Anderson Silva interview

dunkamania

Anderson discussing his planned 2009 retirement :-(

"Everything has its time, and I believe my time is already over"

http://www.fightlinker.com/?p=3482

calex71

"let’s just hope they line him up against guys like GSP, Quinton Jackson, and Chuck Liddell rather than more chum like Patrick Cote."

He said he wants to have the 6 fights left on his contract done by June 2009 !!!!!

I think the guy is awesome but his fights bore me mainly down to his opposition in the last few maybe.

I have to say though i respect someone who quits at the top , i mean how many fighters have the UFC and others got who are ex champs and well past the sell by date

deepriver

who would win between fedor & silva at 205?

Pride Fighter

deepriver wrote: »

who would win between fedor & silva at 205?

Fedor. Silva is a cleaner puncher but Fedor is a harder puncher (look at the fight with Sylvia). Fedor is better on the ground and a better wrestler. He is also much stronger. Silva is a tiny bit quicker but not enough to make a difference.

cowzerp

I think silva could beat fedor, and i also think he punches at least as hard as fedor..would be a cool fight..never even thought of it till now..

deepriver

on skill alone I think they are a match, but fedor would win out on strength, naturally a much stronger guy

dlofnep

Silva wouldn't last 30 seconds with Fedor. Stop blagarding.

Nothingcompares

The chances of Anderson Silva beating Fedor are less likely than Fedor cutting to 205.

dunkamania

Silva would win due to stoppage by cuts.....its Fedor we are talking about here.

dlofnep

dlofnep wrote: »

Silva wouldn't last 30 seconds with Fedor. Stop blagarding.

Nonsense, you speak of Anderson like he;s a chump. Fedor is amazing and IMO the best but he's human and beatable and a guy with Andersons skillset is dangerous for ANYONE.

LukerC

Exactly lindland was giving fedor a bit of trouble in their fight and he's also a natural middleweight. He had fedor cut and was about to take him down until fedor held da ropes and IMO silva is a superior fighter to a blown up lindland.

dlofnep

Deleted User wrote: »

Nonsense, you speak of Anderson like he;s a chump. Fedor is amazing and IMO the best but he's human and beatable and a guy with Andersons skillset is dangerous for ANYONE.

I don't speak of him like he's a chump. But he is beatable. Fedor has yet to lose a fight. Fedor would beat the almighty tripe out of Anderson, easily. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just on this Anderson bandwagon. Fedor would destroy him.

dlofnep

LukerC wrote: »

Exactly lindland was giving fedor a bit of trouble in their fight and he's also a natural middleweight. He had fedor cut and was about to take him down until fedor held da ropes and IMO silva is a superior fighter to a blown up lindland.

LOL @ giving him trouble. He wasn't giving him anything.

Dragan

dlofnep wrote: »

I don't speak of him like he's a chump. But he is beatable. Fedor has yet to lose a fight. Fedor would beat the almighty tripe out of Anderson, easily. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just on this Anderson bandwagon. Fedor would destroy him.

Easy enough to say that anyone who can't even fathom a scrap between two world class fighters going either way is on the Fedor Bandwagon?:pac:

For my money Fedor would take the win, but i think Anderson would outwork him on the feet for a while and tag him, most likely cut him as well.

It would go to the ground when Fedor wanted it to, but the interesting thing here is that Fedor's takedown traditionally happen from the clinch.

Not where you want to be going with Anderson really.

It would be interesting i think.

LukerC

LOL @ giving him trouble. He wasn't giving him anything.

So ur saying if lindland had got fedor down it was impossible for him to open the cut more to force a stoppage.

dlofnep

LukerC wrote: »

So ur saying if lindland had got fedor down it was impossible for him to open the cut more to force a stoppage.

I'm saying Lindland under no circumstances could ever beat Fedor. And either could Anderson Silva.

I love how everone is on the Anderson Bangwagon lately. Fedor has NEVER lost a fight (His fight against TK doesn't count).

