Anderson Silva: Don't boo for me Argentina

Anderson is gonna take Forrest out! and i agree with him, that’s the way it is in every sport you can’t always be on top and satisfy all your fans..

Exactly, Anderson is going to smash Forrest and I can understand his frustration, these boo boys are the same “USA, USA” chanting, stand and bang cheering drunk morons who are the equivalent of those fans who boo their own players in team sports. I can’t wait until Andy silences the critics after smashing the poster boy and everyone suddenly jumps back on the Silva bandwagon.

Mania, are you going to steal every thread today from the Philadelphia Daily news?

OK John, who’s been reading you the news. Don’t tell me you lost your “Best of Garfield” book again.

;-)

Just messin’, homeslice.

We will Def. hear no boos come Saturday. Anderson/2nd round .

There will be boos, no doubt about it. Anyway what do you expect, he finished much more dangerous opponents in a much more exciting fashion. Anyone imo who can stand and trade with Franklin and go to the ground with Hendo has nobody left to fear. He should have killed Cote and Lietes. I’m just speaking honestly here, I wasn’t booing but I understand why people were. Booing is the best way to get your opinion heard by the UFC. Fighters who don’t please fans shouldn’t headline shows without a strong card. The UFC trusted that Silva would give them a great performance twice and he fell through. This may be a dangerous sport, but its an entertainment sport so yes there will be drunken booing. One thing I can say about the US fans is that they don’t normally go on riots or kill refs so you can stop cutting on them.

Agree 100%

Good post. Well thought out and true. for the most part

Anderson Silva is a great martial artist, he on the top of many pound for pound lists. He has racked up devasting wins among many great opponents. He is a classy guy and wants respect.

Many people have been upset by his last two performances. Seemingly out of the ordinary, two lackluster wins yet he remained unbruised and photoshoot ready minutes after each fight.

Yet who are we to blame? The unaggressive combatant attempting to climb to UFC glory or do we blame the king of the hill who only asks that someone try to storm his castle before he unleashes fury?

Anderson is as much a victim as the fans. Being met with opponents that are more satisfied with a resemblance of competition than they are with stealing the belt from the king. Leites and Cote were lackluster opponents with as much willingness to engage as a trigger shy teenager out on his first date. Great ability results in great demands from fans, yet doesn’t it take two to tango?

Anderson, I hope you dance. I really do hope you dance.

UFC, please send an appropriate partner.

Forrest Griffin you say? Ahh. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

i remember after rd 1 of henderson thinking “well silva lost that one, he is in trouble!” sooooooooo there

holds gun to Jerry Jackson is my hero’s head Show me where the drugs are!

Awesome post Jerry J! I think the one thing that MMA needs to take away from boxing if anything, is the challenger has to take the belt! If the challenger doesn’t engage then the belt stays in its rightful place. People can blame Anderson all they want but it was a 2 way street. Leites had no biz being in the cage with Silva and did everything in his power to avoid any exchanges. Griffin will be a great test, hope fully is does not get Irvin’ed….

Great posts, Anderson destroyed Leites and made him look like an amateur, if Thales and Patrick weren’t too scared of Silva to engage then he would have KO’d them both and everyone would be saying how wonderful he is, instead he was stuck fighting two cowardly worthless opponents who had no business in a title fight and he became a victim of the drunken boo boys.

Like Lyoto Machida, he fights smart and is able to strategise in the middle of a fight, changing his gameplan on the fly. His striking is so accurate and powerful that he’s deadly and his ground game is also excellent. Machida used to get booed because he didn’t finish fights, despite outclassing all of his opponents and showing great respect to them and the sport, but now is suddenly popular because he KO’d Thiago and Rashad. Now Andy is getting booed because he’s no longer stopping fights in under 2 rounds and it’s pathetic. He has every right to be angry and I’m looking forward to another dominating win for Andy on Saturday night.

I agree. If a hockey team or basketball team were to get booed they would say “we really need to step up our game”…but that would be home fans, and silva fights in the US, so maybe my point is complete rubbish!!! i like to comment!!

I third this. He’s doing the equivelant of getting an insurmountable lead in the first two minutes of a game then clearing the bench for the last 98% of the time. I don’t pay money to watch bench warmers play.

