UFC 97 video preview for Anderson Silva vs Thales Leites at 'Redemption'

I think Shogun’s knee will still be na factor in his training, and will gas eventually if the fight goes into the third. That being said, I think Chuck KO’s Shogun with relative ease. Shogun hasn’t looked good at all in any of his UFC fights, and if he couldn’t put away Coleman, then he isn’t even hurting Chuck.

I bet you liddell/shogun fight will be a ground battle.

Didn’t Shogun put away Coleman in the 3rd?

TKO, but many argued it was a bit early. Either way, you get my point.

I’ll give you a fact.. Travis Lutter has been closest to finishing the spider in the UFC, and Leites is better than him on the ground so why not?

did you just say travis lutter? isn’t that guy the fat dude who got some fluke title shot and couldn’t make weight, fought a dude who had 2 knees reconstructed following the fight and still couldn’t win?

Dude! I’ve been saying Leites by 2nd round Arm Triangle ever since this fight was announced. For almost the exact same reasons RM, because everyone else thinks he’ll lose, so I pick him.

Interesting though, I’ve pointed out Lutter has done the best against Silva more than anyone else in the UFC, highlighted by his near-armbar finish, and I’ve been flamed for it.

Actually, I’ve been flamed for both comments! But I’m sticking to it.

Also, Chuck will KO Shogun. Vintage Iceman is what I’ve been saying.

And since this is the first time I’ve posted since the Rampage/Jardine fight, I will say I rewatched the fight with the sound off, and with the mindset that Rampage won every round, and saw it that way. So both times my view has been skewed in some way or another, so I’m leaving that fight alone once and for all.

And Rashad to TKO Machida, or Unanimous Decision.

Rampage is having surgery on his jaw, and Efrain is off the fight night card with an injury.

One more thing, its obvious that strikers cannot beat Anderson even with a ten foot pole (Leben/Franklin/Irvin), and wrestlers have tried and failed (Nate/Hendo). I think the jits guys are the ones that will give him the most trouble. Granted, we’ve only seen him against one jits guy in the UFC, but I think he’ll have the most trouble if he gets on the ground with them. Anderson doesn’t have great takedown defense, so it shouldn’t be that hard to get him down. His TDD is striking though, so that kind of covers TDD. Anyway, I think if Leites can play smart and really try to take it to the mat and get top position, he can submit Anderson. Maia would have a better chance, to pull guard and sweep to top control. These guys CANNOT be scared though, or think they can stand with the Spider for too long.

yes i did say Travis Lutter.. all im saying is that he is the best BJJ guy Anderson has fought so far in the UFC and you could see he had some trouble until Lutter gassed as usual!

maia doesn’t have the headmovement standing to get in and take down the spider.. the best way to beat silva will be by lay n pray, sure a jits guy can submit him but what happens when silva rolls the dude over and mounts? he’s vicious standing and will be worse on top.. best way to win is hendo or wandy just eat 2 or 3 and get yours hope it is a damn good one though..

i just want to go against everyone i dont actually think leites is gonna win i think he lost to marquardt even

yea i agree he lost that fight! that fight made me want to piss on my tv!

I do not agree with you as usual randy.. he’s already fought the LnP guys.. no one is gonna be able to defeat Anderson by LnP for 5 rounds! wrestlers can not defeat him! Anderson rolling over someone that’s better than him at BJJ sounds pretty funny to me because BJJ guys still has a good chance from the bottom, wrestlers don’t..

and someone better at BJJ than Anderson would never let that happen

rob you never know about there cardio, and how much stronger anderson is.. hendo got tired after that first round self admittedly, he’s got the best chance at stopping silva no doubt about it

haha you guys act like Silva isnt a LEGIT black belt. He would only lose to Leites because Silva lets himself lose. Have you seen his body triangle/reversal against Roan? (granted the fight was prolly at 170 or so) Silva has a great ground game. I dont think there is anyone in the MW or LHW that could beat silva on a day where he brings his A game. And yes i do think that he could beat rashad or rampage.

mania, please post what i have to say cuz it will tear these guys up.

You guys are crazy. You all act like Silva isn’t a LEGIT black belt in BJJ. I know the fight was prolly at 170 but if you watch AS reverse Roan Carnero with a triangle from the bottom then pound his out ass out, it is beautiful. Going along with that, you have to remember how lanky AS is, and that makes him very dangerous from the bottom. I could see him getting taken down and then just to prove a point, him subing leites with an arm bar or triangle.

All that being said i dont even think that Leites is going to be able to get him to the ground and i really hope (and think) that it could be a rd 1 KO.

Just remember how mad everyone was at the end of the Cote fight for him not just beating the crap out of him. He could very well remember all that hating and try to prove a point and just kill leites.

tearing guys up is not something that should be on a mans agenda :[ we don’t wanna hear about your fantasies dude

lmao
but i give leites a decent shot against silva and i think liddell will take out shogun

I think a striker will do just fine if he can take a shot and avoid the clinch. Silva is very technical. But Cote took some good shots and kept coming. He was still looking bouncy when his knee imploded. Don’t let silva find his range. And don’t stay inside too long. Movement is they key. You stand there too long and he’ll pick you apart. You stay too close and he’ll feed you a knee. Leben is a good striker and can take a shot but he just keeps walking at you like a zombie. Ya’ll just have to promise not to jump ship if Silva loses this fight against Leites. This is MMA. The guy’s bound to lose at some point. And it will more than likely be against an unknown than a big name. In a fight one punch can end it all. Everyone in the UFC is too good and they deserve better than bandwagon fans. I’ll roll with Silva till the end. Just like I still got Chuck even though he has been terrible of late.

