hahaha, I’m sure he loved UFC 101 in Pittsburgh too.

“titleship rounds”?…how FOcking stupid is he?

I went to 101 too, it was awesome!

I can def see GSP taking him down if he is willing to take some laser beams to the head…

but keeping him down? NOPE.

Again, SIZE and reach will be too much for GSP.

IF a blown up LW like Serra made GSP see stars, what do you think Silva would do?

I just said if he was a true middleweight, same size einstein. Alves’ standup puts Serra’s to shame and how did that go for him?
He could definitely keep him down if the size wasn’t an issue.

Adam, if "GSP was a true MW’ as u stated, it doesn’t matter, Forrest is a true LHW, and landed 1 punch. go to compu strike. Yeah, gsp may take him down, he more likely would get hit in the face 6 or 7 times on the way in, not to mention a knee or 2. I respect GSP’s ability, but silva is on another planet
Silva/Rampage wouldn’t even be a fight (and I wouldn’t be picking Rampage!)!!!

Silva’s striking is better than GSP’s and def Alves’.

The reason GSP went to GnP is because of the Serra loss.

Silva’s size and reach would still pose a problem for GSP.

Not everyone who lines up at the same weight has the same body frame.

Ok, einstein?

The weakest part of Silva’s game is his wrestling/takedown defense. A middleweight GSP could take him down with ease. It wouldn’t have to be a perfectly set up shot. According to you OJR, Silva would have a strength advantage under any scenario. I think that’s bologna.

See Silva vs. Ace 1 and 2.

See Silva vs. Hendo.

See Silva vs. Lutter.

3 different tactics, styles and strength (body frame).

All with the same results. Failure.

Anyone vs. Anderson Silva = Epic Failure. lol jk I think a true middleweight GSP could take anderson, but what does it matter cause it will never happen……………..

i think a true welterweight GSP could take anderson, if lutter and hendo can get silva on his back and keep him there for a round, the best wrestler in mma will absolutely own him, just like the alves fight, as long as he can dodge whatever silva throws on the way in he will win that fight…

I got to disagree Brendan (respectfully of course). Lutter has better jits than GSP, mounted silva and did nothing! Hendo got on top and, yup you guessed it, did nothing! I think Silva can beat every single LHW out there (maybe, thats MAYBE not machida) so a fight with GSP is for nothing except ppv sales and ends in 2 rounds tops!

General perception has been that the LHW division has the most talent and depth of any UFC division. Anderson Silva may singlehandedly put that to test and destroy it. While I still believe several LHW’s would show better than Forrest or Irvin, I am convinced Silva would win convincingly. Forrest absolutely stunk up the joint, but we need to remember he’s a guy that has competed at the top of the food chain in the division. Silva may render most of the top contenders in TWO weight classes irrelevant. Amazing.

If GSP were a true Middleweight I’d still have to go with Anderson Silva, GSP is able to strike with guys at their own level or better before he takes them down. That would’nt be the case with Anderson Silva, if they got into any kind of exchange GSP would be hit on the button and KO’d before he could take a decent shot… HOWEVER, IF GSP ‘miraculously’ was able to take Anderson down early in each of the 5 rnds without getting hit on the button’, I don’t think Silva could escape GSP’s vicious GnP.

this whole convo is annoying cause wrestling is not fighting, ok!.. GSP wouldn’t do sh’t to Silva, and even if he did take him down the whole fight i would just say that he’s a better wrestler, not a more talented fighter!… GSP relies 100% more on his physique than Anderson, Anderson is about skills and technique..

great post roberto

I think that Adam T makes a good point and ts worth raising in the P4P debate.

Lets be honest about it all P4P talk is rubbish playground stuff because your talking about enlarging fighters to match opponants… but still,

I think if you plugged a socket into GSP and he grew to Silva’s size he WOULD be able to take him down, control him and beat him.

Lets not forget that his standup is good too. There is always that chance that he would eat one coming in but for sure it is a possibilty that he would win.

Roberto: Wrestling is a big part of fighting. Do you think that Josh Neer is a better fighter than Kurt Pellegrino? By your reasoning you would probably say yes even though he lost the fight unanimously. It’s foolish to say that just because a guy uses his wrestling to defeat an opponent he is not a better “fighter”. That’s some dumb shit. It may not be the most exciting fight to watch but the fact is that GSP controls his opponents and takes away their offense.
“He relies on his physique more” Yeah, I’m sure all the guys on the cover of muscle and fitness could do that also. GSP’s BJJ is as good as anybody that Anderson has ever fought and he has the best takedowns in the business. There isn’t anybody of equal size (or close size) that can keep him from taking them down. I guess BJJ, wrestling and athleticism are not skills or technique. What a POS post you had.

Tito is sooooo’ full of sh*t!! but I’m glad bobble head is back in the UFC!

To answer a question that was asked by a different guy in a different interview at another time, yes I did almost get a triangle choke on Machida. And due to those 15 or so seconds of almost greatness, I deserve a title shot.

It was his last fight and Machida is the champ now, so what is your problem really? chill the f out, and think..
Oh and btw, if that was a beatdown you’ve never seen a fight! Anderson on Forrest was a beatdown

Then you’ve never seen a fight either.
Penn v Stevenson was a beatdown.

yeah i know, but Anderson vs Forrest could’ve been if Forrest hadn’t given up.. Tito v Ken the first fight is as much of a beatdown as you can get!

well at least when w. spoke, you knew what he meant. you may not know what he said but you know what he meant. cant say the same for obama

He IS a big draw still.
They needed to give him a big contract as a sign of respect for the money Tito’s brought and will bring the UFC!
He’s def gonna get a % of the PPV, that’s for sure.
OFC they gave him a signing bonus, that’s what you do when you sign a guy you really want.

Lets see some numbers that prove he is still a big draw. His more of a side show now. They didn’t NEED to give him a big contract. Where else was he gonna go. Strikeforce obviously didnt offer him the contract that he imagined he was worth, that’s why he had to eat crow and make up with Dana White. Affliction never had plans to put him on a card or else they would have at least had him on Affliction 3 before they folded.

“He’s def gonna get a % of the PPV, that’s for sure.”
Well that sounds like hard evidence, I’m convinced. Your shipment of fail has arrived. How about a source that shows he gets a % of PPV…anyone….anyone. I will accept it if I’m wrong, I could be. I just haven’t seen anything and he hasn’t brought up the size of his contract since he resigned which he was sure he was going to get.

As for a signing bonus, the UFC doesn’t need him. They have a stacked division at LHW. He will never get another shot at the title so he will be just hanging around doing sideshow fights. Not really worthy of a signing bonus. But again, you have no source to back up your claim that a never again contender is so hot of a commodity that he warrants a bonus just to say he is in the UFC. But you seen sure….wow, someone on the web is sure of something they have no source to support. Again, I’m convinced.