UFC Quick Quote: Dan Henderson set to 'kick ass' against Anderson Silva at UFC 82

Can’t wait for this fight.

I cant wait either. If anyone can do it its Hendo. I love Silva and Im scared Hendo is gonna take this title from him. This has potential to be fight of the year.

That clinch was less than kind to Franklin. If Henderson doesn’t beat Silva then Silva will hold the belt until he retires.

In a follow up to our article earlier this week about Dana White proclaiming that Randy Couture would fight the winner of the Tim Sylvia — Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira fight (which will happen on February 2nd), it appears that White was advised to do so by his legal team.

White was advised not to strip Couture of the UFC Heavyweight Championship since Couture’s contract says that as long as Couture is the champion, he can’t fight for another organization. There is a provision in the contract for retiring, however retiring means you can’t fight for another organization.

Meanwhile Couture maintains his stance that his fighting days for the UFC are over and the only fight he’s interested in is with Fedor Emelianenko. Couture still contends that his contractual agreements with UFC is up in October.

-We all assumed Randy might come back to the UFC because Sylvia/Noguerra was for the interim title….Randy is not EVER comming back to the UFC. Dana has to keep Randy as UFC champ, if not Randy would be able to fight outside the organization. Dana needs to stop being so petty and let Randy leave. He doesnt want to b UFC champ, so let him g do whatever he wants.
You cant force someone to be champ that doesnt want to be champ! He said he is almost certain that he will fight against Fedor in the last quarter of 2008

Dan “Built Ford Tough” Henderson vs. the spider…all I can say is WOW!!!!

Is it March 1st or 2nd??

Is it March 1st or 2nd??

1st.

I can not wait to be there live for this event. It is going to be amazing.

I hope Dan wins, I really do.

Silva can win this fight in many different ways. He is the best striker in the UFC and he can surely be just as effective without using the clinch. Henderson can take the fight to the ground which can be a good or bad thing for him. Silva is very accomplished on the ground. Either way it will be a great fight. Henderson will be looking for the big KO I think but Silva will be too ellusive. I have said it before, I think this fight will be very similar to the Silva vs Lee Murray fight a few years back. Silva will be working the leg kicks and keeping a distance from Hendersons fists and will be looking to avoid the take down. The key here is Anderson working the leg kicks. I will go with Silva by Unanimous decision!

PhilQNY, ViolentMike: This past weekend I heard from a really reliable source that Takanori Gomi will fight Frankie Edgar at UFC 83. My source is the same guy who told me Arlovski would fight Werdum at UFC 70 months before the fight was ever announced. He also told me Karo would fight Burkman months before that was ever announced. Take it how u want it, but I really trust this source so I am expecting some kind of announcement about Gomi sometime soon.

Also. Rashad Evans next opponent will be Tiago Silva

PhilQNY, ViolentMike: This past weekend I heard from a really reliable source that Takanori Gomi will fight Frankie Edgar at UFC 83. My source is the same guy who told me Arlovski would fight Werdum at UFC 70 months before the fight was ever announced. He also told me Karo would fight Burkman months before that was ever announced. Take it how u want it, but I really trust this source so I am expecting some kind of announcement about Gomi sometime soon.

Also. Rashad Evans next opponent will be Tiago Silva

Thanks John..that is some really good news.

Thanks John..that is some really good news.

u got it buddy!

Thanks John..that is some really good news.

Rashad vs Silva? that would make for an awesome matchup and I think the winner really would be put in the top 5 of the division. I think Rashad has a way better chin than Alexander and it’ll be interesting to see how Silva fights a wrestler since his last few opponents were all strikers.

In a follow up to our article earlier this week about Dana White proclaiming that Randy Couture would fight the winner of the Tim Sylvia — Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira fight (which will happen on February 2nd), it appears that White was advised to do so by his legal team.

White was advised not to strip Couture of the UFC Heavyweight Championship since Couture’s contract says that as long as Couture is the champion, he can’t fight for another organization. There is a provision in the contract for retiring, however retiring means you can’t fight for another organization.

Meanwhile Couture maintains his stance that his fighting days for the UFC are over and the only fight he’s interested in is with Fedor Emelianenko. Couture still contends that his contractual agreements with UFC is up in October.

