So you are telling me that Silva had a cristal ball?
After all, he entered his vacaiton BEFORE Weidman fought Munoz.
As you can see, either you made the above up, or you are flat out lying and going against facts.
The point in here is that when Chris BECAME the (perceived) #1 contender, Silva was already out fo the year
Nope.
This is the first report from Silva taking time off in 2012:
source
This was after Weidman defeated Munoz. If you claim Anderson wanted out before that then you need to provide a source. You're not doing your homework.
Now let's assume for a second that Anderson did have plans to "take time off" before Weidman fought Munoz. Would it make a difference?
Weidman would obviously become the #1 contender if he defeated Munoz, and considering Anderson just struggled to get past Sonnen, it is obvious that he would rule out a fight with a better, younger, and more skilled wrestler/fighter.
Taking time off beforehand would have been the same ducking strategy.
Had only 1 fight in 11 months?
How sad that you can't check a calendar.
But let me help you:
- Silva fought Sonnen on July 7, 2012
- Weidman fought Munoz on July 11, 2012
As you can see, At that time, Silva had not fought in ... 4 days???
Simple math, Claude.
lol no silly billy, i didn't say Anderson "had not fought in 11 months", i said he only had one fight in 11 months, which is accurate. When he fought Sonnen that was his first time in 11 months. Another reason why taking time off didn't make any sense...
Well it did
spoiler: ChrisKnocksSilvaOutCold.jpg
BTW the dates you posted above just got you in trouble. You stated Anderson wanted to take time off before Chris fought Munoz, and now you just showed that their fights were only 4 days apart. That would mean Anderson made a very quick decision to go on vation, just before Chris' fought to become the #1 contender, which makes it look even more suspicious.
So now you compare Silva with Tito? LOL!!!
Same ducking tactics.
Tito took time off so he didn't have to fight Chuck, Anderson did the same with Weidman. Both did it to avoid a contender who was visibly a terrible style match-up for them.
Also Tito used the "we're friends" excuse, which is basicly the same excuse Silva used not to fight Jones, except in this case, Tito's excuse was a lot more credible as unlike Silva-Jones, he and Chuck actually trained together.
First of all, let us analize this asinine comment.
If Chris was already booked to fight Tim Boetsch, then why would Silva wait until he was injured to come back?
Makes no sense!
He didn't know Chris would get injured, that's why he intended to return until late 2013. Once Chris was out he made plans for an early return. Makes perfect sense.
Besides, we both know the ONLY reason Chris accepted the fight against Tim Boetsch, was because Vitor & Bisping was putting his 31 spot in danger. Because while he decided to decline a fight against Vitor and instead sit & wait for Silva, Bisping grabbed that fight and would leapfrog Weidman with a win.
So again, facts and simple logic trumps your blind-hater's assessment.
Wrong. Chris had to take on Boetsch because Anderson ducked.
yes, he noted how frustrating it was to deal with Silva. but he also noted (time and again) that
1) Despite being tiresome and a process, he knew how to deal with his people, and that they were not even the hardest people to deal with.
2) Silva said, in plain English, that Silva NEVER refused a fight.
3) Silva likes to mess with the press.
All 3 were already provided to you in links and even videos, and yet you keep ignoring them.
Here's a quote from Dana you might want to consider:
"Jones is the first champion to turn down a fight with us."
This would mean Tito actually never turned down a fight with Chuck :icon_idea
Obviously not true. You shouldn't pay attention to very vague statements from a promoter. He's obviouly never going to label one of his posterboys a duck, especially if he hasn't lost his temper.
Anyway your comparison between Dana's comments on Jones and Silva is completely off and silly. I don't know how you could write such a thing.
Don't be that much of a sad case of a loser.
Dana threw jo under the bus.
The same token, he threw various other fighters.
Rua, Machida and many others who refused any fight EVER by the UFC.
Fact: Dana does not like ANYONE telling him no. And he will use the press to pressure/bully fighters into not refusing any fights.
You know that. I know that. Don't play dumb.
That is why Dana is not the basis of my argument, he's only another source. There's also Silva's management and Silva himself stating they don't want Weidman:
Guimaraes: The fight doesn’t make sense
Soares: Anderson has nothing to gain from that fight (mentions Cung Le in the same interview)
Silva: I Have No Intentions Of Fighting Weidman
That's avoiding a fight, aka ducking. Why the denial?
True enough... if that was the only example.
So if I am not smart, how do you feel by being utterly destoyed by me?
Same to you.
now go back to the drawing board, and spend a couple more days trying to mount a comeback...
As usual, it doesn't work.
As usual, facts disagree with you.
You need to let go of the hate, Claude.
it makes you blind and predictable... and repetitive.
And this is a butthurt comment that i'd rather ignore.
Shaddows i think you had plenty of time to prove your point and you failed. I think this is officially another victory for me.
