Why couldn’t anybody else knockout Anderson Silva so far except Weidman?

[NoBiasJustMMA]

It's funny how both guys peaks ended the minute usada came knocking

There are other major factors for why Hendricks and Weidman declined but people ignore them cause they like to claim PEDS for everything. Hendricks left Team Takedown shortly after he got to the top, Weidman had a lot of injuries and surgeries and he was never the same after the extended beating from Rockhold that Herb Dean allowed to happen.

 

[Idonotbelieveit]

Weidman first true well rounded fighter he fought who wasn’t scared

 

[Idonotbelieveit]

Silva loses nearly every first round vs a strong grappler.

Nothing different.

Andy got his ass whooped

 

[Idonotbelieveit]

Thats basically it. He show boated in other fights, but in this show boat, chris landed the most clean. Not a "fluke" but he did give this fight away and is now chinny.

Dumbest fucking move that a Greatest could do.

He was getting dominated
Not like he was winning then show boated and gave it away

 

[Docrob2354]

Look at the strikers Anderson fought...they were all slow as fuqq with zero wrestling threat.

Vitor Slow as F? Franklin? Henderson no wrestling?

 

[TR1]

Weidman first true well rounded fighter he fought who wasn’t scared

Def a part of it. He did a good job of not falling into Anderson's striking/cage traps.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Weidman was at his peak and a bad style match up for Silva. Silva was playing around and overconfident. Isn't that a lead left hook he threw? That shit is hard to master.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

It’s so funny to think like 5 years later, Anderson at like 44 could smash Weidman.

 

[Kono dio da!]

They weren't fluky because Weidman was winning every minute of both fights, and hurt Silva repeatedly prior to both finishes. They were more than just catching Silva. They were dominant performances.

No point in trying to explain. It's been almost 7 years and people still believe that it was a fluke. You'll never convince people like that.

 

[Azrael40]

And The Chris striking is so bad

Its' because Anderson got knocked out in practice right before the fight by his training partner Dandan. He talked about Dandan hitting too hard in one of the training documentary's he did before that fight.

 

[TrueBias]

He was getting dominated
Not like he was winning then show boated and gave it away

Dominated? What the fuck are you blabbering about, dominating is khabib v conor. Silva was hardly dominated. He was an asshole and paid the price.

The fuck is going on with this silly narrative..

 

[Ogata]

Chris Weidman was the Dennis Hallman of Anderson Silva.

 

[kingjim]

You can also include Marquardt, leben, Rivera n Murray as solid strikers he also faced

just cause he destroys them doesn’t mean they’re not good

he just means he was way better than everybody else

Agree 100%.
He wrecked hendo. He destroyed a vitor that was before anderson and after anderson koing everyone.
I was never a big silva fan but man I had to admire his skills. It was almost movie like

 

[Idonotbelieveit]

Dominated? What the fuck are you blabbering about, dominating is khabib v conor. Silva was hardly dominated. He was an asshole and paid the price.

The fuck is going on with this silly narrative..

One sided round
10-8
Silva had no answer I call that dominated

 

[IsNormal]

You can argue the KO and was a bit of a fluke, and the leg break was a freak accident.
But it wasn't like Silva was doing well before that.

In the 2nd fight Weidman beat Silva at the clinch game and knocked him down.

He avoid many of Silva's counters - had him swinging at air quite a few times

And he managed to implement some of his wrestling too

 

[pick999]

Jared did in 1 round

 

[jsbx45]

Because he's that good and teh Chris got lucky.

 

[wanted226]

Weidman was a threat with his striking as well as his grappling, he also made Anderson move into his left hook which is Weidman's best punch. He didn't fight anyone else like Weidman and very few people doubled up on punches from one side against Anderson so he got used to just swaying back and forth to dodge strikes from alternating sides.

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[wanted226]

ANDERSON SILVA V CHRIS STILL MY BOY WEIDMAN is the most hilarious rivalry in history of combat sports with ANDERSON SILVA V CHAEL THE AMERICAN CHOKER SONNEN being the close second!

 

[ThunderStruck]

Vitor, hendo, franklin.
None of these are slow. Vitor if anything at that stage of his career was lightning quick

Franlkin is hella slow.