-We all assumed Randy might come back to the UFC because Sylvia/Noguerra was for the interim title….Randy is not EVER comming back to the UFC. Dana has to keep Randy as UFC champ, if not Randy would be able to fight outside the organization. Dana needs to stop being so petty and let Randy leave. He doesnt want to b UFC champ, so let him g do whatever he wants.
You cant force someone to be champ that doesnt want to be champ! He said he is almost certain that he will fight against Fedor in the last quarter of 2008

I’m not to sure of how it can work and Dana is being prick about it..I heard on HDnet in a Randy interview..him saying his contract expires in the late summer and in October his working papers expire..something like that. This whole situ sucks for us as fans of MMA..let the best happen regardless of organizations..it’s not all about the ufc..it’s about mma..these tatics IMO will not affect the ufc as much in the short term then it will in the long term. We look at the Chuck vs Wandy fight..years in the making..it only happened cuz Zuffa bought Pride..it should of happened regardless. Dana says how Randy is his friend?? When my friend asks for something..if I can i’ll do it. Dana could do it..but doesn’t want to. Dana says " You can’t brake a contract..a contract is a contract..and we expect Randy to honor it. "
What about Ken’s contract with the ufc?? or Babalu’s?? When the ufc wants to do something they do it.

we will see how good henderson’s submission defence is! If he is to gun-ho he will get choked out if it goes to a clinch anderson will beat him with his classic thai clinch but if silva is to relaxed he could get koed

henderson grinds a decision

I think henderson will do fine on submission defence he’s a world class wrestler.

I think Henderson is going to humiliate Silva. 1st round knockout from full mount.

god i hope that overrated rashads next fight is wit silva

silva by tko round 1

1st round knockout, hendo, I can live with that.

So many times we say Silva is going to get beat then he imbarrasses his opposition…

I think Silva will pull out another win over Henderson.

Side note:

Can’t we keep threads on topic anymore? I see 3 different things being discussed under one thread!

PhilQNY, ViolentMike: This past weekend I heard from a really reliable source that Takanori Gomi will fight Frankie Edgar at UFC 83. My source is the same guy who told me Arlovski would fight Werdum at UFC 70 months before the fight was ever announced. He also told me Karo would fight Burkman months before that was ever announced. Take it how u want it, but I really trust this source so I am expecting some kind of announcement about Gomi sometime soon.

Also. Rashad Evans next opponent will be Tiago Silva

HOLY F’N CRAP!!!!!!!!!!! But only since this is a Dan Henderson thread, Hendo takes precedence!

What a smart, smart move on the part of Dan Henderson. The article linked above says that Dan was completely interested in fighting Anderson Silva at 185 to unify the titles. The reason he was saying that he was not willing to drop back down was only for his contract negotiations = BRILLIANT. Henderson has since signed a 5 fight contract. I really hope that the UFC gave him the kind of contract he deserves.

I have been talking about this match alot, and we all will be for months leading up to this fight. We always say how Anderson Silva is the most dangerous stiker, and Hendo has never been KO’d. The article wrapped up nicely with “A knockout artist against a wrestler who’s never been KO’d in his career … stylistically, an MMA fight doesn’t get much better than that.” Well said.

NOW, on to Gomi….. John, I REALLY, REALLY hope that this is true. But the thing that I don’t like about this, is that they would be matching him up with Frankie Edgar. I don’t like that idea. Why? Because I see Edgar winning a decision. Gomi can be taken down and when it comes to takedowns in the LW divison, Edgar is second to only Sean Sherk. I think the UFC should put Gomi against more of a striker, which would make for a MUCH more exciting fight, like against Spencer Fisher. Specner Fisher almost always makes for exciting fights, that is, as long as he is not taken down repeatedly (vs Edgar). Although, Gomi deserves to fight the champ, since he is/was the PRIDE champ. But the whole UFC LW Champ situation is a mess. I’d love to see Gomi come in and clean up the mess eventually leading to a BJ vs Gomi rematch, this time for the belt.

Actually, matching Gomi up with Edgar is an AWFUL decision. Not only because of the styles like I mentioned above, but what if Gomi loses? Then is Frankie Edgar the PRIDE LW champ? If the UFC signs Gomi, I think they MUST put him in a unfification bout.

Rashad Evans vs Thiago Silva is a matchup that makes complete sense to me. Both fighters are on the up and up, I see the winner of this fight fighting for a title shot.

I dont know about a title shot, but that would be a good idea for a fight.

gomi has a decent bjj back round if im not mistaken so he may catch edgar out its always a pos if im wrong please correct me

I dont know why, But I want to see if Anderson Silva can loose. Dan is the man for this job. (yes I know Anderson has lost before but you get my drift)

off the subject here an interview with randy

In an interview with PunchDrunkGamer, Randy Couture states he is determined to make the fight with Fedor Emelianenko happen before he retires.

PDG: So you’re definitely planning on fighting Fedor at the end of the year?
Randy: Yeah, the last quarter of 2008 I expect to be in a position to find a way to make the Fedor fight happen. I know he’s going to have competition in between, and I hope those go well for him, and the status [of the fight] remains the same as it is now. I certainly have some acting and training to do between now and then that I am excited about. I’m going to focus on those things and stay in shape and stay sharp and be ready for that fight after my contracts have expired.

