A '200 percent healthy' Anderson Silva is ready to make Frank Mir his next victim

I agree with the rashad fight, I brought this up (loser of rampage/rashad) months ago!
off to poker tourny men, ttyl!

I would love to see Anderson and Rashad. Mainly cause I can’t stand Rashad and would love to see him go to sleep again. But besides that Rashad is an ex champ and that fight would make sense for the spider. After he KO’s Rashad he can fight Hendo. If he beats Hendo let him fight Shogun who will be the new LHW champ.

kevin youre off your rocker if you think hendo and marquardt have “zero chance” against silva! hendo has the perfect skill set to beat silva, and will do it if silva’s punk a$$ ever accepts the fight

Hendo and Nate should fight each other, until then a rematch with either man is pointless for Andy in my opinion.

I agree with Kevin, an Andy-Rashad fight makes a lot of sense but seeing as he declined a fight with Randy at 105 I don’t see Rashad fighting until Rampage finishes filming the A-Team.

Right now there aren’t many LHWs available, which is why Randy is fighting Brandan Vera and the MW division does not have an undisputed contender, so HW seems like the best option if Silva is going to have a big fight in the near future. Size isn’t a problem for him in my eyes, as if Randy is able to fight at HW then I don’t see how someone of a similar size, only much younger and more talented can’t take a fight in that division, especially against someone like Mir who has awful striking in comparision to Silva and has been knocked out by a small HW in Vera. I’m liking this match-up more and more all of the time.

Brendan, Silva’s already beaten both of them easily, if Hendo’s that good then why doesn’t he prove it by fighting Nate instead of ducking him.

Hendo is the only guy at 185 who has a good chance to beat Silva. That is the fight everyone wants to see. Not Marquardt Hendo.

Hendo is a legend in the sport. He has fought everyone at 185, LHW, and HW. He deserves a rematch

He’s already faced and lost to Andy, he should fight Nate because they are both in the same position as they both have lost their title fights but have looked good since. I don’t think that it’s fair on Nate to fasttrack Dan at all and Hendo’s past accomplishments are not enough alone to earn a title shot.

YOu guys SUCK! What that hell could possibly be better then Anderson moving up to heavyweight to put that arrogant, smug tool, Mir in his place? I dont think there is anything I would rather see happen in mma than Anderson putting Mir on queer street! Mir wants to run his mouth about Anderson…FINE, now make him back those words up! what the hell is a Former 2 time HW champ, calling out the middleweight champ?…hahahah LOSER!

This fight would be a dream come true and an awesome feather in Anderson’s hat for his historic UFC legacy. Im as big a Fedor fan as there is, but If Anderson beats former UFC champions in 3 divisions (twice moving UP in weight, not DOWN), then there is no question that his Legacy trumps Fedor’s.

Mir is in trouble! He has a bunch a angry, world class, Brazilian, team Blackhouse Legends gunning for him! Hahahahahaha That mouth of Mir’s wrote to many checks that his ass cant cash! i cant wait to see Mir get KO’ed in 4 fights in a row becoming once agaiin, irrelevant! Even the UFC’s marketing team wont be able to make him look good after the losing streak he is about to go on!

They are not going to feed Rashad to Anderson. They want to keep his ingeniously-built hype up until Rampage knocks him into oblivion.

Hendo and Nate should definitely fight each other. If not, let Henderson go to Strikeforce and fight Mousassi, I would love to see that.

How does Hendo have the perfect skill set to beat Anderson?? Silva has only ever been stopped by submission, somehow i don’t see Dan catching him in a heel hook. Its much more likely that Mir could submit him and he’s way bigger than the Spider, to say that he wants Frank next shows balls in my opinion.

I agree Ermac. On paper mir is his toughest challenge stylistically, but it would materialize into a more embarrassing 1 sided beatdown then Anderson/Forrest was…but I WOULD STILL LOVE TO SEE IT!

SILVA WANTS REVENGE FOR THE NOGUERA FIGHT!!MAKE IT HAPPEN!!

wondering how Mir could bear Silva. in any way shape or form how can mir beat silva? it is virtually impossible for that to happen. but i would love to see Mir get destroyed. but if Silva is definately out after this contract then i want SUPER fights..not frank mir.

i want silva to fight Luis Cane. i think he would beat him!!

