robopimp - I think if Anderson were truly concerned he wouldn't have showboated like that. Think back to the Chael and Belfort fights... he didn't act like that when he thought he was actually in danger. I think he felt deep down that he could clown Weidman.
I agree 
How was he clearly faster and more accurate when he couldn't land anything on Weidman and Weidman landed good shots on several occasions before the final KO?
Chris was a lot longer and a lot quicker that what Anderson was ready for.
FloridaStriker - bully got bullied. When he realized he had nothing for this kid, he resorted to taunting to mask it. To try and intimidate him. lol didnt work like it did in his last few fights
FloridaStriker - bully got bullied. When he realized he had nothing for this kid, he resorted to taunting to mask it. To try and intimidate him. lol didnt work like it did in his last few fights
Yes and probably sooner. Show me a fight where Silva doesn't showboat. He does it to fuck with his opponents and try to intimidate them and throw off their game.
dangerboy12 - How was he clearly faster and more accurate when he couldn't land anything on Weidman and Weidman landed good shots on several occasions before the final KO?
Chris was a lot longer and a lot quicker that what Anderson was ready for.
Biased much?
Weidman had a landed strikes advantage by relative small margin. Most of tbise landed strikes were from gnp...
Anderson strikes landed/thrown ratio was better when standing.
Florida striker is right. Anderson knew the Chris had the tools to beat him. His plan was to throw Chris off his game. Chris was forcing Anderson to be the aggressor. Anderson likes to counter.
The clownig was an attempt to make chris attack. It didn't work. Chris attacked by countering a missed kick that Anderson telegraphed. Anderson was gonna get beat no matter what. Chris had the right game plan, and was strong enough, long enough, and most importantly, quick enough to pull it off.
kingkoopa -Give me moar tears fanboyrockwell - If your aunty had a penis she would be your uncle.
Anderson acted like a tit and got KO'd.
dealwithit.gifLol what a moron
kingkoopa -dangerboy12 - How was he clearly faster and more accurate when he couldn't land anything on Weidman and Weidman landed good shots on several occasions before the final KO?
Chris was a lot longer and a lot quicker that what Anderson was ready for.Biased much?
Weidman had a landed strikes advantage by relative small margin. Most of tbise landed strikes were from gnp...
Anderson strikes landed/thrown ratio was better when standing.
The fact this is even a debate is why I feel so cheated
Probably not
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kingkoopa -Ajm1218 - Weidman was giving him trouble. Came out and hit a takedown and was dominating him on the ground. All this happened BEFORE any showboating. Silva decided to defend the takedown, hands low and assumed he could make Weidman miss and eventully counter. Silva got used to guys throwing one strike at a time at him, didn't count on a guy throing a combo.
If he didn't "play" and tried to strike with authority he was going to get taken down again.I respectfully disagree
Silva is use to 2-3 strike combos. Left right left. Weidman probably knew this and trained to cut distance once silva did the lean and roll thing. Weidman also threw silva off with doubling the right hand. Most guys dont double up like that in mma.
That being said if Silva wasnt trying to pull another maia debacle I think he could've koed weidman. He was clearly the faster and more accurate fighter.
Yes drawing his opponent in with the taunting is part of silvas game plan but he clearly was careless and took it too far. Weidman was simply good enough to capitalize when silva gets that careless. Like 7 other fighters were unable to capitalize on Silvas carelessness
rockwell -kingkoopa -Give me moar tears fanboyrockwell - If your aunty had a penis she would be your uncle.
Anderson acted like a tit and got KO'd.
dealwithit.gifLol what a moron
circa305 -jimbonice -FloridaStriker - bully got bullied. When he realized he had nothing for this kid, he resorted to taunting to mask it. To try and intimidate him. lol didnt work like it did in his last few fightsI don't concur. When did he realize he had nothing for him?
After the first round when he was clearly frustrated in his corner.. What fight were u watching?
Florida Striker nailed it. Any mature experienced person that knows what they were watching will agree with him.
dangerboy12 - How was he clearly faster and more accurate when he couldn't land anything on Weidman and Weidman landed good shots on several occasions before the final KO?Longer, yes. Quicker, no. Weidman looked painfully slow in comparison to Andy. However, his head movement was great. I'm just wondering how the fight would have gone had Silva kept firing leg kicks and kept his hands up.
Chris was a lot longer and a lot quicker that what Anderson was ready for.
Anderson fights with his hands low all the time. There is nothing wrong with doing that at all and it's not showboating. It allows him to see punches coming better and counter better as well. This is part of his fighting style and many fast fighters fight this way.
The point is though when he does go clown mode, he typically does it at a distance where he can actually see the punches coming in and react accordingly. This is what he was doing when he was clowning earlier in the fight, Weidman had to still reach to hit him.
When Anderson got KO'd clowning, it was because he stood in close, squared up, left chin in the air and didn't see the punch after slipping the first few punches. He had also clowned numerous times throughout the fight letting Weidman know he was safe to fire his shots off without worrying about a counter coming back. He did it too many times and Weidman timed it well and took advantage of the opening.
No
He would have won IMHO.
That punch was a perfectly timed clowning on the chin hit. The others wisdom put on him were harder but he saw them coming and didn't hurt him.
Complete fucking waste. I'm furious, blew his fucking legacy forever, fuckin idiot he is.
Flexo - Complete fucking waste. I'm furious, blew his fucking legacy forever, fuckin idiot he is.
But do you think there will ever be anyone else like him? He's still going to fight. The title defenses are simply a stat.
It was stupid of him no doubt but he's still my favorite fighter to watch along with machida.