PDG: So that is the only fight left that you want?
Randy: At this stage of things, yes that is the only fight I want. I think that if that fight doesn’t happen then you will see me retire. I have been competing not to win titles, but purely for the love of competition and fighting guys that I thought were interesting to fight. Out of all the guys out there right now Fedor is the guy I want to fight. Win or lose I’ll probably retire after that fight and focus on all of that other stuff. At 44 right now, I’ll be 45 when that fight happens, that will be the best fight in my opinion to go out on either way.

Couture makes a bold statement “I’m not really going to settle with the UFC”.

PDG: Well Randy that’s it. I appreciate you taking the time to do the interview; I know you didn’t really want to do any. I also wasn’t planning on bothering you about your issues with the UFC, but thank you for the comments.
Randy: Well I didn’t really want to do any interviews that would inflame the situation or prevent me from settling with the UFC in a positive way. But the ground work has kind of been laid and now the situation is I’m not really going to settle with the UFC so it doesn’t matter. People are getting the word now though, but it’s all good.

HOLY F’N CRAP!!!!!!!!!!! But only since this is a Dan Henderson thread, Hendo takes precedence!

What a smart, smart move on the part of Dan Henderson. The article linked above says that Dan was completely interested in fighting Anderson Silva at 185 to unify the titles. The reason he was saying that he was not willing to drop back down was only for his contract negotiations = BRILLIANT. Henderson has since signed a 5 fight contract. I really hope that the UFC gave him the kind of contract he deserves.

I have been talking about this match alot, and we all will be for months leading up to this fight. We always say how Anderson Silva is the most dangerous stiker, and Hendo has never been KO’d. The article wrapped up nicely with “A knockout artist against a wrestler who’s never been KO’d in his career … stylistically, an MMA fight doesn’t get much better than that.” Well said.

NOW, on to Gomi…..

John, I REALLY, REALLY hope that this is true. But the thing that I don’t like about this, is that they would be matching him up with Frankie Edgar. I don’t like that idea. Why? Because I see Edgar winning a decision. Gomi can be taken down and when it comes to takedowns in the LW divison, Edgar is second to only Sean Sherk. I think the UFC should put Gomi against more of a striker, which would make for a MUCH more exciting fight, like against Spencer Fisher. Specner Fisher almost always makes for exciting fights, that is, as long as he is not taken down repeatedly (vs Edgar). Although, Gomi deserves to fight the champ, since he is/was the PRIDE champ. But the whole UFC LW Champ situation is a mess. I’d love to see Gomi come in and clean up the mess eventually leading to a BJ vs Gomi rematch, this time for the belt.

Actually, matching Gomi up with Edgar is an AWFUL decision. Not only because of the styles like I mentioned above, but what if Gomi loses? Then is Frankie Edgar the PRIDE LW champ? If the UFC signs Gomi, I think they MUST put him in a unfification bout.

ViolentMike: I cant argue against any of your points. I didnt hear anything about Hendo signing a new 5 fight contract, but that is great news. I am praying to god that this Gomi news is real. The guy I got it from is very reliable and he predicted about 5 fights would happen months before they were announced and he was right about all of them, hopefully we wont be disappointed. When I first heard the news I was estatic about Gomi being in the UFC, but I also think it is a bad idea to match him up against Edgar. Many fighters have been bitten by the octagon Jitters in there 1st UFC experience and fighting such a talented wrestler like Edgar is a BAD idea. Gomi is one of the best lightweight fighters in the world but Edgar is no slouch. As long as Gomi is in the UFC, I am happy, but I would like to see him face a different opponent in his first fight, but Gomi in the UFC will equal amazing match ups:

Huerta vs. Gomi……Wow what a fight that would be
Gomi vs. BJ….the rematch…is a well anticipated fight
Gomi vs. Spencer Fisher….would be a striking war
Gomi vs. Aurelio….The rubber match wouldnt be a bad octagon debut for Gomi

I think Gomi’s 1st fight should be against Fisher or Pellegrino. I am sure that many UFC fans dont know Gomi, and he is a young Superstar. I hope that the UFC manages his career with the same care that they do all their TUF goldenboys. Gomi is a Star that should be built up….

Edgar is a dangerous fight. Edgar as Mike pointed out has some of the best takedowns in the division. Gomi is a good wrestler, with some of the best striking in the division. Gomi is probably one of the best at striking while backing up. When backing up his striking is still accurate and very powerful.
Lets just hope that he is in the UFC, we will worry about his opponents later.

Rashad Evans vs Thiago Silva is a matchup that makes complete sense to me. Both fighters are on the up and up, I see the winner of this fight fighting for a title shot.

This is a good Solid fight, and the winner will have to be taken seriously.

Did anyone see Gina Carano last night as tyhe Gladiator “crush” on American Gladiators, I missed it, I was busy watching the WIRE…if anyone saw American Gladiators I would appreciate some feedback.

So many times we say Silva is going to get beat then he imbarrasses his opposition…

I think Silva will pull out another win over Henderson.

