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How do you see this fight going?
He is.You're kidding right?
Finally, a reasonable take.Anderson wins a horrid stinker, with maybe a 30% chance of getting outpointed in an ugly fight where Silva tries to showboat and win a few big moments.
Silva is an amazing fighter but people really gloss over his indifference to leading. If Bisping was able to outbox and outstrategize a faded but stylistically intact Silva, Strickland has a more than zero chance of doing the same.
Anderson was 40 when that happened. He was, in his prime, extremely fast.Anderson wins a horrid stinker, with maybe a 30% chance of getting outpointed in an ugly fight where Silva tries to showboat and win a few big moments.
Silva is an amazing fighter but people really gloss over his indifference to leading. If Bisping was able to outbox and outstrategize a faded but stylistically intact Silva, Strickland has a more than zero chance of doing the same.
Thanks lol. I have Silva as the greatest MW I've ever seen, but the most effective part of his game was his ground and pound. And I'm not saying that as a diss, most fighters would really benefit from that part of his style.Finally, a reasonable take.
I don't disagree. But he was the same style fighter. In his prime, he backed up to the fence and had sketchy cage craft that relied on his reflexes for defense, as opposed to something systemic or coherent that would age well. It's why Aldo is streets ahead as a defensive fighter and aged so much better.Anderson was 40 when that happened. He was, in his prime, extremely fast.
He still easily beat Maia. It wasn't even close. If Strickland gets aggressive, he gets countered by young/fast Anderson. It'd look the same as the Perreira fight.I don't disagree. But he was the same style fighter. In his prime, he backed up to the fence and had sketchy cage craft that relied on his reflexes for defense, as opposed to something systemic or coherent that would age well. It's why Aldo is streets ahead as a defensive fighter and aged so much better.
To put it in concrete terms, if Bisping fought Silva prime for prime, Bisping gets knocked out after a couple rounds where he wins by simply landing more jabs and glancing shots while Silva goofs off on the fence. Put it this way, prime Silva had a horrid fight with Maia. What's stopping him from doing the same against Strickland?
I would say it depends a bit on which era of Silva were talking about, as his UFC run went on and "The Matrix" hype built he became more and more of a counter fighter but earlier Silva as say vs Franklin was much more aggressive.Anderson wins a horrid stinker, with maybe a 30% chance of getting outpointed in an ugly fight where Silva tries to showboat and win a few big moments.
Silva is an amazing fighter but people really gloss over his indifference to leading. If Bisping was able to outbox and outstrategize a faded but stylistically intact Silva, Strickland has a more than zero chance of doing the same.