Well said John, I hate Mir almost as much as you so I’d take great pleasure in watching him get smashed by the legendary Anderson Silva. I like Forrest and the beatdown Andy gave him was my favourite MMA moment to date, so him absolutely destroying an arrogant and larger opponent who I can’t stand would be amazing.

I also like the idea of him facing Couture purely for the fact that I’d get to see the legendary Silva fight live against another legend in Randy. Shonuff made a good point as well that it would show whether Andy can compete with HWs, as if Randy is too big then he shouldn’t move up to fight Mir but a dominant win would propel him into a HW fight. He had no problems dealing with Irvin and Griffin, both allegedly too big for him so I don’t see Randy being too big either. The only downside is that I like Randy and I want to see Andy beatdown fighters that I dislike e.g. Mir.

Bring on Mir, he is a moron.

From Bloody elbow
Frank Mir, meanwhile, continues to keep himself directly in the spotlight now having Anderson Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Cheick Kongo all wanting to fight him. It’s amazing how far a little bit of trash talk can take a guy in this sport.

 After kongo I want to see Mir and NOG get it on but it is true wether you think he’s a “moron” or not he is smart enough to keep himself in the spotlight.

Fighters I like to watch get destroyed in order:
#1)Mir
#2)Forrest

1. Randy

Basically, I dislike all the UFC silver spoon fed fighters. Fighters that get opportunities that they dont deserve because are marketable.

notice I let Chuck Liddell off the list. WHY? Because out of all the former UFC posterboys, CHUCK never chose the easy path. He wasnt awarded title shots in every other fight based on his marketability. He worked his way up to title shots by taking on all comers. When he was awarded title shots, he didnt sit around for a year waiting to fight the champ. He risked losing title shots by taking on really tough fighters in the meantime. Chuck was never one of my favorites, but you will NEVER hear ME BAD MOUTH CHUCK LIKE i DO THE OTHER POSTERBOYS!

Your missing the #1 silverspoon fed fighter Fedor on your list john G?

john G, that’s because Chuck didn’t need to beg for anything Dana was right behind him all the time… I hated Chuck ’cause of how he had everything set up for him all the time!

Chuck did get to fight some hyped-up cans.

correct, Chuck’s never been business smart either as for his MMA career he just wanted to fight.. He had no personality either, he was very gray

Brandon Vera is the king of spoon-fed opportunities…only he has failed 3 out of 4 of them.

Anderson is also being spoon fed at LH. Nothing against what he’s accomplished against top guys like Franklin, Hendo, and Forrest, but rest assured, the UFC is choosing his opponents very carefully.

I agree, even Silva himself didn’t expect to tool Forrest like that. On paper it shouldn’t have gone that way in 3 minutes…

But Anderson is just that good. And I don’t fault him for looking for better fights that are more of a challenge.

Mike 100% agree about lester the wimp.I can see him at a WWE event for sure, leave the real fighting to us lester.

Silva needs to step in and replace Vera against Randy Couture. They’ve both said they want that fight and it’s a win/win for everybody.

yes, its tailor made…

the most safe ex champ for LHW is forrest

and once again the safest ex HW champ is mir..

if he really wants challenge..let him fight big nog or lesnar…even kongo after he trashes mir…

He may be improved, but if you watch the much touted Gouveia fight and imagine Nate fighting the same way against Silva…Nate will be asleep inside of 1 round.

Dan can eat punches all day long and still stay in the fight. That’s what makes him the biggest threat to Silva.

sorry, I said the “biggest” threat…I meant the ONLY threat.

Silva/Henderson is like Creed/Balboa. That’s why Silva doesn’t want a rematch. It’s like Apollo’s manager said to him about rematching Rocky:
   “I saw you beat that man like I never saw no man get beat before…and the man just kept coming after you! We don’t need that kinda man in our lives, Baby!”

agreed, people are writing off hendo like he is bell bottom jeans! just because theyre not in style now, doesnt mean they cant come back! lol, in all seriousness, hendo has beat three in a row, gave silva his toughest fight in the ufc, and there is no reason he shouldnt be fighting silva next

on top of that, BISPING was promised a title shot if he beat Hendo (Which was absolutely absurd). Henderson deserves a title shot vs Silva

Yes there is a reason, Hendo hasn’t beaten the other top contender Nate Marquardt. The division should have one contendern for Andy to fight, until then nobody has earned the shot in my opinion.

