UFC 97 videos: Anderson Silva prepares to defend his belt; Thales Leites ready to take it

by MMAmania.com on Apr 13, 2009 9:00 PM EDT Comment 5 comments

Check out Thales Leites' side of the story after the salto.

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cannot w8…just watching the clips on anderson on the thales video i got the biggest smile!

anderson 3rd round tko

by Randy for Couture on Apr 14, 2009 8:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

THales is a great fighter and the future of the middleweight division. I do not expect Silva to lose, but I still admire THales’s toughness and skill set. I really wish this site would start giving him the respect that he deserves! THales is a top notch mW who would probably beat most of the top 10 UFC middleweights. I think THales would beat:

Maia
Cote
Bisping
Okami
Henderson
and he would have a great shot against Nate (If Nate doesnt fight Dirty)…Prior to the illegal knee..Thales DRopped Nate and was winning that fight!

I dont think silva will lose the belt. I think Anderson will lose his title only if Dana doesnt let him vacate it when Anderson is ready because as long as he is a UFC champion, the “championship clause” in UFC contracts will keep him as Dana’s slave. I really believe that eventually Silva will take a dive and purposely lose a fight just to get out of the champion clause. I wish Dana was a reasonable person and allows Anderson to vacate the title to keep his UFC record pERFECT! But Dana isnt reasonable and I fear that Silva will be forced to take a dive….I honestly believe that this is going to happen and its really a shame that he has to tarnish his legacy just to get out of a contract!

and you guys wonder why Fedor doesnt fight in the UFC!

by john on Apr 14, 2009 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well john! you lost me on this one.Agreed,Leites Should be given respect for where he is right now!But to say that he beat and was winning the fight before he drop Nate is a little absurd to me.To think that he would beat Maia/Cote/Okami/Hendo,again that got be seen!As for Sylva,let’s just hope that dana’s gonna come to his censes,let him fight his boxing match at the end of his contract,find a way to make some publicity with that(like when he brought Chuck to Pride)and let him comeback with a brand new contract to let him fight in both divisions,so we ain’t have to endure what you predict(the dive).