Sorry if my spelling sucks, I’m at work so I don’t care

I agree with him… I just watched the Silva Leites fight again last night since the DVD came out, and he did nothing wrong! Leites refused to exchange and every time Silva got near him, he flopped to his back! Silva was even trying flying kicks and spinning kicks, and crazy stuff like that… he can’t help it if his opponent doesn’t want to fight!! And he isn’t dumb enough to enter Leites’s guard upon request. His fight against Forrest will be much more exciting!

they need like an MMA shot clock!! take a swing within 30 seconds or the other guy gets to smack ya! haha

I agree with him… I just watched the Silva – Leites fight again last night since the DVD came out, and he did nothing wrong! Leites refused to exchange and every time Silva got near him, he flopped to his back! Silva was even trying flying kicks and spinning kicks, and crazy stuff like that… he can’t help it if his opponent doesn’t want to fight!! And he isn’t dumb enough to enter Leites’s guard upon request. His fight against Forrest will be much more exciting!

I agree with him… I just watched the Silva – Leites fight again last night since the DVD came out, and he did nothing wrong! Leites refused to exchange and every time Silva got near him, he flopped to his back! Silva was even trying flying kicks and spinning kicks, and crazy stuff like that… he can’t help it if his opponent doesn’t want to fight!! And he isn’t dumb enough to enter Leites’s guard upon request. His fight against Forrest will be much more exciting.

Do you agree with him —Caesar—?

if only the ufc brought the yellow card system over from pribe when they bought it, there would be no problem.

*from pride

I’m pretty sure Caesar agrees with him.

The dreaded triple post!

I agree with Caesar!!!!

That was very obviously Thales’ fault. If you watch the fight it was the most embarassing display of manhood ever. Anderson doesn’t need to follow someone to the canvas when they won’t stand and fight him. Anderson fights only as hard as his competition and Leites didn’t deserve to be in the ring with him

True, true and true. But the first round when Thales was standing, Anderson danced. I think he was show-boating at first.

He was feeling him out.. He does that in every fight. The only time he loses a round (i.e. Hendo) is when you don’t let him feel you out the first round. He is testing his opponents

Exactly, which is why Wanderlei will always have a home in the UFC win, lose, or draw. That guys FIGHTS for the fans!

I met him and I didn’t have anything to sign so he ripped a page out of the magazine he had that had an ad of him in it and he signed it on the spot. Ed even translated for us and he was real nice. He took a pic with my GF… She has some biguns so that might’ve helped

I may have met him on a bad day. We sat in a dressing room for about 4 hours, when it was time to leave I asked him if I could get a quick autograph, he waved his hands at me and said, No No sign. He was there to help some of his students so maybe he figured he didn’t want to take attention away from them? But, ever since that day I have hated him.

Yeah he was at the Oakley Headquarters in Cali before his fight with Hendo and no one new who they were anyway. My gf hooked me up though.

I met him at an autograph signing @ MGM. Waited like 2 hours- hew was complaining the whole time. BJ was pretty cool though. Hope Griffin takes him out.

2 for 2 with stupid things today duece. you wanna go for a third.. try saying something like.. I am sick of fighters always hitting each other in the face. If they were really tough they would hit each other in the Balls

You are right deuce, Fedor isn’t afraid of a size difference. Unfortunately he is afraid of competition, hence he takes the freakshow bouts against 300lb+ cans knowing there’s no way on earth he could possibly lose!

the guys that aren’t confident in their abilities cut weight b/c they can’t hang unless they’re in a lower weight class. AS is NOT a 185lb man. He’s naturally 200+ if he’s a lb. and he has been since he was fully mature in his early 20’s. he’s as big as any LHW in the ufc except for forrest and rampage, and he’s BIGGER than any MW the ufc has. i think he’d prefer the easy rout to a great legacy,fighting guys nowhere near his size and strength, but dana finally stepped in and said enough is enough. how can someone even mention that AS is the top p4p fighter in the world when Aug. 8 will be the 1st time in his LIFE that he’s fought someone bigger than him. Every opponent he’s ever had has been smaller than him, i’m not even sure he’s fought anyone his own size

Spoken like a true consumer.

thats all we are isnt it? we consume, and everyone in the biz gets rich

thats all we are, arent we? now thats better english!!

His last two fights he’s spent dancing around with inferior opponents. Go in and annihilate them. Does North Carolina dick around with Mid-Central State in the first round of the NCAAs? No, they blow them out of the water. The fans want to see one of the best p4p fighters in the world doing what he does best. He’s not giving it to them. That’s why they boo.

Agreed PW.

+2 for the Dubber. Fighting smart is one thing, dancing around when the finish is sitting right in front of you is another. But I refuse to re-hash this old debate.