That’s retarded, David! A division with only one contender is a recipe for pure boredom and nobody giving a crap about watching title fights.

I totally agree. Mirs chin isnt the best, and Spider is going to be a LOT faster , and wont get touched.

The Couture vs. Vera fight is very intriguing. First you have the proven veteran and former champ Randy Couture. He is one of the most polarizing figures to ever step foot in the octagon. A 5 time champ over two weight divisions in the twilight of his career. He is the ageless wonder trying to prove he still has it coming off a loss to Minatauro in what could very easily be the fight of the year. He has proven to be a force at light heavy in the past and moved on to dominate the heavy weight division now he is back to reclaim what use to be his the title belt.

In his way the young brash, cocky, trash talking Brandon Vera. Once dubbed the next big thing. Called out Chuck Liddell after his first time in the octagon. Started off his ufc career on a tear in the heavyweight division despite being vastly undersized. Has huge career aspirations and has yet to achieve them coming up short when given big breaks. Was once the number one contender in the heavyweight class until contractual problems with his manager and the ufc arose and forced him out of action for one year. Came back to fight Tim Sylvia who was still considered one of the best, lost a hard fought decision, then tried to rebound against another top heavyweight in Werdum which he lost due to controversial stoppage. Drops to Lightheavy weight and has since looked lackluster but still shows glimpes of the young gun he once was. Still only 31 years of age on a two fight win streak an given the oppurtunity of a life time. Can he step up to the plate and defeat the legend? Or will he wilt under the pressure once again?

This is a huge fight!!! It could signal the end of the era for a beloved legend in Couture or it could lead to the start of a new era for the young talented Vera. Couture needs to prove he still has what it takes to compete while Vera will try to prove he is finally ready for the big time and to become a future champion like he has long aspired to be.

C’mon Matt! “Couture needs to prove he still has what it takes to comepete”…Gimme a break. You just got through saying he’s coming off the fight of the year with the number 2 or 3 HW in the world…and he’s got prove himself against a never-was like Vera who’s never beaten a single ranked contender. How many times does Couture have to prove himself! Give him a match that means something to his career!

AMEN Mike! THAT’S what I’m talkin’ about. They both want the fight. They both stand to gain HUGE respect for a win over the other. And neither stands to lose anything. If Randy wins or even shows well, it will prove he’s still a top-tier contender at LH, and if he loses, so what! No shame in losing to the P4P best in the world. On the other hand, if Silva wins, he adds one of the biggest legends in the sport to his victim list. And if he loses, so what, he lost to a much bigger guy who was the World Heavyweight Champion less than a year ago and the most decorated Champion in history. If Silva really wants to fight Mir (which Dana says will not happen unless he completely cleans out the LHW ranks) then what better way to prove he’s ready for HW’s than to beat the previous HW champion! Like I said, WIN/WIN for everybody (not to mention it would blow the ratings out of the water and dwarf the competing boxing card, thereby putting the UFC in prime negotiating territory with the major networks.

thats what I want to see as well that would be huge I hope fans make noise about this and dana and joe talk or think about what you have written in your post

vera/couture scrapped

COUTURE VS SILVA UFC 105 make it happen please

Spot on shonuff, Silva-Couture would be the perfect main event. Full credit to Vera for stepping up but that fight makes a lot more sense in my opinion for the reasons you stated as well as the fact that we were promised Silva and I want to see Andy fight live.

Silva vs Randy would be nasty. RANDY WOULD HIT THE DECK IN ROUND 2 TOPS

That’s entirely possible, but at least the fight will mean something and is not an insult to Randy.

SILVA vs COUTURE!!! PLEASE DANA!

Beautiful, Edge! I laughed out loud.

I agree to an extent intro. Your point is good, but you may be going a little far calling Mir fringe.

He’s in the top 10… as #10.

he may be ranked in the top 10, but he is not a top 10 fighter and he will prove this in the near future.

