UFC Quick Quote: Anderson Silva won't be twisted into a superfight with Lyoto Machida

that’s just his attitude to keep training hard.
and he’s right there is always gonna be someone out there that is better than you, whether it be in the standup or on the ground or even both.

Anderson says that Machida gets the better of him in sparring sessions and even HE isn’t able to connect cleanly with Machida.

Has Machida gone on record about not fighting Andy?

THALES LEITES CUT FROM THE UFC!!!!!!!!!

YEEEEEEEEES!!!!!

Talk about a free-fall. Fighting for a title and then two crappy fights later he’s being cut.

That’s funny, because someone asked Dana during the post fight presser if Thales was in trouble, and Dana said no.

Vladimir Matyushenko has been signed by the UFC.

Come on Matyushenko…why would they hired him?

Doesn’t surprise me, the crowd was booing throughout the entirety of the fight and he lost by SD in the end. Thats two snoozers in a row

I think we should respect Anderson´s descision in not fight Machida….It´s not nice been insisted for this fight. They should not force the fighters fight friends. It´s not gladiators times.

I dont care if they’re friends or not. I’m the same way with the AKA boys. If the match ups make sense, then I just dont care. As of right now, Machida vs Silva is not needed. Silva still has the 85 belt to defend, and has only 2 wins (although devastating) at 205. There are other matchups I’d like to see, so I’m not getting upset at not seeing this.

This fight will NEVER happen, and Dana can’t really do a thing to make it happen. It’s not like he can cut Silva or Machida. On top of that, Anderson will probably retire after his contract is up.

what?

He’s saying silva will only fight for the LHW belt if machida loses to someone else. The two will never fight

Exactly Kev! Those two wouldn’t fight for all the tea in China. I think if you made them fight when they clearly didn’t want to, I believe they’d stink out the arena with a 5 round dance off and start a riot!

I just can’t see those two putting on anything remotely entertaining. There’d be so much prancing, showboating, ducking, feinting, bobbing and weaving going on, it’d be more akin to dancing with the stars than an MMA fight.

I agree, we need Machida to lose to shogun and silva come in and avenge the loss!

I’d love Shogun to do it. I met him at the fan expo at 100. Shook his hand then as I was leaving I wished him luck for the Machida fight, then he called me back over and shook my hand again. Really nice guy.

I don’t even think the PRIDE version of Shogun is good enough to beat Machida, and he hasn’t looked close to that since joining the UFC.

I think provided Shogun is in shape, he could surprise a lot of people. Not saying he’s gonna win but I think he will defo give Machida the fight of his life. He’s not going to be daft enough to run after him like so many others have and if i goes to the ground who knows?? Shogun has excellent leg locks and Machida was nearly caught by the submission expert that is Jacob “Tito” Ortiz.

So overrated…

HA HA, ok newbie.

Shogun taking out Machida wouldn’t be an upset.
Machida is so hyped up by media that fans thinks he is gods gift to MMA

Oh I forgot Machida has only fought bums since he started. My bad.

It doesn’t matter who he’s fought or not, he hasn’t fought Shogun yet!

How is it over hyped if you watch him fight and form an opinion that he is talented BASED on his performance? He is so over hyped he keeps winning?

Run Forrest Run beat Shogun.

“HA HA, ok newbie.” ??

Do you even know who Shogun is?? Anyone who knows MMA or followed his carreer knows there is more than just a little chance of an upset happening in that fight. Shogun is legit; I would say you writing him off and saying he’s got absolutley no chance makes you the “newbie”.

agreed OD

P.S I refuse to acknowledge you by your new name or anyone else who decides to change their name as its too confusing

Yea it’s about time I changed back anyway; everyone knows my position on M-1 by now, I’ve made my point :)

I have been watching MMA before MMA even started in earth. Shogun has not been Shogun in awhile. I don’t think he can beat Machida, but then again Serra beat GSP, so the world is filled with imperfections.

OD is IN DA HOUSE!!! No arguements from me today boys…Its one-liner Friday, PW style!!!! Off work till Tuesday and headin’ to the cottage.

Damn…I was gonna calling you Mr. M-1!

“I have been watching MMA before MMA even started in earth” huh? Like inside the Earth? In the core or just under the crust?

because what you’ve seen is him beating guys that are afraid of him and fights him the wrong you.
not to mention that alot of his opponents have been overrated!
D.Heath (s’cks)
S.Hoger (s’cks)
Soko (no ground game)
T.Silva (no standup)
Tito (best opponent so far, but Tito couldn’t get the takedown)
Rashad (overrated standup, great physical abilities but lacks technique, and was afraid)

Shogun is more dangerous than Tito in the standup so if he fights him like Tito did it’s going to be a close fight.

Well they started in the crust and rocked out!!!

fights him the wrong way* hahaha not the wrong you =)

I get it… :)

BJ PENN? RICH FRANKLIN? Look outside the UFC Numb Nuts.

More or less, Machida will make Shogun look like Forrest Griffin fighting Anderson.

Shogun will not be able to touch Machida and The Dragon will light him up as soon as he feels like it.

