UFC Quick Quote: Wanderlei Silva open to middleweight move ... maybe

if you could cut 20 pounds in two weeks you would, we’ve seen your pictures. i don’t know about you, but dropping 20 pounds when it isn’t all water weight isn’t the easiest thing to do.

Yea Wandi is pretty solid at 205 as is, thats 20 lbs of muscle, sucks to cut muscle, thats burning a lot of energy.

I’m up and down bro. I took 3 months off work, and put on 15 pounds! I’m around 220 right now. I go back to work wed, I’d put money on the fact that I’ll be back to 200 by febuary! I lose weight fast when active! I’m also going to start working out after work (hopefully it sticks). My birthday is in june, my realistic goal is to be under 200 and in decent shape by then! You’re right about tough to lose non water, but wand is a professional, he’ll do it easily!

I have NO Problems with Wandy wanting a rematch with Chuck. I do however feel that its pathetic of Chuck to ask for a rematch against Wandy. Chuck won the 1st fight. what winners can u recall asking for a rematch with a guy they beat? Tito and Ken maybe. Does chuck really want to be in that group?

Asking to rematch a guy u beat is just LOW if you ask me. I wouldnt mind the rematch because I truly believe wandy will kNock his head off, but its pretty petty of Chuck “IU fight whoever, whenever” to ask for a fight against a guy he beat just a year ago!

wanderlei needs to move down to middleweight to fight Hendo. THat saga deserves closure! At midleweight he would still destroy 9/10ths of fighters!

Wrestlers have an easier time than strikers, also he’s never cut to 185 before, I don’t doubt he can do it, I just think there’s enough reason to suspect it will hamper his performance until he’s adjusted to the weight. He should move down and fight Cote or even Chris Leben after his suspension is over; but not until he’s adjusted. IMO it’s definatley not something they should rush.

These guys (Chuck and Wandy) need to do what De La Hoya is doing, get as many high profile fights in before you retire. Hopefully they will get major paydays from them.

I’m actually really interested in Cote vs Wandi or Leben vs Wandi, battle of the brawlers. A fight with Leben would be an awesome scrap, and a great chance for Wandi to get his carreer back on track hopefully with a fight of the night KO.

while this fight is still and will always be an entertaining bout

i dont think this fight should be booked for a couple of reasons.

-1. chuck just fought and beat wand 1 year ago.

-2. wand should be fighting at mw. theres no question there.

nuff~ said!

i say chuck should fight forrest and wand should drop down

and fight bisping or hendo[after frank beats him]

wand needs to drop down~ at this state in his career i dont

see him winning lhw gold[ever].. he is just too small.

I agree with the whole comment stinky.
ever play cards in hayward?
lunch this week?

i dont play cards too often~ not in hayward.

i wont be home till next week~ but only for a couple days..

then off to the uk! i cant wait~

im staying in northern ireland and driving to the show in dublin..

my cousins and me are planing it all out[right now].

hendo-franklin = woop woop~~

stinkys going to cause some troublin doublin!

im more excieted about this event~ then 92![did i just say that?]

where my uk mmanerdz at?

say word!

I’ve been proponent of Wandy’s drop to MW for some time. I’m happy he’s considering it. The fact that he doesn’t cut much as is means he shouldn’t have trouble dropping to MW with a good trainer.

Kevin, I dropped 20lbs in 10 weeks by simply avoiding sugar and swapping carb’s for beans at restuarants. Don’t drink any calories either. Simple things that work. Complicated diets aren’t necessary.

ok, just email me whem you get back, we’ll do lunch!
they got a great no limit game in hayward and pai gow (I like the action).
I’ve been getting killed in NFL/bowl games. went from up 30 something units to down almost 20 in a matter of a month!

you’re right punch/ovaries! I cut out coldstone for 6 months last year and lost 15 pounds, did nothing else! I’m notoriously lazy, no getting around it! I used to be a great athlete, now I’m a husband and dad! I play football/basketball with my son, and have decided it’s time to get into better shape! It is very easy for me to lose the weight and keep it off, but 3 month “vacations” don’t help!