How is lesnar overrated? He you say Lesnar is overrated then you are saying Mir, Couture, Herring and everybody else he has fought is overrated. Lesnar is the real deal whether you like it or not. He has fought the best so far in his young career and he has beat them. How does that make him overrated?

yes everyone he fought is overratted, all 4 of them.
herring-journeymen nice win
mir- sucks mid level at best and he lost to him once
randy- best guy he has fought to bad he is 45yrs old and 50 lbs lighter.

funny how all 3 of those guys suck so bad when herring had nog beaten with a head kick. mir knocked nog out and nog couldnt finish randy when lesnar did it easily.
if you say any of those guys or lesnar are overated then you are saying nog is overated – what im trying to say is youre all full of shit and full of hate.

As much as it pains me to agree with LEster, he’s right, Anderson definitely does NOT fight the best. He’s ducking Hendo, the best MW. He’s using friendship as an excuse to duck Machida, the best LH. And he’ll use it as an excuse to avoid Nog, the most skilled HW (who’s only 15 lbs bigger than him.) I’m sure he’ll use it to duck Lil NOg too. Dana didn’t put up with that crap from Tito, there’s no reason he should put up with it from Silva. Friends don’t let friends duck!

Lesner is signed up to fight Carwin, Mir would be a great entrance to HW. I could understand your point a little more if Silva had fought at HW in the UFC before but fighting one of the top 5 HW in the UFC isn’t picking easy fights. Think he had to fight Irvin on his entrance to LHW (not his choice) so Mir is a massive step up for the HW entrance (if it happens)

Anderson Silva has put himself in a position where he can now look at different fighters and see potential good match up. Its not like he is a challenger calling out people, hes a champ. And he has set UFC history for most fights won in a row, unless we under value UFC as an organisation (be silly to) that is some achivement.

Fedor can’t be P4P he has never moved weight to test his conditioning and/or skills. But can i also remind you that Fedor didn’t take the chacne to sign for UFC hence the reason he is fighting left overs. That really sounds like a true champ to me IMO.

But i do agree both him and Machida should put their friendship aside for potentially fight of the decade. imagine the hype around that, and i think this would live up to the hype for a change.

Fedor didn’t have to “move weight” because in Pride he could fight anyone at any weight without anybody having to gain or cut. He fought guys from MW to giants like Hong Man Choi.

Choi isn’t the best name to use when trying to convince anyone of his greatness.

Choi the master! Choi has beaten greats like Jose Canseco.

I wasn’t commenting on Choi’s skills or experience, just his size… just responding to the comment that Fedor doesn’t fight outside his weight range.

choi has beaten greats like semmy schilt.

can u imagine silva vs choi? silva will be ragdolled and embarrassed to death…just imagine kids

Fedor gets hate for it because unlike Anderson, Fedor doesn’t cut to 185 to fight middleweights. Anderson does.

“Fedor gets hate for it because unlike Anderson, Fedor doesn’t cut to 185 to fight middleweights. Anderson does.”

LMFAO….that makes 0 sense. On one hand Anderson is being praised for fighting at LHW…on the other Fedor is being pissed on because he doesn’t cut? lol…wow, just wow.

Exactly, Andy is prepared to fight the best at any weight class and he is the one who makes the cut to fight them so his opponent are at their best weight for the fight and put on the best possible performance, while when Fedor fights smaller guys they are always the ones who have to put on weight and fight in an alien weight class.

Some of the posts on this thread are pathetic, honestly criticising a fighter for moving into different weight classes instead of just fighting at HW is laughable. People are whining because Andy has dominated the MW division because they’re too small, then when he moves up to LHW to fight bigger guys they’re supposedly not good enough even if one was a former LHW champion, then when he challenges a HW he gets moaned at for ducking 2 guys that he’s already beaten, when 1 refuses to fight the other to determine an undisputed contender, and for challenging someone not on his level, despite this HW outweighing him by 30-40lbs and being a 2x HW champion (including the interim title). Rather than make yourselves look daft by complaining about Silva just admit that you don’t like him because that is the only reason behind your complaints, excuses and arguments against him.

Intro, the point is Andy fights people at their proper weight class and when Fedor fights smaller fighters they always have to move up to his weight class, putting them at a disadvantage. Considering that Andy used to fight at WW at one time it’s amazing that he is prepared to move up in weight so often, he could quite easily lay back and finish his career at MW but instead he is looking for superfights at a higher weight. If Fedor wants to fight the best, including smaller fighters, then cutting weight and fighting them at their peak size would be the biggest challenge instead of fighting outsized and bloated MWs at HW.