Anderson was heelhooked by Chonan and triangled by Takase. He has lost fights. He is beatable. He is a great fighter, but Fedor weighs about 35lbs heavier than him and is an all around better fighter, and has accomplished much more.

If they ever fought, I would have no qualms with betting €500 with anybody on here that Fedor would beat him.

LukerC

I'm saying Lindland under no circumstances could ever beat Fedor. And either could Anderson Silva.

Now thats just silly, it appears we'll have to agree to disagree.

Fozzy

Every fighter is beatable. Nothing can be ruled out in a once-off fight where any number of factors can affect the course of it

dlofnep wrote: »

If they ever fought, I would have no qualms with betting €500 with anybody on here that Fedor would beat him.

dlofnep wrote: »

Fedor has NEVER lost a fight (His fight against TK doesn't count).

So you won't be paying up if Anderson wins by cut? :pac:

dlofnep

Loss to cut would be ruled a No Contest.

LukerC - Fedor destroyed Lindland. He held the rope for a second or two, big whoop! Lindland looked absolutely dismal in his last fight. Fedor looked very impressive. Do the math.

dlofnep

dlofnep wrote: »

Loss to cut would be ruled a No Contest.

LukerC - Fedor destroyed Lindland. He held the rope for a second or two, big whoop! Lindland looked absolutely dismal in his last fight. Fedor looked very impressive. Do the math.

No Fedor armbarred Lindland, fairly quickly after he reversed a takedown using the ropes illegally for assistance. Fedor is one of my favourite fighters but I'm not in denial, he used the ropes to help himself which was breaking the rules. But had he not held the rope he'd have gone down. He may well have scrambled and it wouldn't have mattered but we'll never know. Lindland is an Olympic silver medalist, who knows.

To be honest you are basically just coming accross like a Fedor bandwagoner in that you point blank refuse to believe he can be beaten and are almost belittling people for suggesting otherwise. He was lucky not to go out against Fujita. He gassed at the end against Minotauro the 3rd time they fought and MARK HUNT nearly kimura'd him. He's amazing, I believe he is the best but there are times we've seen him look human (admittedly he comes through those times showing incredible heart and skill) and he is certainly beatable.

I'll say this...has he ever fought as dynamic a striker as Anderson? No. Crocop had at that point descended into a left kick merchant with a nice left cross and decent takedown defence, Crocop also never had a clinch. Crocop did come back after that and looked awesome in the OWGP but I never felt like he let enough of his stand up arsenal go against fedor. he was always looking for the one shot KO and looked scared of the takedown tbh. Neither Mirko nor Hunt have much of a ground game.


If they fought I'd have my money on Fedor but I certainly wouldn't be ruling Anderson out.

dlofnep

A bandwagoner is people jumping on this Anderson bangwagon after watching a few of his fights in the UFC. I was watching MMA when Anderson knocked out Carlos Newton. I'm aware of his potential. I think he's a great fighter, but at the same point - I've watched Fedor since rings and I truly believe he is the greatest fighter in the world.

Lindland did not have a hope in hell of beating him. Fact.

dlofnep

dlofnep wrote: »

A bandwagoner is people jumping on this Anderson bangwagon after watching a few of his fights in the UFC. I was watching MMA when Anderson knocked out Carlos Newton. I'm aware of his potential. I think he's a great fighter, but at the same point - I've watched Fedor since rings and I truly believe he is the greatest fighter in the world.

Lindland did not have a hope in hell of beating him. Fact.

I'm not on Andersons bandwagon, did i not just tell you that I think fedor would win? Where I disagree is with the "no chance ever" concept you seem to think is plausible.

I've known about Anderson long before his UFC days too

I remeber him schooling Lee Murray. I remember his fights with Takase/Chonan etc (I have all of the events he fought in PRIDE on dvd) He's ALWAYS been an amazing striker. He in the past has struggled when put on his back. However he has improved. Just because a guy got beaten 5 years ago doesnt mean he'll lose now. Same as just because a guy was dominant 5 years ago doesnt mean he'll dominate all comers now.

