Anderson Silva's elbow + Vitor Belfort's weight = UFC 108 trouble

Make weight??? He better make funeral arrangements!

I thought anderson said he never injured his elbow? wtf?

He probably didn’t it seems like anytime his manager is unhappy with a fight he brings up Silva’s elbow for some reason. Sounds like BS to me.

VERY VERY interesting and true. Vitors conditioning might be at risk here 185 might be too much for Vitor to still remain explosive. Either way Anderson is still going to beat him

Anderson Silva should have won the Nobel Peace Prize… for being Anderson Silva _

Sounds like they are delaying it for some reason and making excuses. Its not Soares job to worry about whether or not Vitor will make weight. Its Vitor’s responsibility.

Soares keeps telling Dana and Joe Silva how to do their job. Who the frak does this guy think he is?!?!?!? Yer damn right he’ll take the fight out of respect for White and the UFC…cause their his frakkin bosses! First this guy’s overruling Dana’s promise to Hendo to have the next shot, and dictating who HE thinks Hendo should have to fight next. Then he fakes an elbow surgery till he gets his way. Then when Dan’s contract expires, that story is denied. Now he’s telling Dana he doesn’t think Vitor deserves to fight Silva. You Mainiacs have been mocking me for saying Silva is hand-picking his fights, but here we go again! Silva will find some way out of this fight until he can get Mir or whomever else he’s decided poses no threat to him. Anderson got his title shot after 1 fight with a barely ranked Chris Leben, how can he complain about Vitor getting a shot after beating Franklin, the previous MW champ who’d still be ranked #2 at MW was king at 195 and had a better record than Silva till Vitor came along.

If he has problems with his elbow, thats a completely justifiable reason to to be concerned about having enough time to heal and train for someone like Belfort… But making an issue over his weight is LAME. This is the same guy who called out a HEAVYWEIGHT in Frank Mir right? Vitor is a good challenger for the 185 belt right now regardless if his last fight was at 195. After reading this, it sounds like maybe “Spoares” (They are MMA’s fave couple, now they have a nickname!) is a little worried…

So Anderson will fight Vitor and if he wins he gets the winner of Hendo and Nate. If he loses he gets a rematch after vitor defends once.

GSP gets who next? The Swik vs Hardy winner? I think Okami should drop down. He can hang better in the wrestling department with GSP and he beat Swick, Lister, etc

first he’s 200%, then he’s less than 100%.

too many number. please just fight.

the spider will clear out the division i want to see how many fights he ll have to do to get a shot at the title after that

scared of vitor what a puss

Anderson Silva is a great fighter but I cannot wait for someone to knock his block off and bring him down back to planet earth! This guy and his manager are the most arrogant SOB’s!!! Show some respect to Vitor, a guy whos competed and won belts in 2 different wieght classes. Fock Anderson and his lame “elbow” excuse…he’s gonna “wonder who hurt me?” After he waked up from being KO’d by Vitor….

The truth is Anderson Silva has trouble with fast punchers with KO power…watch the Lee Murray fight where he goes to the ground once he sees how fast Murray is…if anyone thinks Anderson is fast, multiply that by 3 or 4 and thats how fast Vitor is and with brutal KO power. I think Vitor takes out Silva by KO. Vitor’s ground game is under rated also. He was able to take Chuck down rather easily when they fought.

His manager is full of it sometimes, he is starting to sound like BJ… god I hope Andersons manager doesnt say more stupid shit to take Anderson down BJ Penn path…. Votor made weight and fought at 185 for Affliction, ….

This is horseshit. Vitor did fine making weight in Strikeforce at 185 twice & got first round ko’s both times. He’s looking better in the cage than he has in years. He’s stronger & faster at 185 than he ever was at 205. Silva’s manager is coddling his fighter from a dangerous matchup. Vitor has absolutely nothing to lose in this fight, & everything to gain, & I think Silva’s manager is afraid of that fact.

i never did like anderson..always thought he was full of shit…they need 2 crack down on him…either defend it or give it up…anderson is pulling a strikeforce n that shit isnt cool

ha,ha,ha,ha, the elbow injury is back! :) silva and his manager are full of shit. i’m telling you guys, he is more worried about protecting his legacy than fighting the best competition. he handpicked forest so he could say he embarassed a former lhw champ, he called out mir so he could do the same thing. if he had his way, he would fight mir, st.piere, and some other hand picked opponent for his last fights. he is avoiding hendo like the plaugue. that fight is too risky for him.