Both guys are MMA legends and both have outstanding records so should be shown more respect on this site. My problem with Fedor is putting M-1 over his career, as I don’t want to see him fight the likes of Paul Buentello (who Coker inexplicably offered the fight to originally), though I’ll admit that I want to see him face Grim. Andy’s management are looking to get him the biggest possible fights at whatever weight class and for that they should be applauded not criticised because some people think Fedor or GSP are #1 p4p or Hendo fans are upset that their hero can’t avoid Nate and get granted a title fight because Bisping was promised one (admittedly he didn’t deserve it but it would have been a big draw in the UK and he would have got smashed in the first round anyway).

Fedor’s management including Fedor himself are looking to get money for nothing from promotions like Affliction and Strikeforce, rather than get him in big fights with better talent. Only Grim, Overreem and arguably Werdum would be worthy fights outside of the UFC unless you want to see him face a roided up Barnett in Japan which I don’t personally and Alistair’s manager has claimed that he wants out of SF because of M-1, so that fight won’t happen in the US anyway. My problem with Fedor is and always will be M-1 as I think they have cost him and us some huge HW fights but his record is legendary and I find it laughable how fans complain about his or Andy’s records, both are legends end of.

You lost me at “Superfights”…Griffin and Mir are “Superfights”? Meh……

….besides, you can’t possibly be un-biased when you call the guy “Andy”.

The pot calling the kettle black…

Yep OJR, of all people to call me out for being a biased nuthugger it’s Intro. Face it mate, we are both completely biased when it comes to Andy and Fedor. And the MW champion moving up to fight former champions at LHW and HW are superfights in my opinion, regardless of what you think of Griffin and Mir.

Is this guy you guys keep referring to Fedrov the fat russian donut eater?

I’ve heard of Fedrov, but I can’t remember what he did.

Hey I may like Fedor, but I didn’t make up some silly nickname for him like you did for “Andy”…you’re one up on me on the bias, nutugging scale because of that.

“Andy, Wandy, Sweety, Sweety, puddin’ pie”

i guess intro didn’t know that anderson silva’s english speaking friends ALL call him andy.

same goes with wanderlei. his american friends all call him wand or wandi.

and i don’t get how’d that make someone bias anyway!~

ur slippin today introverty, ;)

“i guess intro didn’t know that anderson silva’s english speaking friends ALL call him andy.”

ahem…bullshit!!!

Some body tell DAVID that he types too much bull sh*t what a keyboard warrior. PS u write too much and what u have to say is not worth my 20 secs

lmao…truth.

amen

Of course. P4P is just an opinion anyways, there’s no way to prove it. Its just a marketing scheme

Actually I think Anderson said he wanted to fight Jesus so he could kick his @ss and be the new undisputed Christ. …No wait, that was Mike Tyson! Sorry, flashback!

Silva the p4p best messiah in history?

i think jesus would take silva no problem, fedor on the other hand……

If anybody has a beef with Jesus, I think it’s Fedor’s brother. Have you seen that guys tatoos!?! His whole back is a tatoo of the Madonna and Child, but the virgin Mary is the Grim Reaper. Alexander Emilianenko is one scary evil-lookin’ dude. 10:1 he’s done some nasty work for the Russian mob.

AA and Timmy were top 3-5 fighters when Fedor smashed them…..AT HEAVYWEIGHT!!!!!!!

How many top 3-5 fighters has Anderson beaten at HEAVYWEIGHT? lately? Zero.

They’re the same freakin’ size, guys. If Fedor beat the people that Anderson did, you’d all be saying he’s fighting “weaker competition”…gauranteed.

Tim Sylvia was NOT! On whose list, yours? YIntro your posts are starting to lose credibility.

MMAWeekly
Sherdog
etc…..

You saying he wasn’t?

ANY1 ON THE PLANET FEDOR FIGHTS IS LOWER COMP!!!!!

introvert is right. As pathetic as Tim and Arlovski may look after their recent string of 1st round KOs, at the time they fought Fedor they were ranked in the top 6 by every online MMA site. At the time Arlovski was widely considered Fedor’s most dangerous threat in or out of the UFC.

“ANY1 ON THE PLANET FEDOR FIGHTS IS LOWER COMP!!!!!”

Lonely at the top.

truth

UNTRUTH.

