
Verdict: NOT A FLUKE.

Fight 2:
Silva tries to clinch Weidman and gets dropped, then takes a beating on the ground. When they stand up, Silva falls back on the one thing that worked in the first fight: leg kicks. This time, Weidman is prepared to check the leg kicks and breaks Silva's leg.
Verdict: NOT A FLUKE.

I can't disagree.

In the rematch, Silva used the clinch and Chris dropped him.

Kee0 in mind, Silva walked through H bombs dropped TRT Hendo and Strangled him inside 2. The same Hendo who flat lined Fedor in 1.

That chin cracked and it was game over. Worst of all, Silva let it happen.

If you follow boxing, nobody not Floyd does a chicken dance or clowns. He does the philly shell and shoulder rolls. Imo Silva was struggling in the fight and age had caught up.

Time is undefeated. Google Pam Anderson in 2023. Broooooooootal

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Luckiest fighter in history but good on him. SILVA deserved that KO.

Weidman's game plan was solid and was simply waiting for Silva to clown (which we all knew he would at some stage), great preparation just waiting for the opportunity.

 

[pankrat]

Your reading comprehension is struggling. I quoted buddy who said average. I said overrated.

OVERRATED





Isreal is extremely overrated and ducking Alex rubber match to go play paddy cake with journey men and jobbers. Prime Silva sparks him and Chris the same night.

I said OVERRATED.

You sound a bit slow.

I already addressed the overrated part. What else do you want me to tell you, dude

The other part of my post was a reply to the guy who called it "averaga", not to you, that's why I quoted the other guy.

You are not very bright, dude

Isreal is extremely overrated

Oh ok, Im talking with a conssumate retard.
Get another hobby

 

[ferrisjso]

He kinda did but this is inconvienant for people so they try to work around it.

 

[SpiderFan187]

Silva's age i feel did catch up to him, his legs didn't move as he well as he wanted but that's his fault i guess for putting himself in that spot. It's not the first time Silva's been in that spot, he wants to get people reaching to counter (Forrest fight is a good example) and people understood this and avoided going for the 2nd or 3rd reaching shot but the Chris bit down and kept moving forward so props to him. Silva said after the fight he took a wrong step which didn't allow him to move his head back out of range.

I felt like Chris was getting tired and Silva should have stopped with the showboating but in saying that that's what made me love the dude so gotta take the bad with the good.

 

[Mack Yancy]

Address that with the person I quoted.

I'll address who I damn well please, old man.

I'm responding to you repeating the false crap anout Silva showboating/not taking it seriously. He was.

 

[bjjwar]

Except for finishing him brutally every time he fought him.

There's a difference in breaking your leg while you're kicking someone and getting knocked out while you're mocking and toying with someone lol.Weidman's TD got stuffed round 2, he was gassed, sluggish, was just plodding forward missing punches while Silva was laughing at him looking like a slow gassed version of Forrest Griffin instead of capitalizing and paid the price tooking his taunting to another level. He deservedly got KO'ed for that sh**, but Weidman was one of the easiest fights he ever had, that's why he played so much.

 

[Superzorro]

How does it prove that “the guy who BEAT him is not as good as him?”
Silva may have had the better career, but Weidman owned his ass head to head.

Are Matt Mitrione, Fabio Maldonado, Ryan Bader, Big Foot Silva and Fabricio Werdum all better than Fedor?
Are Ryan Hall and Dennis Siver better than Prime BJ Penn?

People really go out of their way to make Anderson Silva look bad.
I truly don’t get it. The other day, there was a guy who said he was lucky he never faced Bisping during his reign, and that he would have lost rematches to everyone he defended his title against.

Chris Weidman had the chance to prove he was an MMA talent greater than Anderson Silva, but he blew it. If anything, he just proved that he was a bad matchup for Silva and that Silva’s time was up. But better fighter? No.

 

[Superzorro]

There was a good period of time when people on here would be like “nuh uh, lots of people were saying he was” and then shut up as soon as you asked for proof. It was always fun.

‘Also, the classic “he only lost because he was showing off” even though he had done that many times, as well.

Silva fans love to sip from a river called denial

There’s a promo video that the UFC released before the fight of fighters like GSP and Rashad Evans saying that Anderson Silva was getting old and that Weidman was a young prodigy that people were sleeping on.
Also, because they can’t be bothered to dig up random comments in multiple year old threads, that means you’re right?
Hindsight aside, if someone is 38 years old, is it really that crazy to suggest they might be past their physical prime? With any other fighter, you would agree. And in fact, I’d argue there’s a very small percentage of fighters (if any at all) who have been the best at that age.

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

Antonio Silva smoked Fedor yet not many peole would say he was as good as him. Well, he was that night, but thats not the debate.

Fedor had the better career and was far more complete but Bigfoot beat that ass convincingly, everywhere the fight went. Head to head, Silva was better than Fedor that night and that’s what matters.

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

Are Matt Mitrione, Fabio Maldonado, Ryan Bader, Big Foot Silva and Fabricio Werdum all better than Fedor?
Are Ryan Hall and Dennis Siver better than Prime BJ Penn?

People really go out of their way to make Anderson Silva look bad.
I truly don’t get it. The other day, there was a guy who said he was lucky he never faced Bisping during his reign, and that he would have lost rematches to everyone he defended his title against.

Chris Weidman had the chance to prove he was an MMA talent greater than Anderson Silva, but he blew it. If anything, he just proved that he was a bad matchup for Silva and that Silva’s time was up. But better fighter? No.

You can’t be the better fighter if you can’t beat them head to head. You can have the better career, but the better fighter on that night always wins.