Side note:

Can’t we keep threads on topic anymore? I see 3 different things being discussed under one thread!

Reldeed: How about u discuss what u want, and we will discuss what we want.
What the hell is there to talk about Hendo vs. The spida is too close to even speculate on. Dan “Built Ford Tough” Henderson vs. Anderson “the spider” Silva….it will be the best middleweight title match up of all time, that can go either way.

This is a good Solid fight, and the winner will have to be taken seriously.

Did anyone see Gina Carano last night as tyhe Gladiator “crush” on American Gladiators, I missed it, I was busy watching the WIRE…if anyone saw American Gladiators I would appreciate some feedback.

Ever since I’ve seen Gina fight on Shotime last year..I have acrush on her..she’s bad..I didn’t want to her to get her faced f’d up in that fight..which she didn’t..it would be tuff being in a relationship with Gin and seeing her fight..I’ll be praying.." please don’t touch up her face "..

I know this is a little off subject too, but i live in chi-town aqnd i heard from my cousin who trains with arlosvki at pow gym that he has one more fight left on his contract and that hes told a few people that he is going to fight cro cop for his last contract fight.

I dont know about a title shot, but that would be a good idea for a fight.

I’m sorry, I should have been more clear. When I said “fighting for a title shot”, I meant “in a #1 contender match”.

Did my first sentence make sense? Does “I see the winner of this fight fighting for a title shot” sound like the winner fights the champ, or the winner is in a #1 contender fight.

I think If Henderson can wear him down, he can take it to a decision. Let Silva burn some energy first round and a little in the 2nd, then beat on him the last three rounds. Just avoid the K0 at the beginning and he should do fine. Avoiding the K0 is something Hendo does best, so Im not worried for him as I do most of Silva’s opponents.

should be a great fight, worried about henderson’s reckless style, although in my opinion henderson all the way, no disrespect to silva he is a great champ

This is a good Solid fight, and the winner will have to be taken seriously.

Did anyone see Gina Carano last night as tyhe Gladiator “crush” on American Gladiators, I missed it, I was busy watching the WIRE…if anyone saw American Gladiators I would appreciate some feedback.

John, this morning my yahoo messanger screen at work said something about “The Wire”. I totally forgot that ‘The Wire’ started back up last night. I immediately put a reminder in my cell phone to look for it and record it when I get home. Then again, it will be On Demand starting today… Last night I was out until like midnight, and when I ruhsed out of the house, I set the DVR for the “I Love New York” reunion show and American Gladiators. We watched NY when we got home, havent watched Gladiators yet.

If Hendo loses though, I mean what’s left for Silva? Evan Tanner?

i like what you have to say john and ViolentMike. I only just herd of gomi a few weeks ago cos its hard to get the japenese stuff in Newcastle, England but he is an beast! should be good

If Hendo loses though, I mean what’s left for Silva? Evan Tanner?

If he Beats Hendo, then he’s beaten pretty much everyone in the world, and has to look forward to fighting a homeless drunk, lol. (Tanner)

Silva finishes a bloodied old Hendo third round.

If he Beats Hendo, then he’s beaten pretty much everyone in the world, and has to look forward to fighting a homeless drunk, lol. (Tanner)

wot do you think about paulo filho or moving up a weight

FIGHT OF THE YEAR…..NO QUESTION. unless fedor vs. couture.

I wonder if Anderson Silva would have more fans on this website if he spoke English? It seems to me that many of these readers want to see him lose because they are not able to understand him, and or get on the same level of emotion that he feels. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I was wondering if this were true.

I think If Henderson can wear him down, he can take it to a decision. Let Silva burn some energy first round and a little in the 2nd, then beat on him the last three rounds. Just avoid the K0 at the beginning and he should do fine. Avoiding the K0 is something Hendo does best, so Im not worried for him as I do most of Silva’s opponents.

I dont think you car wear down Silva. His reach advantage and leg kicks will be the diference maker in this fight. Dan wont be able to get close enough and will get abused by Silvas kicks. Henderson has a chance, but like I said, this fight is going to be much like the Lee Murray and Anderson Silva fight back in 2004. I dont think we will see Silva losing his title anytime soon.

i dont give to hoots if he can speak english he is a class act and a hell of a fighter

The truth is that the Middleweight division is the weakest weight class in all of mainstream MMA. I will prove my point by saying this: How can people say that Silva is unbeatable after only facing 2 OR maybe 3 World class opponents. His victories over Rich Franklin are a “wow factor” but other thn that who is there out there for him besides Dan Henderson. I really hope that there are tough up and coming Middleweight fighters out there. We would not have this problem with finding good Title Fights in any other divisions.

I think Henderson is going to humiliate Silva. 1st round knockout from full mount.