Fedor gets plenty of respect from most of the knowledgeable MMA fans.

Quit your crying.

Who is fedrov?

Rolling on floor laughing? Stay up to date with ur internet jargon, intro.

lol I know that. I meant wtf is up with holland taking those posts down.

Nope, Hendo fought Wandi a couple of times in Pride but never faced Andy until UFC 82.

And Nate clearly has a much higher chance of getting KOd since nobody has ever KO’d Dan. He has one of the best chins in the business and it has withstood the test of many a Heavyweight powerhouse.

I don’t see Murr being fast enough to get Silva to the ground. It will take a quick wrestler with excellent TD’s to even touch him without getting knocked out. Murr is just way too slow. On the ground(if it ever got there) I would give Murr an advantage.

like he said, Mir doesn’t have good takedowns. It would look a lot like the Silva/Leites fight, with Mir diving to his back repeatedly and trying to pull Silva down into guard with him. Silva won’t take the bait and the fight will be boring as heck.

True, I just want to see Anderson Silva fight in the UK and a match-up with a legend and former 2 weight champion in Couture would be huge in my opinion, even if Randy wouldn’t stand a chance.

Anderson wants to fight a former HW champion, which means that he will have fought former champions at 3 different weight classes. That is damn impressive in my opinion. Fedor is admittedly a legend but I’d have liked him to have fought the likes of Lindland, Babalu and Arona at a catchweight or LHW, as it would have been fairer on the smaller fighters if Fedor had to cut and they could fight at a weight that better suited their size. However, bashing Andy for fighting and winning at several weight classes or bashing Fedor for dominating a weight class in which he is almost always outsized is laughable.

Skope my opinion is that a lot of time is wasted on whatifs. Why waste time forming an opinion on the Fedor-Silva argument? It is as important as P4P talks. I think INTRO sucks Fedor’s nuts too much and decided to let him know that, if you have a problem with something I type skip it.

why don’t you skip intros than?

I do most days, boring day at work and the guy posts 80 times a day. I read most posts by all and sometimes his love of all things Fedor get to me. I’m over it now. thanks for the concern kid.

I do most days, boring day at work

your bored? i will give you something to do.

ziippp~ there you go jay have at it
jay~ slurrpp glug
jay~ slurrrpp slurrrrrpp gluggg gluggg

dam you know what your doing jay

jay~ slurrrrpppp gluggggg gluuuggggg

dam bro calm down or i will put it away.

jay(with a tear in his eye) no please i will be good.

no thanks jay.

I thought school started already?

Or is the unemployment line too long to wait in?

older than you and make more than you, deal with it. i am getting paid to talk shit to you right now.

LOL!!!!

its ok honey, poor kid you just don’t know better.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice posts Introvert…sucking Fedors cock as usual.

nice posts intro…sucking Fedors wang as usual.

Nice post,jay…homosexually filled as usual.

jay do you ever post with out talking about gay sex?or is that all you know.

now, now, children.. let’s play nice..

shoot shogun I was wondering when you were going to come to Intro’s rescue. I thought school was in? Nothing to do but fiddle Intros sphincter?

jay, you are pathetic. A guy who does nothing but insult, and bitch and moan about my posts. It’s quite simple really, if you don’t like my posts….FACK OFF!!!

again with your homo dreams, is that all you talk about kids and gay sex? by the way son ask your mom how old i am.

“Nothing to do but fiddle Intros sphincter?”

LMAO.

"Nothing to do but fiddle Intros sphincter?"

LMAO.

ojr meaning of lmao

lick
my
ass
off

large
manhole
ass
open
is that what you where trying to tell gay?

Don’t cry because you got owned, shogun.

I am sure you will get some original material someday…

open
jaw
ready

i am sorry ojr, i didn’t mean to leave you out here you go.

