[ARCHIVED THREAD] - UFC 153... (Page 1 of 4)
Posted: 10/12/2012 2:38:04 PM EDT
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Silva vs Bonnar? WTF, I know it's not a title fight but, Bonnar... How did he get the match?  ETA: I wanna see Jones in there instead!! |
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There is not one scenario where I see Bonnar even remotely coming close to winning that fight Exactly, hey I like Bonnar but, this is not a match I wanna see... I wanna see Jones in there instead!!! +1, I see this as a warmup fight in the 205 Div. for Silva, but in the same breath he's already had those with Irving and Forrest |
| He has gone through the rank and file, Dana will have to do a "catch weight" fight of GSP and Silva.....I wont pay for a PPV fight until then....Or as someone else said, Jones, but I heard Silva say in a interview that he does not want to fight Jones.....I am sure his mind could be changed with a little $$$$ |
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Isn't he moving up in weight class? I'll be curious how it works out. I think they are trying to work out a silva vs. jones fight. That's the only thing that makes any type of sense. Throw some 205 patsies at Silva as warmups for JBJ. Silva is a freak of nature, so he might do OK but most guys that try to move around in weight classes don't always do so well. He'll need a few warm up fights to see what it's like. |
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Isn't he moving up in weight class? I'll be curious how it works out. I think they are trying to work out a silva vs. jones fight. That's the only thing that makes any type of sense. Throw some 205 patsies at Silva as warmups for JBJ. Silva is a freak of nature, so he might do OK but most guys that try to move around in weight classes don't always do so well. He'll need a few warm up fights to see what it's like. He's already had them destroyed both James Irving and Forrest Griffin in the first round |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Isn't he moving up in weight class? I'll be curious how it works out. I think they are trying to work out a silva vs. jones fight. That's the only thing that makes any type of sense. Throw some 205 patsies at Silva as warmups for JBJ. Silva is a freak of nature, so he might do OK but most guys that try to move around in weight classes don't always do so well. He'll need a few warm up fights to see what it's like. He's already had them destroyed both James Irving and Forrest Griffin in the first round I would love to see a Jones/Silva fight. I would also love to see a GSP/Silva fight, either with GSP in the 185 class or at a catch weight. |
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JBJ would DESTROY Silva, Silva has nothing to offer him. JBJ has his kryptonite (outstanding wrestling) and then mix in superior striking. Disgree here. Silva is the best the UFC has ever seen in my opinion. Jones would destroy Silva with elbows on the ground, after taking down the smaller man. eta- either way, it ain't happening. When Silva beats GSP, he'll probably call it quits as the greatest ever. |
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Isn't he moving up in weight class? I'll be curious how it works out. I think they are trying to work out a silva vs. jones fight. That's the only thing that makes any type of sense. Throw some 205 patsies at Silva as warmups for JBJ. Silva is a freak of nature, so he might do OK but most guys that try to move around in weight classes don't always do so well. He'll need a few warm up fights to see what it's like. He's already had them destroyed both James Irving and Forrest Griffin in the first round I would love to see a Jones/Silva fight. I would also love to see a GSP/Silva fight, either with GSP in the 185 class or at a catch weight. While both those fights would be intriguing I think Silvas size and length would overwhelm GSP, GSP has made a living at being the bigger and stronger guy in a majority of his fights, and I just don't think he could hang with Silva |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Isn't he moving up in weight class? I'll be curious how it works out. I think they are trying to work out a silva vs. jones fight. That's the only thing that makes any type of sense. Throw some 205 patsies at Silva as warmups for JBJ. Silva is a freak of nature, so he might do OK but most guys that try to move around in weight classes don't always do so well. He'll need a few warm up fights to see what it's like. He's already had them destroyed both James Irving and Forrest Griffin in the first round I would love to see a Jones/Silva fight. I would also love to see a GSP/Silva fight, either with GSP in the 185 class or at a catch weight. While both those fights would be intriguing I think Silvas size and length would overwhelm GSP, GSP has made a living at being the bigger and stronger guy in a majority of his fights, and I just don't think he could hang with Silva I mostly agree. I want to see it for a couple reasons. GSP was my favorite fighter for a long time. Like, since his debut in the UFC long. He has gotten so good at being a technical fighter and not losing, it has made him boring. He either needs to get beat, or he's gonna keep doing the same thing. He is an impressive fighter, just not that much fun to watch anymore. His wrestling is good enough that I think he might be able to grind out a victory from the top, even against a dude Silva's size. If he can't, maybe he'll take a beating and get hungry again and start making exciting fights. |
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Silva took the fight in order to save the card. Both Aldo and Rampage pulled out of their fights. They would possibly have needed to cancel the card, if Silva hadn't taken the fight.
Gsp got boring after getting Ko'd by Matt Serra, he decided after that fight not to take anymore chances. |
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Silva took the fight in order to save the card. Both Aldo and Rampage pulled out of their fights. They would possibly have needed to cancel the card, if Silva hadn't taken the fight. Gsp got boring after getting Ko'd by Matt Serra, he decided after that fight not to take anymore chances. This is the reason this fight is happening. Silva didn't want a card to be cancelled in his native Brazil, so he took this fight. |
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I hope Eric Silva smashes Fitch's face. Agreed Eric Silva is a beast!!! Fitch is the 2nd most boring fighter in the UFC after GSP . http://static.sportsuntapped.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/kos2.png Awesome illustration of my point. Kos was blind in one eye and had Zero counter for anything GSP was doing on his feet but... he took no chance and didn't try to get a blind in one eye Kos out of there. He broke Kos's orbital bone in the 1st round, ee kept throwing the same jab at Kos for 5 rounds becoming the 1st guy in the UFC to jab his way to victory.... 