Yawn. It’s funny how new to MMA some people sound. I agree however that Vitor’s weight is NONE of Soares’ concern. That said…Vitor won’t make it against Silva.

As for what someone said earlier about Silva fighting Fedor. I’d LOVE to see that. Because Silva would stand a VERY good chance of being the winner of that bout. Anyone who REALLY knows what they are talking about wouldn’t be dumb enough to say anything other than the odds are something like 50/50 if Fedor and Silva fought.

For my part I’d actually favor Silva in the fight I’d give Silva probably a 65% chance of beating Fedor. Here’s hoping that Rogers murders Fedor and pops the delusional bubble that Fedor’s fans have harbored for SO long.

I don’t dislike Fedor, I dislike the way he allows himself to be owned by his management. And I dislike the fanatical, detached from reality attitude his fans have, who refuse to acknowledge that Fedor has a decent but inflated record that he’s garnered by fighting B level competition.

Let Fedor fight..

Dos Santos
Mir
Lesnar

In something like that order…if he survives those fights..he’s definitely the greatest heavyweight…but still not the best fighter.

I believe that one of Fedor’s greatest advantages is he’s really a natural light heavyweight. He’s god speed and mobility on most of the people he fights.

I think people like Rashad, Lyoto and Anderson would have similar success against most HW’s.

Then there’s the Lesnars. Don’t care how good you are..you’ve got problems if you aren’t big. Fedor IS a better technical fighter than Lesnar. But IF they ever fight…Fedor will look like Mir did.

End of story…

why the Fuck are people goin on like Silva is turning down this fight or trying to get out of it…he isnt…hes just having surgery and he fights who ever is put in front of him and always has done…stupid moanin yanks keep crying coz henderson is not getting a shot when he doesnt even deserve one!!!!!! Silva kicked hendos ass then and he would do it again no problem…it would just be a waste of the fight!

I don’t see Belfort missing 185. Like the article says, he’s fought twice at that weight. If the target weight of the last fight was 195, then he was only shooting for that weight, and dieting/training accordingly. With a fight at 185, his diet will be different. It’s not like a fighter just wings it… “Hey, I think I’ll try to make weight today.” It’s a regulated planned out thing. Diego Sanchez is a great example of a dude whose coaches have this down to a science. I think Belfort will make weight no problem. This is just smack talk to pump the fight.

Tired of hearing Ed Soares talk about how Anderson’s opponents shouldn’t get shots. Let’s hear a little “Anderson will fight anyone and beat them.” Not “Henderson doesn’t deserve a shot” and “Marquardt doesn’t deserve a shot” and “Vitor doesn’t deserve a shot”. Makes your fighter look whiny and fussy.

A. silva is geting cockier nd cockier, i hope sum1 wud smash him, getting tired of his cockiness wat an AS* lol.

Every AS thread ends the same way nowadays. Why is he ducking Hendo and Nate??? Why duck someone you beat already. Hendo has shown nothing in his game to make me believe his a threat. Look at the Bisping fight… He already had his chance and couldn’t out wrestle him and that is suppossed to be his strongest asset. Nate also got a whoopin too.
 
Hendo is fading away from the limelight and he is scared that he will soon be irrelevant in the game. Thats why he is pushing for the title fight, He knows its his last chance at glory.. Nate should shut his mouth and wait for AS to retire so he can get the belt.
I want a Hendo vs Nate match up myself. I pick Nate as the winner by TKO.

SORRY, BUT I CANT SEE ANYONE BEATING ANDERSON AT 185 RIGHT NOW! at 205 HE CAN LOSE TO A FEW FIGHTERS, BUT STILL WOULD POSE A THREAT TO ANYONE. This Guy is great and one of the best if not the best right now,

i dont think hendo has the speed in striking and if he does get anderson down he carnt finish andy anyway. Like robbo said vitor has the speed and silva went all 3 rounds with uk’s lee murray winning a decision but he said it was his toughest fight to date. And lee did stand and bang catching him a few times but the 3rd round lee was really tired and getting kicked around abit i just wish murray wasn’t such a nutcase he was a good fighter he also knocked tito out cold in a street fight when tito was champ lol i suppose theirs good in everyone WAR VITOR