Why would you jump into the guard of a guy who is more dangerous on the ground then you? Doing that would lower Anderson’s fight IQ in my opinion, and TAKE AWAY from the argument that he is the best pound for pound. Being the best doesn’t only mean you have the best skill set, but that you are also know how to utilize your skill set to its best advantage in each fight.

Why should he go to the one place that Thales may have the advantage. If you can dictate where the fight goes then I say do it. GSP takes the fight to the ground because he can and wants to. He knows he is dominant there. If he fought a guy that could stop the take downs then he would have to prove that he can beat someone standing up. This is the exact same thing for Anderson except he is a tremendous striker and it would make no sense for him to go to the ground when his opponent can’t take the fight there.

If Thales wanted to win that fight then he should have been prepared to stand and trade with Anderson. This is why Leites did not deserve a title fight against the best LB for LB fighter in the world. You need more than just one great skill to be a champion in the UFC.

Very well said, perfect explanation.

fo real

Well I guess that means I win. Isn’t the, “Get off of a fighters nuts” comment the equivalent to a “your momma”? Which usually during an argument means you have no come back. SWEET!!!!

I haven’t watched the Cote fight in a while but if you expect to see an extremely exciting fight from Silva every time out you are bound to be disappointed. Cote had a decent game plan and was able to stay away from Silva’s power. He was also able to throw off Silva’s timing. I would have to say that of all the fights Anderson has had in the Octagon the Cote fight showed his weakness better than the rest.

Cote was able to attack effectively but didn’t quite have the reach to land some of his punches. This is why I feel that Forrest has a good chance at upsetting Silva. He is as long as Anderson and we know that length has helped Anderson out quite a bit in the past. It should be interesting to see how Anderson adjusts to Forrest’s size and length.

The one knock on Forrest is that he tends to get sloppy and ends up paying for it. When he fights smart and sticks to the game plan the entire time he is tough to beat. The two fights that are good examples of that are Jardine and Evans.

AS/BS in 9 fights in the Octagon Anderson Silva has only not finished 2 fights. Every single fight was won in dominating fashion except for maybe the Henderson fight. However he made Hendo look bad in the second round of that fight.

I am not sure what you mean by AS does nothing but strike. Did he not roll with Thales during there fight and was in no trouble what so ever. He just prefers to stand and the only reason he went to the ground that one time was because Tales took the fight there. Also did he or did he not submit Travis Lutter and Dan Henderson? In two fights he has submitted just as many opponents as GSP has in his 15 fights in the Octagon.

Also saying that GSP will fight anywhere is true but he is always looking for a take down. Obviously we all know that taking an opponent down takes more than just walking up to them and saying, “hey could you fall down for me”. If you prefer to stand up you are already there and do not need to set anything up to get to that position. GSP uses his striking to take his opponents down. If he chooses to stand with a fighter it is normally in the later rounds where he has worn them down which makes there striking less effective. At that point he can pick his shots and is in less danger of getting caught.

Kenny Florian. hehe

booo booo booo You’re on my list kimura… its a long one so don’t worry I wont get around to doing anything about it.

LOL. I take full responsibility for my actions and accept the consequences. Just remember who finishes mofos at 155.

Cantrim = Shertard, wrong forum dude

Yea I read about one of those, still though, the argument that fighters make about putting their lives on the line is kind of true/untrue; yes they are directly in harms way, but the statistics don’t really back up the claim; I mean just statistically they’re in much more danger partying at the club after the fight, or driving to and from the gym on a daily basis. And also Spooner in regards to your comments up top about mod, yes same problem here.

Or riding your motorcycle off into the desert… RIP Tanner

I agree with you lee.

I agree with Dana White, that fight was an embarrassment, I had invited some friends over for the PPV who don’t regularly watch MMA, gave them a little back ground on A. Silva as we were bsing durings some of the fights; I get to the main event and everyones bored to tears. I can tell you this much, next time I invite some ppl over to watch a UFC PPV it won’t be headlining A. Silva.

Word OD.

I actually looked more like a dumbass by predicting Thales to upset Ando. Good thing I watched with people who knew their MMA. Still though, a hung my head in shame at that prediction.

And you’re saying thats Americans?? Give me a break! Next to Japanese fans the American fans are the next most educated group of people that watch MMA! look at the first card in germany stacked with strikers; why? Cause they know those ppl don’t appreciate the ground game! Not to mention the old Josh Thompson fight in Canada, when it went to the ground the croud started throwing projectiles and cursing the fighters and the ref. They had to RUN for their lives out of the arena because they thought they were gonna get seriously injured. To my recollection, nothing like that has ever happened in America.