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Quoted: Awesome illustration of my point. Kos was blind in one eye and had Zero counter for anything GSP was doing on his feet but... he took no chance and didn't try to get a blind in one eye Kos out of there. He broke Kos's orbital bone in the 1st round, ee kept throwing the same jab at Kos for 5 rounds becoming the 1st guy in the UFC to jab his way to victory.... Pwned! |
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Awesome illustration of my point. Kos was blind in one eye and had Zero counter for anything GSP was doing on his feet but... he took no chance and didn't try to get a blind in one eye Kos out of there. He broke Kos's orbital bone in the 1st round, ee kept throwing the same jab at Kos for 5 rounds becoming the 1st guy in the UFC to jab his way to victory.... Pwned! so let me get this straight...he broke the challenger's face, then avoided kos's strong right hand for the duration of the fight and that makes him boring? sounds like a champion's strategy to me...GSP's problem is he hasn't been technically challenged in ages, not that he's boring. also, Silva knocked out Griffin with a fadeaway jab, so there's that. |
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Awesome illustration of my point. Kos was blind in one eye and had Zero counter for anything GSP was doing on his feet but... he took no chance and didn't try to get a blind in one eye Kos out of there. He broke Kos's orbital bone in the 1st round, ee kept throwing the same jab at Kos for 5 rounds becoming the 1st guy in the UFC to jab his way to victory.... Pwned! so let me get this straight...he broke the challenger's face, then avoided kos's strong right hand for the duration of the fight and that makes him boring? sounds like a champion's strategy to me...GSP's problem is he hasn't been technically challenged in ages, not that he's boring. also, Silva knocked out Griffin with a fadeaway jab, so there's that. Are you really making the case that 5 rounds of jabbing and running is exciting? This isn't boxing...
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Awesome illustration of my point. Kos was blind in one eye and had Zero counter for anything GSP was doing on his feet but... he took no chance and didn't try to get a blind in one eye Kos out of there. He broke Kos's orbital bone in the 1st round, ee kept throwing the same jab at Kos for 5 rounds becoming the 1st guy in the UFC to jab his way to victory.... Pwned! so let me get this straight...he broke the challenger's face, then avoided kos's strong right hand for the duration of the fight and that makes him boring? sounds like a champion's strategy to me...GSP's problem is he hasn't been technically challenged in ages, not that he's boring. also, Silva knocked out Griffin with a fadeaway jab, so there's that. Are you really making the case that 5 rounds of jabbing and running is exciting? This isn't boxing... I'm no GSP fanboy. I just think calling him boring is a little over the top. I think the welterweight class is the worst in the UFC. That's the problem. |
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Quoted: so let me get this straight...he broke the challenger's face, then avoided kos's strong right hand for the duration of the fight and that makes him boring? sounds like a champion's strategy to me...GSP's problem is he hasn't been technically challenged in ages, not that he's boring. also, Silva knocked out Griffin with a fadeaway jab, so there's that. Yes, a defensive strategy for 4 rounds when you should press the offense is not interesting. That Fitch is boring is universally accepted in the MMA world. |
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so let me get this straight...he broke the challenger's face, then avoided kos's strong right hand for the duration of the fight and that makes him boring? sounds like a champion's strategy to me...GSP's problem is he hasn't been technically challenged in ages, not that he's boring. also, Silva knocked out Griffin with a fadeaway jab, so there's that. Yes, a defensive strategy for 4 rounds when you should press the offense is not interesting. That Fitch is boring is universally accepted in the MMA world. Exactly, there are people that enjoy Frankie Edgar esque, point fighting. I am not one of them. Point fighting has helped to kill boxing and I sincerely hope that it doesn't become the norm in MMA. |
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I might just buy this damn thing. After Rampage/ Texeira fell through I was bummed. I want to see Eric Silva against a top WW. (yeah I know what Hendricks did to Fitch, but still) Prado vs Davis. I think Davis has been overrated. Prado looks tough, I've heard he is no joke, let's see. Texeira looked mean in his UFC debut, I want to see more. Bones couldn't finish Bonnar. Could be a nice violent main event. Spider wins of course. |
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so let me get this straight...he broke the challenger's face, then avoided kos's strong right hand for the duration of the fight and that makes him boring? sounds like a champion's strategy to me...GSP's problem is he hasn't been technically challenged in ages, not that he's boring. also, Silva knocked out Griffin with a fadeaway jab, so there's that. Yes, a defensive strategy for 4 rounds when you should press the offense is not interesting. That Fitch is boring is universally accepted in the MMA world. Exactly, there are people that enjoy Frankie Edgar esque, point fighting. I am not one of them. Point fighting has helped to kill boxing and I sincerely hope that it doesn't become the norm in MMA. you think any of the maynard/ edgar fights were point fights? lol. |