HENDERSON ALREADY BEAT BELFORT AND HAS BEEN A CHAMPION AT TWO DIFFRENT WEIGHT CLASSES AT THE SAME TIME NO ONE HAS EVER DONE THAT AND HENDERSON HAS NEVER BEEN KOED BY ANYONE LETS SEE PIERE MOVE UP TO 185 AND TRY TO BEAT HENDO OR AT 205 MTCHITA TRY TO BEAT HIM OR FOR THAT MATTER WHEN HENDO BATTLED SPIDER THAT FIGHT DID NOT LOOK ON THE UP AND UP BECAUSE HENDO HAD HIS HAND ON THE SPIDERS FACE FOR OVER HALF OF THE FIRST ROUND AND COULD OF HAMMERFISTED HIM THE HOLE TIME AND ELBOWED HIM AND EITHER BROKE HIS NOSE AND ALSO MADE HIM BLEED AND THEN TO MAKE IT WORSE THE SPIDER SHOWED HIM NO RESPECT AFTER THE FIGHT THIS TIME HENDERSON WOULD KICK HIS ASS GOOD AND HE KNOWS IT

I agree that this should be Silvas last fight at this weight. He has proved that he is just too good for them all.

However, Vitor brings aggression, explosivness and with maturity, pateince to this fight and becuase of this, I think it will be one of the greatest fights ever seen in MMA history.

hendo beat belfort 2 years ago when vitor had problems. And if silva didnt choke hendo he was close to being knocked out i agree that silva should have showed dan some respect but if dan could of hurt the spider on the mat why didnt he. And who did he beat in pride to get those belts that the top ufc guys could not beat. Dan could not beat silva or jackson so he has no chance with machida. Vitor has never being knocked out cold only tko by randy. Dan bearly beat rich and vitor destroyed rich in round 1 and did you know wandi also beat dan in their first fight if dan fights silva again i think silva will be the first to knock dan out dan was rocked in the first fight before he got chocked out he said it himself. So what if dan held 2 pride belts this is the ufc he has had 2 instant title shots at the ufc and lost both times give vitor a chance. Dan is a great fighter with huge power but lets be honest apart from taking silva down and putting his hand over his mouth he didnt do shit but get beat up after that.

I DONT KNOW WHAT FIGHT YOU WERE WATCHING WITH FRANKLIN BUT HE DOMINATED HIM ON THE GROUND FOR TWO ROUNDS AND EVRY ROUND HIT HIM WITH SHOTS THAT GOT HIM IN TROUBLE THAN TAKE ALOOK AT 95 PERCENT OF HENDERSON HITING PEOPLE ON THE GROUND FOR ONE AND THE HAMMERFISTING AND DAMAGE HE DOES THEN TAKE ALOOK AT THE SPIDER FIGHT AND THE SPIDER HAD NO DEFENCE FOR HIS FACE THAT FIGHT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT EASY ON THE SPIDER AND HENDERSON LOOKED VARY FAST WHEN FIGHTING BISPING SILVA DID NOT OUT STIKE HIM HE HAD MORE POWER SHOTS THAN SILVA ONE GOOD KNEE DONT CONSTITUTE AN ASS KICING THEN SLOW THE LAST 60 SECONDS DOWN HENDERSON WAS TOLD TO TAKE A DIVE ONE 20 SECONDS LEFT IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO CHOKE OUT HENDERSON TWO HENDERSON HAD A DEFENCE FOR THE AND JUST LET HIM GET GET HIS ARMS AROUND HIS NECK WHY WOULD HE LET HIM DO THAT WITH 20 SECONDS LEFT HE KNEW HOW MUTCH TIME WAS LEFT HE WAS LOOKING AT THE CLOCK JUST BEFORE HE GAVE HIM THE CHOKE I WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE AND WHEN HE TAPPED HE WASENT CLOSE TO BEING IN TROUBLE THAT WAS A JOKE HENDERSON WANTS HIS ASS AND HE KNOWS IT

Vitor has no chance against the spider, TKO mano.

look he fought silva and lost he didnt do damage to silva or make him tired. All he did is take him down and covered his mouth with his hand and a few pussy hammerfists. Just inuf to piss silva off then you saw what happened you carnt compare bisping to silva and even bisping landed more shots on hendo than hendo landed on him before getting knocked out bisping just has no real ko power thats why hendo could just wade in. He tried that when he fought silva and he got rocked right away.

how did he get rocked he did no damage in the first round none the second round with one knee and sorry that one knee does not make an ass kicking and 20 seconds left is not enough time to choke out hendo and when he tapped he wasent in trouble at all i was sitting right there if henderson did his usual work he would have broken silvs nose silva had no defence for his face take a look at the last 60 seconds in slow motion that fight was given to silva henderson looked right at the clock and knew how mutch time was left when he droped his hands and let yes i say let silva choke him in a real fight henderson would and will kick his ass and he knows it