I dont see that being too likely.
Silva is a a lot better on the ground techniquewise and the two subs that henderson has lost too was by the Nog brothers who if i recall correctly silva trains with out of blackhouse ….
Silva beat lutter who is a lot better submission wise via triangle /elbows from the triangle and then completely blew me away in the marquardt fight with his ground game…

I dont think you car wear down Silva. His reach advantage and leg kicks will be the diference maker in this fight. Dan wont be able to get close enough and will get abused by Silvas kicks. Henderson has a chance, but like I said, this fight is going to be much like the Lee Murray and Anderson Silva fight back in 2004. I dont think we will see Silva losing his title anytime soon.

Id like to see the vid of that fight i keep hearing about it but havent been able to find it

The truth is that the Middleweight division is the weakest weight class in all of mainstream MMA. I will prove my point by saying this: How can people say that Silva is unbeatable after only facing 2 OR maybe 3 World class opponents. His victories over Rich Franklin are a “wow factor” but other thn that who is there out there for him besides Dan Henderson. I really hope that there are tough up and coming Middleweight fighters out there. We would not have this problem with finding good Title Fights in any other divisions.

I see Silva as a great fighter, but anyone can be beaten. I would like to see Lutter get another shot at him (took him down at will…forget about the knee surgery story) and I like Hendo’s chances as well. Silva seemingly coasts along and whenever he wants turns up the heat….then its over in dominating fashion. He might get caught while coasting. Rich Franklin never was the 2nd coming, so don’t think that Silva has seen and beaten the best. I would like to see a lot of fighters cut down from LHW to MW. Alot of them could do it easily.

Silva has to be shittin in his britches hereing Dan talk about kickin his ass, silvas a great fighter no question but dan man handled quinton in the clinch what do you think hes ganna do to silva. Silva already knows he wont be able to knock out Dan heavy wieghts couldnt even knock him out.

Now if silva had some amazing take down defense like chuck then it wouldnt be so lopsided, but go back and look at the silva vs lutter fight and watch how easy it was to get silva to the matt

Thats great news for the ufc they signed dan to another contract

 Nothing is for sur in MMA I know that but I GARANTEE that Dan Henderson wins this bout with a tko stoppage

Fight is too close to call for me, but I do agree that henderson poses the most problems for silva than any one else in the division and if he can’t beat silva no one else can.

henderson actually looked decent against rampage, but I still don’t see him being able to take out silva. as for gomi, that’s a lot of hype for a guy who recently was submitted by nick diaz. but that’s not to take anything away from diaz who they should bring back to the UFC so he can beat on his brother nate in the lw division.

After hendo loses to silva the ufc should have a unification bout between silva and GSP. It’s about time someone sliced through that web.

hendo will beat em. silva wont be strong enough to handle hendo.

I think If Henderson can wear him down, he can take it to a decision. Let Silva burn some energy first round and a little in the 2nd, then beat on him the last three rounds. Just avoid the K0 at the beginning and he should do fine. Avoiding the K0 is something Hendo does best, so Im not worried for him as I do most of Silva’s opponents.
I dont think you car wear down Silva. His reach advantage and leg kicks will be the diference maker in this fight. Dan wont be able to get close enough and will get abused by Silvas kicks. Henderson has a chance, but like I said, this fight is going to be much like the Lee Murray and Anderson Silva fight back in 2004. I dont think we will see Silva losing his title anytime soon.
Id like to see the vid of that fight i keep hearing about it but havent been able to find it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlv8_jCikNY
The link to the Lee Murray vs Anderson Silva fight.

i think dan can beat him but if he does not theres still lindland and philo than he will have beaten all the best.

if some smaller lhw’s cut weight it could make the division alot more packed. People like bisping, machida, evans(possibly) and if terrell could stay fit and have a bit of a winning run. Bring in some others from other promotions denis kang is one off the top of my mind

stay in the clinch with anderson, interesting.
i dont see how this fight will play out but it sure will be interesting.

John, this morning my yahoo messanger screen at work said something about “The Wire”. I totally forgot that ‘The Wire’ started back up last night. I immediately put a reminder in my cell phone to look for it and record it when I get home. Then again, it will be On Demand starting today… Last night I was out until like midnight, and when I ruhsed out of the house, I set the DVR for the “I Love New York” reunion show and American Gladiators. We watched NY when we got home, havent watched Gladiators yet.

VM..did you see that flying knee that Mr.Wise attempted to catch Tailor made..from a sitting position he had nice technic..but missed.

VM..did you see that flying knee that Mr.Wise attempted to catch Tailor made..from a sitting position he had nice technic..but missed.

LOL, that was great. They were all set for commercial break and he just comes flying out from the corner of the screen. Flavor of Love Season 3 in February, YEAH BOY!!!!! and new Season of Rock of Love starts this week.

Silva has to be shittin in his britches hereing Dan talk about kickin his ass, silvas a great fighter no question but dan man handled quinton in the clinch what do you think hes ganna do to silva. Silva already knows he wont be able to knock out Dan heavy wieghts couldnt even knock him out.