Since I’ve been stuck in Florida, I’ve been playing at this place called the Isle in Pompano. They have a ton of 1/2 No limit fish there. Easy money. I cant wait until I can play at Commerce again.

I like liting weights but I’m no fan of cardio. I’m a dad of a one year old girl and I have another on the way so I don’t have as much time to train as I used to either. Anyway, I always think of how running a mile burns approximately 100 calories and how a soda has more calories than that. Not that I like diet soda, but if it means I can skip running a mile, I’m all over it. My other lazy solution is the good old George Foreman grill. Slap chicken breasts in it and plug it in. Litte hot wing sauce(0 calorie) and eat as much as you want. My wife buys terrible shit though and she’s a string bean so that doesn’t help.

i hear that! i dont bet football cause i always get killed.

i bet on almost everything but football.

most of my bets are on mma~ since its a year long sport.

i did great in mma this year.

did horribly bad in nba[i will stab paul when i see him.lol]

did good in hockey.

cleaned up at the olympics~

and my casino bets did just over 50%..

2008 was a profitable year for me..i keep track of everything.

this year i plan on having a better year

so im not betting

nba~mlb & and nfl..

but i will be betting during march madness.

and i am only betting 7 fights at most[per card] 5 at least..

no parlays.

and i will do less casino gambleing.

-just little things im trying to make 2009 a better year~ you know?

Oh and playing with kids definitely counts as exercise. My nephews made me play freeztag this weekend and I thought I would die after 20 minutes.

stinky who are you taking in the GSP/Penn fight and how much $ are you thinking?

I did great playing poker. won double digit tournaments and cashed 30+ times.
pai gow (action game ) did pretty well.
had a good NFL year until the past month, hopefully can pull even in the next 2 weeks!
I’ve taken a month off of playing poker, but that’s my bread and butter. the no limit game I play in, I buy in for 500-1000 usually. If I had a “sponsor” I could buy in for more and make a lot more. I’m a very good poker player, it’s a good 2nd income!

mexi, is that the place at the pompano dog track? I’ve played there many times, they have a good tournament at 5, usually gets a lot of players!

punch~ i got gsp for 20k~

i locked that in last month.

gsp gsp gsp!!!

who u gots?

Kevin: Yeah it is. It’s pretty nice. Ive never been there before. It looks like a newer building. i normally just play the cash games.

what about the hard rock? you ever go there? I played at the pompano track when the poker room was like 5 tables at the track. The building is new, maybe 3 or 4 years!

Been to the Hard Rock but havent played there. PLan to eventually. I’m in Coral Springs by Atlantic and the Sawgrass, so the Isle is about 10- 15 mins from where I am.

Stinky- I only bet on real estate, but my $ would definitely be on GSP. I think it’s a mismatch. If the odds were a little better, I’d probably put some money on GSP.

I agree Ovaries, past there prime doesnt mean they should retire… so they arent champs anymore, but they are still very dangerous fighters… that being said, I would LOVE to see Wandy move to MW and fight Okami, then get a shot at Anderson (Silva vs Silva)

He’s been KO’d 4 times, thats it, the other TKO on his record is a cut, Belfort tko was back in the day, Cro Cop, Hendo and Jackson were viscious, but these aren’t carreer ending IMO.

they were big time KO’s though…my point is that severe concussions can age a fighter faster than usual…when do you stop, after perm brain damage…honestly do you think Wand looks 32…not me, he looks dam near 40

I think thats more scar tissue than anything else though; he’s definatley fought through some pretty nasty cuts and swelling. Shoot, look at Coleman, he’s 40 and lookin like he’s damn near 60, thats stress/roids aging the fighter imo. I think Wandi has put his body through some punishment, he’s definatley gone through some wars but he’s still got another KO streak left in the tank imo.

I guess your right. It just seems that Chuck and Wanderlei used to take bombs and still kept fighting. I dont know….time will tell.

Yeah that would have KOed anybody for sure. If you really look closely at Wanderlei’s record it’s not as impressive as you might at first think. I really like Wanderlei, he’s really exciting and truly is a fan favourite but it’s not 2003 and he’s not fighting in Japan anymore.