When the fight was first announced, I said that Machida should be a -500 favorite in this fight and got blasted for it. He opened at -600. Shogun little pansy trips will NOT work against Machida. Shogun does NOT have world clas takedowns (regardless of what John will tell ya) and even if the fight does happen to go to the ground, Machida is no white belt in BJJ. But the only time I see this fight hitting the ground is when Shogun’s unconscious head slams against the mat.

Everybody things Shogun is back to his old PRIDE form. WHY???? Because he KO’d the over the hill Chuck Liddell? In the last few fights, who HASN’T KO’d Chucky? (Wandy, I know…) Oh, maybe its that really impressive win he had over the other over the hill fighter in the LHW division – Mark Coleman. Both of these fighters are WAAAAAAY past thier prime. Machida is just BEGINNING to reach his prime. Shogun and his many nuthuggin fans are going to QUICKLY realize that the very loose Japanese rules played a big part in making the Shogun I loved in PRIDE.

I would love to see Shogun smash Machida, he has better offense but lacks in defense, a great defense equals a great offense, so Lyoto has the advantage, you better believe that Shogun will show up at his best.

Lyoto has beat 4 UFC champs (BJ, Rich, Tito and Rashad) and at least 4 other good fighters, but i def followed pride and Shogun is a BMF. I think Shogun has the ability to get close to Lyoto, but his counters are sick.

Me personally, I cant really pick who i want to win, because both are excellent fighters. But being a fan of the sport, this fight is huge and im STOKED.

Dave those fights were in Japan and in a ring, Shogun had better wins before he came into the octagon than that.

LOL @ Dave calling OD a “newbie”. Dave’s obviously a newbie at mmamania if he thinks that. If you take your vitamins and say your prayers every night, one day you may grow up to become as seasoned and respected a poster as OD is here.

As far as Shogun beating Machida, yes its very possible, highly possible but not at all likely. Should be a great fight no matter how it ends.

I have been watching MMA for a long time as well and is it possible for Shogun to win… yes but would be an upset YES! People talk about Machida being overated, give me a FOCKING break, Shogun gets a title shot after losing to Forrest, barely beating a senior citizen playing possum apparently and beating an un-adapting Liddell (I do not think Liddell is washed up physically, I think physically he is still great he just refuses to adapt his fighting style regardless of how he trains when he gets in the cage he makes it just a one dimentional boxing match even though we know he knows the ground game). So yes, I am far from a newbie but Shogun (and I know the arguments why) gets a title shot, I sincerely feel Shogun is the one overrated here! Yeah was great in Pride but he hasn’t looked even good in the UFC but maybe against a one dimensional Liddell. He holds no advantage standing or on the ground over Machida and Machida has a CLEAR advantage on the feet over Shogun, this is why it would be an upset but by no means impossible. I guess if that makes me a newbie then so be it, but if you think Shogun beating Machida wouldn’t be an upset then you are clearly a Shogun nut hugger!

Machida is going to eat Shogun’s style for breakfast. Then take Shogun’s lunch money, and slap his mother Inoki style.

In short, it’s going to be a slaughter.

Pleaseee’ don’t confuse DAVE with DAVE A. Formally Thorazine, been on this site for almost 4yrs. I would never call ODHGC a newbie’ maybe his new name makes him a newbie? hahaha. Mania moderation won’t let me use Thorazine anymore for some wierdo reason, just like they did ODHGC.

really. I changed my link this week. my comments didn’t show up, I emailed manina, he said the change put everything to spam and he fixed it. You should be able to use thorazine, just let mania know!

Anderson is the big favourite in the rematch with Dan because he has already beaten Hendo comfortably, this is as pointless a rematch as Andy-Rich II was, in fact worse because at least Rich was the champion when he lost the first time.

Shogun is a great fighter but is only getting a title shot by default, if Rampage wanted to fight Lyoto instead of Rashad then Shogun would be nowhere near a title fight. He has been very hit and miss in the UFC and his cardio is still questionable, while Lyoto has had to work hard to win over fans and earn a title fight. I called the Machida-Evans winner as being the guy to dominate the LHW division and after the way that Lyoto destroyed Rashad, I don’t see any current LHW being on his level other than Andy, who quite rightly won’t fight him because they are two good friends who want to dominate their respective weight classes. Shogun beating Machida would be a bigger upset than Torres-Bowles.

ok Thanks Kevin, I’ll try it. To many Dave’s on this site, there’s also Dave and Dave O, Maniacs probably think Dave doesn’t have a job.

Hendo deserves a rematch with Anderson. Some may think the match would be pointless but that doesn’t matter. I also think Hendo would lose the rematch, but I would still pay to see it. And if anyone is capable of an upset, it’d be Hendo.

he’s a dumb@ss

Dave, those two fighting eachother would be horrible!!! To bring the best out of those two you need a lumbering oaf to be constantly lurching forward at them like Boris Karloffs Frankenstein to give them a target, a role beautifully fulfilled by Forrest Dump. If they both fought eachother neither man would be willing to play the Forrest role and it would have the potential to be an appauling stalemate, I’m talking riot in the crowd, bottles lobbed into the Octagon bad!