Now if silva had some amazing take down defense like chuck then it wouldnt be so lopsided, but go back and look at the silva vs lutter fight and watch how easy it was to get silva to the matt

Thats great news for the ufc they signed dan to another contract

Nothing is for sur in MMA I know that but I GARANTEE that Dan Henderson wins this bout with a tko stoppage

the fact that wanderlai silva destroyed rampage twice in a clinch. So no big achivement there! Anderson Silva goes to ground so easily cos he wants it there! who won out of lutter vs Silva? and how? so how can you garantee anything at all

Henderson took the words right out of my mouth and seeing how Silva is going to be the favorite I’m ready to win some money on this one. HENDERSON ALL THE WAY !!!!!!

Dan’s a beast of a tough dude, but Anderson will be too sharp, varied and fast for him IMO. Silva will win this fight

Henderson is a great fighter, but just because he hasn’t been knocked out yet doesn’t mean he can’t be knocked out. He has never fought anyone with the striking skills and hand speed of Silva. Henderson doesn’t have the foot work to stand with Silva, he just doesn’t. In the clinch I think the two both have different areas of experience. Silva is deadly with his attacks from the clinch, while Henderson’s wrestling from there is world class.

I like Silva in this, but no matter who wins, both guys are classy fighters, and should have a long run as champ. If Silva does win, then who would is next fight possibly be? I can’t think of anyone who can even compete past the first round with him in the division.

Henderson took the words right out of my mouth and seeing how Silva is going to be the favorite I’m ready to win some money on this one. HENDERSON ALL THE WAY !!!!!!

If Henderson would of fought Silva in pride I would of favored..Dan..but the ufc mw champ Silva is a different breed of the fighter he was in pride. Even though the cage gives Henderson an Advantege with the takedowns..Silva will find a wayto beat him in the octagon.

John, this morning my yahoo messanger screen at work said something about “The Wire”. I totally forgot that ‘The Wire’ started back up last night. I immediately put a reminder in my cell phone to look for it and record it when I get home. Then again, it will be On Demand starting today… Last night I was out until like midnight, and when I ruhsed out of the house, I set the DVR for the “I Love New York” reunion show and American Gladiators. We watched NY when we got home, havent watched Gladiators yet.

John, this morning my yahoo messanger screen at work said something about “The Wire”. I totally forgot that ‘The Wire’ started back up last night. I immediately put a reminder in my cell phone to look for it and record it when I get home. Then again, it will be On Demand starting today… Last night I was out until like midnight, and when I ruhsed out of the house, I set the DVR for the “I Love New York” reunion show and American Gladiators. We watched NY when we got home, havent watched Gladiators yet.

I love New York reunion was GREAT. Good ol fashion trashy American TV….and I have to admit I loved every second of it.
The WIRE was a pretty uneventful episode but next weeks episode looks to be awesome.

Headline of the Giants game in the Philadelphia Daily News read: Becoming a Manning….with a picture of Eli, I thought that headline was pretty funny. I will prolly check out Guina on tonights episode of American Gladiators

LOL, that was great. They were all set for commercial break and he just comes flying out from the corner of the screen. Flavor of Love Season 3 in February, YEAH BOY!!!!! and new Season of Rock of Love starts this week.

Dude Mr. Wise pulled a MATRIX….Flavor Flav is gonna bang another 20 hot skanks….what a great show

I actually agree with Dan Henderson. Not only is he strong in the clinch, but he also has a great chin. He has never been knocked out in his MMA career. I think he will be able to eat a few punches from Silva and get into the clinch, take him down and beat him up from top.

I hope this fight lives up to the billing. On paper it looks like a war!

I see Silva as a great fighter, but anyone can be beaten. I would like to see Lutter get another shot at him (took him down at will…forget about the knee surgery story) and I like Hendo’s chances as well. Silva seemingly coasts along and whenever he wants turns up the heat….then its over in dominating fashion. He might get caught while coasting. Rich Franklin never was the 2nd coming, so don’t think that Silva has seen and beaten the best. I would like to see a lot of fighters cut down from LHW to MW. Alot of them could do it easily.

I wasn’t saying that Rich Franklin was the second coming, but he ain’t no crappy push-over fighter. I see Anderson Silva as a threat in the LightHeavyweight division too if he wanted to. I know if Michael Bisping dropped the weight he would not be able to defeat Anderson Silva. I’m not saying Anderson Silva is the best MMA fighter who ever lived, but he is a great fighter. I’ve seen his Pride fights and can say that he only legitamely loss once.