The bar is constantly moving as the sport is growing so fast. I hope he can put together one last run.

With the exception of the 2 wins over Rampage he has lost to pretty much all the top guys:

Rampage (Fair enough he beat him twice before)
Chuck (Good fight but Chuck clearly won)
Hendo (Brutal KO, does hold a decision win over him)
Crocop (Nasty KO, also has a draw against the ’Cop)
Arona (A win and a loss)
Hunt (Split decision loss)
Tito (Loss)
Vitor (Quick TKO loss)

He also lost to some other brazilian guy. Not sure how much a hat trick of wins stands for over Sakuraba, or wins against Yuki Kondo, Fujita or Nakamura. Yoshida’s not the best either imo.

So I’ll give him the Jardine win, no debating that one, Keith is probably top 10, also the 2 over Rampage, the Hendo decision and the Arona win. That’s 5. 8 losses against top guys though.

Against good competition he’s really 5-8!!!…Still he’s a huge fan favourite due to his wild, aggressive style and charisma.

I’m a big fan and without sounding too harsh, he made a good living beating up Japanese competition. I’ll refrain from the use of the term cans but let’s say journeymen.

I used to think he’d fare better at MW but not so much anymore. I’ll admitt I thought he was “back” after demolishing Jardine. I also thought the fight with Rampage was a toss up but the closer it got to the fight the more I leaned towards Quinton. Good thing I had Quinton in the parlay haha. I don’t see him really challenging at MW now. Not because he’s getting worse but moreso because the game is moving on at a fast pace and he has been left behind. Also like many of the Pride fighters it might be fair to say he was somewhat overrated, or maybe not overrated but overhyped.

K the split decision to Hunt was debatable, as he had like 8 take downs in that fight; the only reason the Cro Cop fight is a draw is because there were no judges, Wanderlei clearly dictated the pace and won that fight; and Tito Ortiz had to turn into a human blanket to save his ass in a fight against Wanderlei. He is one of the best fighters in the world, period, and can hang with ANYONE in his division; Jackson landed a nice left, Cro Cop caught him with a nice head kick, it happens, but how often does ANYONE steam roll Silva?? Not very. This is a real fighter, who’s fought 14 times in the last 4 years; yes, he’s going through some bad times at the moment but overrated? I think not.

Great Post ODAMN!
Wandy clearly deserved the win against Hunt and if the Cro cOP fight had judges he would have clearly won that one.

as for the tito fight, what a joke…Tito Turned his back and ran away from Wandy to the other end of the cage with the axe murder chasing him. it was much worse then what Kalib did IMO

Wandy would be on the Mt. Everest of mma….Nuff said!

The second time Crocop was dominating him. Tito clearly won but I had to laugh at him turning his back and running away from Wanderlei. Yeah the Hunt fight was debateable. Still lost them all though.

I have watched the Crocop Wanderlei second fight numerous times, that would be as close to a steam rolling as he’s suffered I suppose. He got caught cold against Vitor but even now I’d pick Vitor over Wanderlei, call me crazy haha. Still I reckon he kind of needs to win a few more of the big ones to be considered great. Maybe I’m wrong, it’s not boxing so perhaps the records count for less.

CroCop vs. Wanderlei II was about as one sided a beatdown I can remember for a fought that was suppose to be a competitive toss up. That was one of the more entertaining fights I’ve see the way CroCop dismantled him. Even during the stoppage to check Wanderlei’s eye (which seemed to take forever the 1st time I saw the fight) I was on the edge of my seat. That’s the CroCop I’ll always remember. As far as the Tito fight definitely not the best fight either has been in, but clearly a win for Tito.

Tyler I agree. He got molested by CroCop the second time. Don’t think we’ll see Mirko in that form again. His heart isn’t in it anymore I reckon.

I think he’s one of the better technical strikers in the UFC, but that doesn’t mean he has KO power!

I agree he doesn’t have the huge KO power that’s for certain. Still he strikes well.