Zipppp~

SHOGUN you are a school aged child correct? You said up there you think you are older and make more money than someone, proof? What do you do and age? There is no way in the world you are an adult! How much does trickin’ pay to say you make more than someone? Dudes really pay that much for young tail?

seriously i burned you and ojr so many times but i don’t think they will make it through.

a line from jay
Dudes really pay that much for young tail?

why are you interested in young boys and there price?
how much do you pay for young tail?

shogun, just quit, you aren’t funny. Some dudes have it and some don’t, you obviously don’t. How can u tell ojr you are all grown up, but still have no idea about there and their? If that was the post that put me and ojr in our respective places I would have to say EPIC FAIL!

you where almost good with that one, but that was your best jay and it was still weak. jay your life equals EPIC FAIL.

ps. that wasn’t the good one but maybe you could go back and check spelling and grammer on all of my post because thats all you got.

just 4 u shogun, a check list.
big house, check.
great career, check.
hot wife, check.
great kids, check.

yeah u r right I’m the loser. Go make another pizza pocket, kick off your shoes, think up something you think is funny to this reply and go fack yourself.

you where almost good. That was a joke right?

you where almost good. That was a joke right?

no you where almost funny, just made a few mistakes or it could have been a good one.

just 4 u shogun, a check list.
big house, check. actually 2 of them not huge though
great career, check. great maybe? good money yes
hot wife, check. she used to be where getting older
great kids, check. there not too bad

roy what are you talking about? None of that makes any sense.

Forrest beat shogun an rampage, he is a legit opponent for anyone at 205, just because everyone says he sucks now don’t make it true.

Forrest definitely doesn’t suck and is a very solid contender at 205 (though he didn’t really beat Rampage). But stylistically he was a cake walk for Anderson. Dana knew it and Forrest knew it. Forrest fights the same way Anderson fights with the same weapons (punches, kicks, knees) but at half the speed. He had nothing in his arsenal that posed any threat to Silva and Silva clowned on him just like Dana wanted. After those two very disappointing matches with Leites and Cote had everyone booing during Silvas fights,Dana was looking for someone famous who would make Silva look really good. Forrest was hand-picked to be Silva’s punching bag for his exhibition. I was pissed as soon as they announced that fight because I knew exactly what Dana was up to and I think it was disrespectful to Forrest to humiliate him like that. It was obvious from his interviews that he wasn’t happy about that matchup, but Forrest doesn’t duck and choose like Anderson, so Dana knew he’d accept it and give it his best effort.

Forrest is a great fighter and matches up very well against Shogun, Rampage, Rashad, Thiago, Tito, Chuck, etc. But he was picked specifically because he had nothing in his bag of tricks that posed any threat whatsoever to Dana’s pet.

Buakaw Por Pramuk, Badr Hari, and the late Arturo Gatti are my favourite fighters….you?

I’m affraid your "Anderson will fight whoever, whenever is obviously WRONG!!!!…considering he doesn’t want to fight Nate, Hendo or Machida.

WTF does he need to fight 2 people he already beat?

Use another angle, introvert.

That one is weak, brother.

Um, because they are the #1 contenders for his belt. I suppose you’re one of those that thinks if a fighter loses one fight they should just retire and get it over with?

intro he smoked Hendo and Nate, I wouldn’t pay to see either of those fights as a main event on PPV. That is why these fights are bad ideas, they won’t sell. And how are they the number one contenders? There can only be one number one contender and that is still Okami in my book.

yeah, and Serra and Hughes both smoked GSP in their first encounters. So GSP didn’t deserve a rematch either? And Hughes shoulda packed it all up after tapping to B.J.? And Liddell should’ve just retired after Randy totally schooled him in their first match?

GSP wasn’t given rematches until he cleaned out all other contenders.

Hendo needs to fight Nate, forget the resumes, fight to see who the number one contender is. Hendo just beat Bisping, that doesn’t get you a title fight IMO.

So Dan’s pride resume all of a sudden makes him better than Marquardt right now? Henderson killed an overrated Bisping and now I am suppose to buy a Anderson Silva rematch? Nate vs Dan is the fight I want to see before a rematch that wasn’t close. I dont care that Dan held Anderson down for a round, the fight was not close as it didnt last into the third.

Spot on jay and woody, Hendo-Nate needs to happen before either of them deserve a title fight. As great as Hendo’s resume is it means nothing contendership wise, if you could get a title fight because of past success then Chuck and Randy would be fighting for the next shot at Machida.

Exactly David…spot on as usual. Why waste one of Silva’s fights against these guys if we don’t even know which one of them is best? Let them fight it out and in the mean time Silva can fight LHW again.

a) we DO know which one is best b) we definitely know which one can give Silva a better fight (Hendo). c)if Silva wants to keep the MW belt, he has to defend it. How could defending his title against the top contender be a waste of time compared to a meaningless fight like Mir!