I wasn’t saying that Rich Franklin was the second coming, but he ain’t no crappy push-over fighter. I see Anderson Silva as a threat in the LightHeavyweight division too if he wanted to. I know if Michael Bisping dropped the weight he would not be able to defeat Anderson Silva. I’m not saying Anderson Silva is the best MMA fighter who ever lived, but he is a great fighter. I’ve seen his Pride fights and can say that he only legitamely loss once.

I wasn’t poking holes…I agree for the most part. Silva is a superstar, no doubt. Toss the DQ v. Okami, the Chonan video game scissor knee bar/ankle lock and he is undefeated in almost 5 years. I think he will have some tougher matchups coming up. Look how the face of the UFC and MMA has changed in a short time.

i’m saying Henderson in this fight, he’s just way too strong for Silva. It’ll be a TKO stoppage in the third. Although it’s a hard one to call anyone’s “guess” is only as good as anyone’s guess. You can break it down all you want, this one can go either way, so all the educated predictions in the world can be completly dropped in one punch. It will be a great fight. Thats one guarantee…..

hendo has dis, def new champ!

I wasn’t poking holes…I agree for the most part. Silva is a superstar, no doubt. Toss the DQ v. Okami, the Chonan video game scissor knee bar/ankle lock and he is undefeated in almost 5 years. I think he will have some tougher matchups coming up. Look how the face of the UFC and MMA has changed in a short time.[/quote]

I see. Sorry about the mix-up. The MMA and UFC has changed and I hope there are strong opponents out there to compete with him.

I will definitely be dropping coin on Hendo. He will probably have underdog #s unless everyone bets on him.
I don’t see him catching a KO standing, so if he can control on the ground and slip the subs he can find a home for that nasty right hand. If he stays in the guard too long and doesn’t constantly pass/scramble Silva will submit him, probably by triangle/armbar.
Either way, this will be the biggest test for the Spider. Forget the Rampage fight…Hendo is a true MW. It should be a fantastic fight.

If you keep talking like that Dan, Anderson’s gonna hurt you man… then apologize profusely for it afterward.

This fight is nearly two months away and it is already the fight of the year for me. This is one of the toughest fights in both fighters’ careers.

I think Anderson will win this one. Dan may try get the match to play out on the ground, but there will likely be plenty stand-up in this fight. If Dan does not improve the technical aspect of his striking by March 1st Anderson will exploit him.

On the ground, Anderson has a very offensive guard and he constantly threatens submissions and sweeps. This should greatly detract from Dan’s offense on the ground.

This should have been the Superbowl card…

i think Dan could be the one to dethrone Anderson.could go either way.both are great fighters and 185 is more suited for Dan

Dan has a hell of a chin and anderson seems to have a good one too, looks like we are going to find out hows is better. I can wait especially since the next two ppv look retarded im soooooooooooooo sick of this interm title BS that they keep pulling, first welterweight,next lightweight then, heavyweight.Is it me or do these champs need to get there shit together.(besides serra)

silva has the beter stand up but hendo has heavy hands. hendo likes to stand and bang wich hurts him sometimes. if he takes silva down early sivla could submit him if he stands and bangs its a toss up because hendos tough chin and heavy hands. don’t know if silva has the stanima to hang in there but i think we will find out. i don’t think its going to be a quick fight. if they stand the whole time then silva wins by decision if he doesn’t get knocked out in the early rounds. if it goes to the ground then hendo wins in a decision if he doesn’t get submited in the early rounds.

i think dan can beat him but if he does not theres still lindland and philo than he will have beaten all the best.

Lindland maybe, but Paulo Filho still has a ways to go before he can compete with the Spider or Hollywood Dan. Watch his last fight if you don’t believe me.

megafight megafight ME-GA-FIGHT!!!!!!!!!
Greco Roman Clinch VS. Muy Thai Clinch. That’s a bomb showdown.

philo did put on a horrable performance againt chael sonan, he was getting completely domenated before he pulled that armbar out of his ass. Chael should have kept it standing because he was doing good and picking him apart.

I think Henderson is going to humiliate Silva. 1st round knockout from full mount.

Has Henderson ever even won a fight by GnP? He’s a brawler, that’s it. He’s no Matt Hughes on the ground.

Has Henderson ever even won a fight by GnP? He’s a brawler, that’s it. He’s no Matt Hughes on the ground.

i second that

Has Henderson ever even won a fight by GnP? He’s a brawler, that’s it. He’s no Matt Hughes on the ground.

No one in this fight will get humiliated.

hahaha are you kidding me? Dan will smash on the ground.

LOL, he put a wrestler (Rampage) on his back for like two rounds and couldn’t do anything. You think he’s going to smash a BJJ BB who completely nullified a better BJJ guy in Nate and choked out a vastly superior BJJ guy in Lutter??

i’m nervous, but if the spider wins this one, who can beat him? he will own the 185 class

Dans got this one in the bag useless he gets to cocky.

Well shit Dan, tell him your game plan why don’t you! Freakin’ A Bob! lol

That clinch was less than kind to Franklin. If Henderson doesn’t beat Silva then Silva will hold the belt until he retires.

