Like so many others:
Chuck
BJ
Fedor
Cro Cop
Tyson
Is why I love and hate fighting. Just a bitch slap in the face that reminds you there is nothing magical that makes a person invincible or ninja like. Fighting always reminds you there are no fairy tales and all of your hero's will be violently destroyed at some point. There is no God and you are all Fucked!!! 
:(
Kingtony87 - :(
I would tell you its all gonna be OK...but its not going to be!
So true.
At least it prepares you for the real world. 
I don't want to see BJ out cold on the mat.Not even a big fan of Silva and his antics but those pictures of him KO'd are weird to see.
TheAxeMurderer84 - I mean the man is closing in on 40, cant be alpha dog forever.
I know that. But there just seems to be no way to gracefully fade into the sunset or have the storybook ending unless you have the karma of Lights out motherfuckinnn LYTLE! As for all the other heroes they are destined for a brutal end..there is no escape.
TheAxeMurderer84 -YousHerName -TheAxeMurderer84 - I mean the man is closing in on 40, cant be alpha dog forever.I know that. But there just seems to be no way to gracefully fade into the sunset or have the storybook ending unless you have the karma of Lights out motherfuckinnn LYTLE! As for all the other heroes they are destined for a brutal end..there is no escape.
Whos to say he doesn't take the rematch train crazy no clowning and beat chris? That would greatly change people's opinion on these two. I wouldn't write him off just yet...
The damage is done my fren. Legacy forever tainted. Even if he wins the rematch the image of the KO will never go away. Repent..and you shall be saved
It eventually happens to everyone if they keep fighting. With that said I'd be shocked if GSP fights until it happens to him. Call him conservative or safe or smart, it doesn't seem like his personality. In the end it might help his "legacy" amongst most fans.
YousHerName - Like so many others:Vtfu for "there is no god and you're all fucked"
Chuck
BJ
Fedor
Cro Cop
Tyson
Is why I love and hate fighting. Just a bitch slap in the face that reminds you there is nothing magical that makes a person invincible or ninja like. Fighting always reminds you there are no fairy tales and all of your hero's will be violently destroyed at some point. There is no God and you are all Fucked!!!
dumb as fuck - people resent GSP for fighting safe but you get knocked out once 'the damage is done' ??
to me it's about character and resilience. he got caught but if he came back and reclaimed it then I think his legacy would only be improved
thebasher - dumb as fuck - people resent GSP for fighting safe but you get knocked out once 'the damage is done' ??
to me it's about character and resilience. he got caught but if he came back and reclaimed it then I think his legacy would only be improved
No resentment her my niggy. Just an empty hole. Like a butthole. With no poop.
Thank you OP for summing up exactly how I feel. It was cool thinking there was a guy like Anderson Silva in the world.. and then that all went away in a rather disappointing fashion. It wasn't like a passing of the torch to a more skilled fighter, it as like a "oh.. I guess he can get knocked out even when he's not trying". It didn't feel like his greatness was transferred the the victor in some sort of Highlander-esque quickening event like is supposed to happen when a legend is defeated.
I'm not a fairweather fan by any means.. but I'm kind of left wondering if Anderson even wants me to want him to win his next fight? Does he care anymore? I really don't know. Maybe it was just arrogance and he will learn and come back and fight with a level head. Maybe he really didn't care but the loss will grow sour to him and he will come back in a fury. Or maybe he just doesn't give a fuck... I'm lost.
I guess the other option is that Weidman is just really that amazing that he forced Anderson to fight in an absolute ridiculous fashion even compared to the Anderson that fought Maia, or Bonnar.
Maybe Nick Diaz calling him out actually got in his head and he was trying to outdo him in the taunting department.
I guess I will find out next fight... although I kind of feel cheated into getting it.
Watching Evans lay out Chuck depressed me for at least a week and if I ever see bj go unconscious I'll legit shed some tears
GSP got TKO'ed, but came back and destroyed Serra, with a TKO of his own. 99/100, GSP beats Serra.
Can Silva do the same to Weidman? I don't think so.
The Serra loss was a fluke, Weidman stylistically is Kryptonite for Anderson.
Henderson TKO'ed Fedor. Can Fedor come back for revenge? This is probably a toss up fight, right down the middle, 50/50.
Kingtony87 -Watching Evans lay out Chuck depressed me for at least a week and if I ever see bj go unconscious I'll legit shed some tears
Well, Rampage put a severe beating on Chuck in his prime in Pride...
Chuck had great power and a great chin, but loose striking...and he just became predominately a striker. I predicted Rampage would win their rematch as well.
"Chuck
BJ
Fedor
Cro Cop"
Besides BJ, everybody quoted above had too many holes in their game.
Least gaps IMO among some of the greats, ranked:
GSP
BJ
Jones
Anderson
....etc
Still can't believe it's over :( even if he wins the rematch he'll never get that unbeatable aura he had built for himself these past few years
Am I the only one that believes this loss doesn't mean that Silva suddenly sucks?
Would not be surprised to see him take the rematch and defend a few more times before he truly gets too old.
Drunkenirishfc - Still can't believe it's over :( even if he wins the rematch he'll never get that unbeatable aura he had built for himself these past few years
I started to believe...maybe you can be that good to have your hands down and slip punches and stand on the fence and tell your opponent to hit you because you can see Everything coming at you and you are too skilled and fast to get hit. Foolish fool...its just not real.
carsnick - Am I the only one that believes this loss doesn't mean that Silva suddenly sucks?
Would not be surprised to see him take the rematch and defend a few more times before he truly gets too old.
No dude no one is saying that. Silva could of and probably should of won the fight. But the legacy and years of domination and the aura are gone. It always ends this way but this one was extra cringe worthy since he was showboating and got KTFO in the pretty much the most embarrassing way you can
CRMartin11 - What happened to Anderson on saturday was disgusting.
Way worse than anything than happened those guys. Worse than Cro Cop getting Cro Cropped by Gonzaga, worse than Fedor getting tapped, or Chuck violently knocked out.
All of those guys fought to their fullest ability, all those guys tried their hardest and came up short. The same can not be said for Anderson. I picked Weidman to win, but not like that.
Anderson wasn't himself either. People keep saying "he just got caught". This wasn't normal Anderson. if you go back and watch the fight he is clowning far more than usual and offering no offence. He didn't try to counter or attack Weidman at all. Especially in the 2nd. I don't know if Anderson was intimidated and tried to play a lot of mind games with Chris and it just didn't work or if he truly wanted to lose. I'm sure we have all seen the infamous Showtime Joe interview of Anderson. Anderson is asked what is the perfect outcome of the fight for him, and he says Weidman wins by KO and no rematch.
I'm not confident or foolish enough to 100% say he chose to lose, but it seems like a likely possibility, and one worth considering.
I agree with all of that except the wanting to lose part. I think that is the thoughts of people who cant really believe what they saw and that it could happen. Its part of the mystique that was Anderson. There was no way he could get KO'd he did that kind of stuff before. I honestly think that he was noticeably more nervous for this fight and he was trying to play mind games or overcompensate for the concern of the takedown and wanted to bait Weidman in. Or maybe Anderson actually believed in his own hype and thought he couldn't be knocked out and with the level of competition he has had lately it could of further enforced that belief he can get away with anything in there now. Bottom line he did not lose on purpose.