If they fought in the same weight class then I’d understand, as there is nothing more annoying than a division being weakened by top contenders refusing to fight each other because of their friendship a la AKA at WW, which is why Swick is on the verge of a title shot without having beaten any top contenders.

However, Andy and Lyoto are champions in different weight classes and both have stated numerous times that they are allowing their friend to dominate his respective division, them two fighting would be a dream fight for me but arguably not a big draw and it isn’t harming the MW and LHW divisions so why should they be forced to fight each other? The only reason Silva has had fights at LHW is because he wants to fight better competition and not just smash the same old MWs, if you are a fan of his then you should be happy to just see him fight occasionally at that weight in the first place.

LMAO!!! He’d rather die!!!!

It’s MY FRIDAY TODAY!!!! And I’m doin’ a little twistin’ of my own if you can pick up what I’m layin’ down

Here something to cheer you up!

Nice, I’ve still got one more day to go; one more day on this hellish, bonehead infested, redneck back@sswards job site before 2 days of enjoying life again. They’ve completely drained me, sucked the joy of life right out of me; there’s no point in living anymore.. I’m like the walking dead, rotting and decaying from the inside out; my very soul being stolen from me by these blood sucking vultures.

I kid I kid :)

LMAO OD!!! Sucka!

You might want to consider a career change.

LOL Alpha, those have to be some of the best ones yet.

Hey Mac,I read the other day that you were in the G&R riot in MTL…I was there too and the one in 93 when the Habs won the cup. Craziest concert in my life and I have done plenty.

What about these?

Or….

LMAO @ the hot tub!

Good stuff :) needed a good laugh after these past couple days.. This is pretty much how it’s been:

“It was the key to my salvation, and I knew it was all but in my reach. The item that I had been searching for was visable, but for how long? It was the one thing I needed to complete my quest, and with out it, the quest would mean nothing. I struggled on end looking for ways to collect this precious item. For hours, nay, days I grabbed at it, but it was no use. I was out of reach. I was too short…and there would be no cereal today. for no chair in the land could reach the top of the pantr…..”

wait…a f*ing chair!! damnit!!…i’ll be back..

Wait, I got more…

wow alpha, those guys blow jesse out of the water!

lol, I was starting to feel nostalgic for a second!

“A. Silva in Mr. Beans Holiday”

That ones classic!

And my little bro wrote that story; lol, short guy, probably hasn’t seen a bowl of Cpt. Crunch in a couple years if the Wifey still keeps it up on top of the fridge.

Nice to see that you guys had fun at 101. I kinda found your write up a little bit light kev. I would have like to know how your trip was from start to finish…like the flight, hotel, the dinner, what you guy did Friday night, the weight-in, the johnny saga, how it end with the maniacs after the fight…
These type of stuff instead of your impression of the fights(wich I already knew your answers). Good in general though. lol, who was the smurf next to you in the picture? j/k
It would be nice if you could put up the trip pictures under your name, I couldn’t see them w/o been “log on” on facebook and I don’t remember my account so I never got the chance to see them. Put the big foot pic too if possible please.

big foot pic is on my phone, email me your cell I’ll text it to you. I have the photos set up so eveyone can view them on facebook, you don’t have to be my “friend.” flights cross country sucked, dinner was incredible. Walked up south street fri night, skipped the weigh in. No Drama with John, his friend Nick was pretty pissed, but I wasn’t gonna let him no showing bother me! After the fights, I went to bed, some guys went out, I had to fly home the next morning. I emailed you, how was your trip?
our next trip… maybe canada, you got connects for suits in canada venues?

Yeah, good idea Alpha. I too do not have nor do I want to have a FaceBook account.

I would like to hear about what went down in the infamous suite and what the food/beverage was like.

Oh and Kev, when the server came in with the food, did you happen to ask them what their salary was??

LOL – referring to your comment to someone yesterday about 101 salaries, it had me laughing as I walked out the door at work.

lol, i just assumed anyone could see the pics, kinda like the myspace ones. they are all on my desk top. click my name, that doesn’t work?

I put a few pics here, the octagon pick is no zoom, the suite was great, right above first level of seats. they had some upper deck suites, but F that!

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=409364565&albumId=1447537

food was what was to be expected, not 5 star. i got the package with most beer, and “snack food.” I got a bottle of bacardi for the suite and some guys got a bottle og Cuervo. It was all around great!

Good point odamn, I’d for gotten about that. If I remember correctly, didn’t Silva refuse to touch gloves with Hendo after dan reached out after the fight was started too. So much for great sportsmanship.

Andy’s an awesome showman and is confident in his abilities, Hendo is as big of a big head as they come, the difference is he isn’t as loud or brash as others which is why people claim that he’s respectful.

Dave you’ve just got a downer on Hendo coz your boy Bizzzzbing’s still eating his meals through a straw courtesy of Hendo’s big elbow. I’ve never once thought Hendo was a big head, he’s as laid back as they come.

Too damn non chalant lol; Hendo’s trash talk consists of “he’s a douche bag” and “I’m going to beat him up.” the guy cracks me up, it’s all just so simple for Dan.