You know, you’re probably right… but I wouldn’t say retire, just the next 5 years.

You just can’t count out Hendo, but if he doesn’t pull this one off, then who can dethrone the spider? THe only person that really comes to mind is GSP…but I don’t know how his skills would transcend at 185. Thoughts anyone?

You just can’t count out Hendo, but if he doesn’t pull this one off, then who can dethrone the spider? THe only person that really comes to mind is GSP…but I don’t know how his skills would transcend at 185. Thoughts anyone?

Even though Gsp is a high caliber type striker.he is still is not on the same level as a Anderson Silva. His best bet would be wreslting. If wants to stand with Silva it would Serra/Gsp part1 Crhis Leben/Silva all over again.

I can’t see Dan loosing, exept maybe if Silva carries a gun in the octagon.Henderson’s chin is second to none, his strenght is amazing and his wrestling can compare only to Randy’s greco roman skills.He beat a sick Wanderlei Silva, which is as good as beating a healthy Anderson Silva[ yes i am saying Wandy is better than Anderson].Come on, Travis Lutter had him before switching for that silly armbar.This is a sure bet.

.Come on, Travis Lutter had him before switching for that silly armbar.This is a sure bet.

Umm first off how can you compare anderson silvas straight beautifullly technical striking with vanderlais brawling style of muay thai.???

Not even close to comparison..anderson is more accurate and travis lutter is a lot more technical than dan ever will be with his submissions and groundwork. the clinch is where alo of this fight will probly happen but i dont see it being a fun experience for henderson….i see him getting cut up and beaten on.

[quote comment=“258819”]philo did put on a horrable performance againt chael sonan, he was getting completely domenated before he pulled that armbar out of his ass. Chael should have kept it standing because he was doing good and picking him apart.[/quot

Filho is also a natural 205 lber and cut weight and screwed it up before the fight….

I love New York reunion was GREAT. Good ol fashion trashy American TV….and I have to admit I loved every second of it.
The WIRE was a pretty uneventful episode but next weeks episode looks to be awesome.

Headline of the Giants game in the Philadelphia Daily News read: Becoming a Manning….with a picture of Eli, I thought that headline was pretty funny. I will prolly check out Guina on tonights episode of American Gladiators

this is an mma forum….cmon keep to topic…

this is an mma forum….cmon keep to topic…

Oh, that reminds me of something. LOST is starting back up on January 31st, but due to the writers strike, there are only going to be 8 episodes. John, do you watch Lost?

Also, the only Law and Order I watch is SVU, and new episodes of that return tonight!

I really hope that TO doesn’t play and Romo feels the playoff pressure. My main concern is that I don’t know how many consecutive great games Eli has in him. That is 2 great games in a row already (Pats and Bucs). He still needs 2 more near perfect games to make it to the SuperBowl and rematch the Patriots.

We all have our opinions on Dan & Anderson, Heres mine. I totally believe Dan won’t get out of round 3. The best striker in the world is gonna wreck Dan too.Plus I’m pretty sure the Nogeira brothers are’nt just giving out those black belts.Jab jab jab….BOOM. Now Dans hurt, We all know how much slack Anderson gives when he sees you hurt.I know Dans never been KO’d, But Anderson is a completely different animal.I know Dan KO’d Wanderlai Silva, But the only thing Anderson and Wanderlai have in common is that they came from Chute box. Thats it!!! Dan says he wants to clinch with Anderson, We’ll see how he does when Anderson has that plumb grip around his head and the knees start coming!. Go get em CHAMP!!!

Why does everyone subconsciously want the white guy to when all the time and act like Anderson is not the most dominating force in MMA? THe only way you guys would go for the brazilian is if they put a African American in front of him or you just wouldnt watch at all. Stop lying and trying to convince yourself otherwise…Silva is the best…oh yeah(karate kid)! Time and time again he is on top. He beat Franklin up overwhelming to the point that a rematch would be a joke and people still doubted Silva. If he beat God people would say that his next opponent has a good chance of winning! He can never prove himself to the doubters. So what he doesnt speak english this a WORLD class sport so drop the superiority complex. He is the most exciting MM Artist to watch and he is a great and gracious champ. He is a machine. He is deceiving in stature (constantly presenting a david and goliathesque bout).He is Maximus Decimus Meridius of the 21st century. ‘Are you not entertained?’ He is a smart tenacious fearless unstoppable fighter? He has tools that are light years ahead of his competitors. Don’t you see him playing with his opponents in the ring? Have you seen him when someone gets a good shot on him? He sees RED after that!! My only advice is to join now and hate later. He cant be stopped.

They both have a great shot and deserve all the respect.

i just have to give the edge to hendo to me hes the best MW in the world and will be for a long time.

The wait is over henderson gets choked out round2