Anderson vs Leites all over again? After the Forrest fight, nobody in the world is gonna want to stand with Anderson. Anderson won't go to the ground with Maia, unless he's forced to. It's gonna cause another stalemate.
Yeah it's gonna be tough for Maia to close the distance.
Maia will stand and wang and get killed
if he pulls a leites he should be cut. gotta take the title, not flop like a bitch like Leites
Maia will pull guard/half guard, get a sweep and work from there ... please please please!
No, it will be nothing like that fight...
Lutter, Franklin, Hendo, Marquardt and even Leites took Silva down. Not sure why people think it's impossible for Maia to do it.
billy914 - Lutter, Franklin, Hendo, Marquardt and even Leites took Silva down. Not sure why people think it's impossible for Maia to do it.
I think it's more to do with the fact that he ran face first into a fist not too long ago.
billy914 - Lutter, Franklin, Hendo, Marquardt and even Leites took Silva down. Not sure why people think it's impossible for Maia to do it.I don't have any doubt that Maia can take Silva down. What I disagree with is the premise that it definitely matters if he does. Lutter, Franklin, Hendo, Marquardt, and Leites all lost. While Maia is probably a more skilled grappler than the others, it's not like if he takes Silva down it's as good as over. Maia most likely will have to get Silva down a few times and I'm not sure he can.
thforklift -billy914 - Lutter, Franklin, Hendo, Marquardt and even Leites took Silva down. Not sure why people think it's impossible for Maia to do it.I don't have any doubt that Maia can take Silva down. What I disagree with is the premise that it definitely matters if he does. Lutter, Franklin, Hendo, Marquardt, and Leites all lost. While Maia is probably a more skilled grappler than the others, it's not like if he takes Silva down it's as good as over. Maia most likely will have to get Silva down a few times and I'm not sure he can.
I agree with this, I think that Silva can stall pretty good and avoid being subbed. But to imply that it's impossible for Maia to take him down is strange to me.
The Know it all - Anderson vs Leites all over again? After the Forrest fight, nobody in the world is gonna want to stand with Anderson. Anderson won't go to the ground with Maia, unless he's forced to. It's gonna cause another stalemate.
Yes, I have been ever since this fight was announce. Hopefully it wont be. Maia has a decent chance of winning if it hits the ground and that's about it.
Maia will be on his ass the entire fight.
ThreadRuiner - Maia will be on his ass the entire fight.
...unless he gets KO'd in a spectacular '360 to faceplant' fashion before he flops
I am sure Maia will attempt to close the distance from the beginning and do almost anything to get Anderson to the ground including pulling guard. If that fails, what do you expect Maia to do? I say the burden should be Anderson Silva to attempt to finish the fight instead of waiting to counter Maia who is obviously lacking in the striking department.
If Maia were to get Anderson Silva to the ground... I believe that is when the fight will begin...
Till then it's just easy pickings for the champ..
that being said
WAR MAIA!
Nomak - I say the burden should be Anderson Silva to attempt to finish the fight instead of waiting to counter Maia who is obviously lacking in the striking department.
That's fucking ridiculous.
Maia took down chael sonnen. HE is going to shock some of you
It takes 2 to dance, bro
Maia is game.
Maia took down chael sonnen. HE is going to shock some of you
He definitely has the style to pull it off. There's no doubt about that.
Still I think Anderson sits on the outside, constantly wary of shots and counter striking.
The Know it all - Anderson vs Leites all over again? After the Forrest fight, nobody in the world is gonna want to stand with Anderson. Anderson won't go to the ground with Maia, unless he's forced to. It's gonna cause another stalemate.
I don't think Maia is going to want to lose that way,
hopefully he will be much more aggressive.
TTT