Silva: For sure. He can't survive the first round! When I get this guy ... I actually don't know what is happening. There are some people saying this fight will not happen but I would like to make myself clear: I want to fight him. I want it known, I don't care if I get hurt, I will be healed by November. I want this fight. I want him. I don't want people saying: "he goes to UFC to take a free promotion." I don't know what's happening. The promoters are taking care of it. I want to shut him up by hitting his mouth. When I spoke in the microphone he was looking at me with a butt face and gave me a little smile because he knows who I am. He had his ass kicked by Quinton Jackson in PRIDE, and if he thinks he will be waiting just to hit me back he will pay for it. I am a Muay Thai fighter. I'm a heavy hitter. If I hit the chin, the guy is down.
Chuck is fighting with such confidence now, I don't like any LHW's chances vs him.
he'll lose sooner or later, but having watched his fights over the last year or so, it's hard to imagine.
will be a great fight and either man can win this IMO.
It is a valid frame of reference. Both were in their prime, had many MMA fights before that.
Plus Rampage was easily a top 5 LHW back then, when he fought Silva and Chuck his record was like 21-2! So a win or loss over Rampage is no fluke.
Otherwise you can compare their fighting records and who they fought: Silva's record is like 31-5-1, Chuck's 18-3. They almost have the same winning percentage, 84% for Silva vs 83% for Chuck. While Silva is no BJ Penn, Silva has fought HW's.
Chuck has made a believer out of me lately. He just has a way of accurately getting his hands on guys. Seems like Silva leaves himself open. On the other hand, I can't picture Silva getting KTFO. I would be more pumped for that fight than any other fight...ever. Even more than for the Mirko/Fedor fight.