Silva only interested in GSP super fight.

[londonpride]

Anderson would absolutely pump GSP... and having this fight would be OK just to have that proven. I don't really care if he fights Jones, he has a considerable amount to lose from a fight against a guy who is really quite a way more than 'slightly bigger' as he was described above..

All these super fights are lose-lose imo.. if these champions are bored of dominating their division then just give up the belt and move up in weight to earn a title shot there too.



it lookd pretty OK in round 2 vs Sonnen, against a much bigger, stronger and better wrestler than GSP

Sonnen took Silva down within 30 seconds and ended the first round in mount. A clumsy spinning backfist gifted the fight to Anderson, his take down defence and wrestling looked just as exposed as it did in the first fight to me. Size is the only issue, GSP's wrestling is supreme and I think he'd take Silva down and lay on top of him all fight exactly how Sonnen did.

[Zanmato]

you can say the spinning backfist was the problem if you like but Sonnen was 0-3 for takedowns in that round... for a guy with wrestling as good as his, i think that shows that Anderson's TDD is not as suspect some state

it's the weakest part of his game for sure, but it's not so bad that i think GSP would exploit for for 25 minutes without being knocked out

[Ralph]

Silva v Diaz

[the mid 90's]

Wait, Sonnen is a better wrestler than GSP now?

The same GSP that's the best wrestler ( for MMA ) in MMA.

The same GSP that has the highest take down ratio and take down defence ratio in the UFC there for proving on paper he's the best.

No he's not.

And Anderson is not slightly bigger than GSP he's about 20lbs bigger in the cage.

There is about 10 between Anderson and Jon Jones, Ando is a coward, if he wasn't he'd want to fight Jones.

[londonpride]

you can say the spinning backfist was the problem if you like but Sonnen was 0-3 for takedowns in that round... for a guy with wrestling as good as his, i think that shows that Anderson's TDD is not as suspect some state

it's the weakest part of his game for sure, but it's not so bad that i think GSP would exploit for for 25 minutes without being knocked out

Just happening to be 0-3 in takedowns in the first few minutes of a second round for me doesn't outweight an entire first round and 24 minutes in the previous fight of wrestling dominance that exposed Silva.
It's a bit like a football teams terrible defence shipping 9 goals in the first half then keeping it scoreless for the first 10 minutes of the second and considering it a morale victory.
I think GSP would take Anderson down with absolute ease, Sonnen never got KO'd in the first fight - and GSP won't be getting submitted - and the only reason Silva ever got on the front foot was through a Sonnen mistake - again, something a much tighter and less sloppy GSP is unlikely to do. Size is the only issue.
Imo I think it could be one of the all time classic striker versus grappler contests. GSP won't want to stand with Silva and Silva won't want to be on his back, it'd be whether Silva can defend that take down, and tbh after Sonnen can take him down within 30 seconds I don't think the best p4p wrestler in mixed martial arts would have a problem doing so. By all accounts GSP was throwing Rashad around when they trained.

Wanted this fight for years now and if anything I'm just intrigued as to who'd win that takedown battle, but now I think I'd rather the Silva v Jones fight, it'd be the two most creative strikers I've ever seen, both considered devastatingly unstoppabe, one of whom will be eating the canvas at some point, mouth wateringly exciting imo, plus Anderson' has beaten a former LHW champ at that weight so size is far less an issue.

[Jonny Ninja]

Anderson Silva is a Coward - hahahahahahaha. You should stop smoking crack mate??

Silva vs Jones won't happen they're good friends, and why should it; Jones has a large size and strength advantage which is why he is in a different weight class? Same with Silva vs GSP the fight the majority of the time favours the bigger guy so GSP shouldn't be under any pressure to fight Silva unless he bulks up and moves up.

For the record I think that GSP would get knocked out over 5 rounds. He may be a great mma wrestler but Silva has some of the best takedown defence in the UFC. Jones would be to big and athletic for Silva imo, I'd give him little more than a punchers chance though he would still give him a better fight than the rest of the LHW division

[Grizzly.]

He may be a great mma wrestler but Silva has some of the best takedown defence in the UFC.

Come again?

[Jonny Ninja]

Come again?

Ok, how many of his 14 opponents in the UFC have put Silva on his back?? Or are you disagreeing with GSP being a great wrestler??

[Grizzly.]

UFC Takedown Defence.
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1 Gleison Tibau 91.8%
2 Andrei Arlovski 89.5%
3 Georges St-Piere 88.0%
4 Gray Maynard 86.4%
5 Michael Johnson 86.2%
6 Matt Riddle 85.7%
7 Constantinos Philippou 85.2%
8 Chuck Liddell 83.6%
9 Yushin Okami 83.6%
10 Lyoto Machida 83.3%

I know you said some, but if you look at who he's fought and how many have tried to take him down obviously once or if they've been badly rocked doesn't really count to how many have ''Chael Sonnen'' with ease... GSP would take him down no problem.

[tomp6581]

Fuck that, I want to see Silva vs. Jones.

I agree completely. Anderson has already fought at 205lbs... against a 'can' and a top 10 fighter who matches up well with him. Just imagine if GSP moved up and did the same? There would be an out-cry. Yet no-one seems to think the same about Silva.

He should fight GSP if GSP moves to 185lbs... but realistically, a guy who has dominated the MW division for so many years should have made the move for more challenging fights at 205lbs years ago.