Tho apparently you don’t need help with that..

Hilarious!!!

lol, I see your only mission here is to be an annoyance, but I have the cure; everytime I see the name OJR, Kevin, Introvert etc.. at the top of a post I just skip it. Easy. But congrats, you win this round; I should have just done that yesterday to begin with.

I will try not to weep bitter tears. :)

personally I’d rather be talking sh!t about the guys last episode of tap out then have him dead; but hey, can’t expect everyone to have a little decensy and move on. I really believe you guys when you say you don’t care, or that you believe he deserved it etc.. but I don’t think that was even the issue; it was more or less just a troll job to get as many people worked up as possible. So not only are you people indecent and disrespectful, you’re a bunch of trolls too.

JV- O Damn will defend a guy he doesn’t know and rip into people he does not know with a passion that is unexplainable…

Hilarious!!!

Now, I will promise to let the issue RIP…

Not really defending him; just think its sad to see people in your state of mind. It’s kind of sick, and a real downer imo to know there are a lot of people out there that think like you do.

when did liddell knock vitor out, he knocked him down but not out

wandy hit him with everything he had, as did jardine.. both rocked him but couldnt finish, i think his chin might be a little suspect but shogun SUCKS the pride rules were perfect for him

not only that no steroid/drug testing was perfect for Shogun.. yes Chuck’s chin is good but anyone is getting knocked out with boxing like that.. he lead with a body punch against Rampage and then with a uppercut against Rashad not too good, he’s not in his 20’s anymore he hasn’t got the same speed or physique anymore.. bottom line is that the harder the competition gets the more we’re gonna see older guys retire in their late 30’s in the future!

I would be stupid if i thought that Chuck didn’t have a good chance at winning this.. I was just saying that his time is up even if he wins this fight

What do you have against Dana. He is one of the main reason`s we are seeing the best against the best. If you had Affliction`s chump in charge….do I have to say anymore?

whats wrong with there fights? last card had there best 2 HW’s fighting best 2 MW’s,and an old school brawler fighting a new school roidhead.. and they had little nog the card was not bad and the fights were even if you ask me for what they have they put together a show better then the ufc they just don’t have the stable of fighters and won’t workout because they overpay and jumped into PPV to fast

Last time I checked Dana White isnt the one who bought the UFC and saved the day. If you think he has been running this by himself your crazy.

im tempted to post some ridiculous P4P list, but I just cant… lol.

mine was easy

Here`s Mine
Fedor
Andrei Arlovski
Tim Sylvia
Hong Man Choi
Matt Lindland
Mark Hunt
Mark Coleman
Wagner da Conceicao Martins
Mirko Filipovic
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka

Actually that`s Fedor and his last nine opponents No wonder he hasn`t lost lately they all suck LOL!

It`s funny how some give respect to a fighter that fights easy fights and trash a fighter that fights tough fights of coarse he is going to have some defeats against top ranked fighter`s. I truely respect Jardine more than I respect Fedor. Records mean nothing to me when your ranking is number one and your fighting guy`s not even ranked in the top five what kind of BS is that? Who would pick any of those fighters to be a top five……if so you don`t know MMA you are brain washed by trump….no really you are.

arlovski is top5 sylvia at that point was,as was cro cop, the only one i can say fedor should never have fought really is lindland though matts a MW.. i see your point but fedor hasn’t fought as weak of competition as a few of us including myself say i just like getting john mad talking bad about his future husband

Now that you put it that way, its hard to really think he’s the best. 3 of those were actually good fighters at the time, those being AA, Timmy and CroCop. Granted, he destroyed most those guys (aside from AA), but still. Kind of weak…

1. William Shatner
2. Chuck Norris
3. Jason Statham
4. Condolisa rice
5. Rosie O’Donnel
6. Junie Browning
7. Dick Cheney
8. Jon Koppenhaver
9. Dolph Lundgren
10. Steven Seagul

Triple H would kill anyone on your list!!! He has been hit with steel chairs and still comes back to win fights!!! He’s awesome!!!

Actually, the biggest “name” on his list is BJ. Just a point of fact. Not trying to start another “war of words” with you.

BJ might have been the biggest name, but not his best victory. BJ fighting at 205 is not as impressive as some of his other fights. Machida’s best win came against Franklin.

RealDrew: the only reason I say Tito is because he’s a true 205er; not that Franklin can’t be, but we all know he’d have much better success at 185. And yea, Penn is a lightweight that shouldn’t have made it to a decision with Machida, if anything I think that would be the one fight on his resume that makes him look bad. Besides, Ortiz is still 1/2 the highest grossing PPV in UFC history last time I checked, he’s the biggest name beaten on the resume imo.

for sure.. maybe if someone used their brain they would understand that the reason Tito hasn’t looked dominant is b/c he’s fought Forrest, Rashad and Lyoto and he’s fought with back pain for years, give the guy a break.. Tito would be a f’in world champ if he dominated those fights like ppl think he should or something