Sorry but there are no FACTS. There's only the evidence of what we watched. And what I saw was Fedor about to be taken down using the ropes to adjust his hip position in a manner he would not have been able to do without the ropes. So the only fact is that Lindland can't beat Fedor when the ropes are used

Dragan

Important Notice :

I hate the "Fact" thing, and unfortunately i am a Mod of this forum. I'll be making a change to the charge where using the "Fact" thing to end you posts will be infractable or possible bannable if you piss me off enough.

Fair warning i think.

As for the why, because it's rude, arrogant and not what i want this MMA forum to be about, which is the polite discussion, with passion, of adults kicking the sweet bejesus out of each other.

deepriver

Nothingcompares wrote: »

The chances of Anderson Silva beating Fedor are less likely than Fedor cutting to 205.

fedor looks like he could lose a few pounds, bordeline man boobs, but obviously he keeps his weight up to compete at HW, at his height his natural weight is probably around the LHW mark

Dragan

Dragan wrote: »

Important Notice :

I hate the "Fact" thing, and unfortunately i am a Mod of this forum. I'll be making a change to the charge where using the "Fact" thing to end you posts will be infractable or possible bannable if you piss me off enough.

Fair warning i think.

As for the why, because it's rude, arrogant and not what i want this MMA forum to be about, which is the polite discussion, with passion, of adults kicking the sweet bejesus out of each other.

Good man. Was gonna do that at a later date myself because it borders into the extension on the charter about belittling others who prefer styles or fighters. But since I was involved in the disscussion I didnt want to be seen to be mod bullying!

Nothingcompares

deepriver wrote: »

fedor looks like he could lose a few pounds, bordeline man boobs, but obviously he keeps his weight up to compete at HW, at his height his natural weight is probably around the LHW mark

Don't get me wrong. If fedor was american he'd be fighting at 205, I would reckon forrest griffen is bigger than him. but my interpretation of fedor as a character (:D) is that weight cutting isn't something that has or will ever appeal to him.

t-ha

Nothingcompares wrote: »

but my interpretation of fedor as a character (:D) is that weight cutting isn't something that has or will ever appeal to him.

...once upon a time maybe.

Fedor & Aleks

deepriver

Nothingcompares wrote: »

Don't get me wrong. If fedor was american he'd be fighting at 205, I would reckon forrest griffen is bigger than him. but my interpretation of fedor as a character (:D) is that weight cutting isn't something that has or will ever appeal to him.

yea agree.. its not like there is any incentive for him to cut weight since he can beat up everyone in the world (possibly)...!

Nothingcompares

t-ha wrote: »

...once upon a time maybe.

Fedor & Aleks

lol at that picure. i bet fedor is about 10 in it

Kent Brockman

dlofnep wrote: »

I'm saying Lindland under no circumstances could ever beat Fedor. .

I remember watching that fight and thinking that Fedor had used the ropes to prevent the take-down. It would have been interesting to see if Matt (Olympic wrestler)could have kept him down and hammer fisted his way to a cuts stoppage?
Guess we'll never Know but that is a fairly blinkered quote you've made..

(Travis Luter could and probably should have beaten Anderson Silva..... I'm sure you would agree that to say 'Lutter under no circumstances could ever beat Silva' would sound silly)

Clive

dlofnep wrote: »

Fedor has NEVER lost a fight (His fight against TK doesn't count).

LMAO!

Nog has never lost a fight either (except for decisions, which don't count).

My record is perfect too (apart from submissions and knockouts, which don't count).

Fedor lost. He avenged that loss years later. ACTUAL FACT.

Pride Fighter

Clive wrote: »

LMAO!

Nog has never lost a fight either (except for decisions, which don't count).

My record is perfect too (apart from submissions and knockouts, which don't count).

Fedor lost. He avenged that loss years later. ACTUAL FACT.

He did not lose that fight. TK did a strike that warrants a DSQ but as it was a tourney and they had no alternates he advanced. Although I never seen the fight, I heard Arona should have gotten a UD against Fedor but it went the other way.