Personally, I think Silva should abandon the MW belt and focus on fighting top-5 LHs and legends. I think he’d be a major threat to the LHW belt. But if he wants to keep his belt because he’s afraid he can’t get Machida’s, then he needs to defend it regularly instead of faking surgeries while the condenders whittle each other down. That’s pathetic!

shonuff, how do we know who is better between Hendo n Nate? Not including your crystal ball, what has happened to make you sure Nate isn’t better? I think that Nate takes that fight 70% of the time. I don’t have a crystal ball though so my opinion is just that, an opinion.

You don’t need a crystal ball, Jay, just an unbiased look at what they’ve accomplished. Dan has beaten Franklin, Wanderlei, Vitor, Noguiera (big nog). Who has Nate beat on that level? Who has he even fought on that level??? Nobody! Hendo simultaneously held the MW and LHW belts and beat the #2 HEAVYWEIGHT in the world. I like Nate as much as anybody…I like him considerably more than I like Hendo, but what has he ever done to put him in the same league with Hendo, much less claim he’s better! It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that Hendo is better, just a little objectivity and a step back from the UFC hype factory.

it’s handpicking because he’s calling out a specific fighter who has nothing to do with any title or either of the weight classes he fights in. Why would he do that? Because he knows Mir is the one decorated HW that poses no threat to him and make an easy feather in his cap. Otherwise why call out Mir specifically? Why not just say, “I wanna prove myself against some top Heavyweights.” ???

And for the record, people, Mir’s stoppage of Nog just means that he showed up awake! It’s nothing to brag about. Nog was so sick that Kenny Florian could’ve knocked him out that night. Mir and Nog need to rematch. I don’t blame Mir for wanting to claim that victory, that’s how people are. I like to tell everyone that I beat my super-athletic sports-god friend at racquetball. But I conveniently leave out the part about him being in a full leg brace at the time. Heheh.

Of course Frank doesn’t want a rematch! Why risk erasing the best line on his resume! He knows he didn’t fight the real Nog. Heck, he’s probably the one who put the staff germs in Nog’s koolaid to begin with! He knew germ warfare was the only way he was gonna beat Noguiera.

I’ll jump on any wagon that has a chance to pull a hit-n-run on Lesnar…anything for a chance to have a heavyweight champion with some class.

MW UFC champ-no class.
LW UFC champ-no class.
Strikeforce next HW champ-no balls.
Shonuff not all champs are GSP.

Sad but true!

GSP, Randy, Evan Tanner…those are champs you can respect. People may fear Lesnar’s power or B.J./Anderson’s skills, but how do you respect a guy who talks so much trash or who calls on his Mama to testify when he takes his opponent to court after throwing in the towel, or who sits on his belt pretending to have surgery until he gets to pick his own opponents.

Agreed big time!

What the f^ck are you talking about who has class and no class shon? Your cutting down fighters via keyboard now that’s fockin classy if you ask me shon. Fact is in the ring BJ, GSP, Silva, machida & Brock are all classy fighters who gives a f6ck what they do outside of the ring unless maybe your a WWE fan?

I dont know WHy all u LADIES are concerned with who has class and who doesnt. These guys get paid to kill each other, to have a mind set to fight one must have NO RESPECT for his opponent. U people have no clue about fighting believe me on this one. No matter how Randy and these guys talk about having respect, DEEP down inside when the fight is HAPPENING they HAVE NO LOVE OR RESPECT FOr their OPPONENT. NOW after the fight is a diff story.

That is what we are talking about Zack. Try to keep up.

I’m not saying the guys Anderson fought recently are trash. Far from it! I’m just saying that they have styles that make them easy targets and pose no threat, and that Silva refuses to fight the guys whose styles do pose a threat. You’re right, Forest is a great fighter and can win big fights…but not against someone who has all the same tools he has with more speed, accuracy, and power. Forrest is a Camero. He can beat a monster truck. He can’t beat a fighter jet.

I agree with the general public that Anderson Silva is one of the best in the history of the sport…very possibly THE best…but he still has to prove it and this business of taking time off until he gets the specific fights he wants in other weight classes is disgraceful.

Rampage wanted Wandy because Wandy was the reigning champion of their division. He wasn’t calling out random guys from other weight classes.