yes, leites is a top contender and should one day compete for the title, however, with all the talk of "p4p the best in the world etc.." and with silva rumored to be retiring within the year, why are we not matching him up with the best of the best like jackson, evans, v.silva, griffin???? if we are only going to see silva fight a few more times, why not the best???
Cause most people complain that GSP v Penn was irrelevant because they had Alves and Kenny waiting in the wings. They're the champs they're supposed to defend their titles. It isn't Anderson's fault no one at MW is worthy of fighting him, lol.
After GSP beats alves he'll be in the same boat
Okami should be getting the fight.
I heart Okami.
Okami vs Wand the winner gets the shot after Leitas.
Leitas imo is a more deserving challenger than Cote was..
Okami will get worked by the spider
People who think this fight is useless have never seen Leites fight. He is a top game grappler with good wrestling. He might surprise some of you.
ufc is listing this fight at 185 lbs... on ufc.com, is it a title fight? everyone keeps refering to it as a 205 fight. can someone lemme know for sure
THP - People who think this fight is useless have never seen Leites fight. He is a top game grappler with good wrestling. He might surprise some of you.
yep
at least ufc 97 is gonna have a crap load of amazing fights tho! im stoked
ouchthathurts - yes, leites is a top contender and should one day compete for the title, however, with all the talk of "p4p the best in the world etc.." and with silva rumored to be retiring within the year, why are we not matching him up with the best of the best like jackson, evans, v.silva, griffin???? if we are only going to see silva fight a few more times, why not the best???
because he's retiring in a year
I seriously doubt Anderson will retire in 09.
And Leites could pose serious problems for Anderson if he gets the fight to the ground. He's certainly a bigger threat to him than Cote ever was.
Leites is extremely good on the ground.
Anderson has said that he won't challenge for the LHW title. So what would be the point of matching him up with a whole bunch of LHWs if he isn't going for the crown? From a financial view, do you think that would make good sense for the UFC?
The point of Silva Leites is that Leites just beat Nate the Great who is widely regarded as the #2 MW in the UFC (even if the victory was hollow)
Machida will get the LHW belt eventually and Anderson isn't gonna fight his friend.
Leites will sub Anderson and the UFCs 'make believe' p4p will be shown to be that he is a phenemonal striker but just average (in the world of elite MMArtists) on the ground.
Fedor/GSP best p4p.
the point is to avoid okami.
"People who think this fight is useless have never seen Leites fight. He is a top game grappler with good wrestling. He might surprise some of you"
like hendo?
"This actually has the potential to be an awesome fight. Travis Lutter (BJJ guy) gave Anderson some trouble on the ground which made their match pretty damn exciting. I don't find Anderson's one-sided beatings to be very fun to watch - I'd rather see some back-and-forth action.
You have ignored this user. "
lutter did not give silva trouble on the ground. lutter got dealt with in a severe manner