by MMA Punk on April 15, 2010 325 views to the Head
Dana White announced on “Jim Rome is burning” that Anderson Silva will be mixing it up with Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 in Utah. First of all Utah isn’t exactly going to be friendly confines for the Spider but I won’t even go there.
So it looks like Sonnen did enough talking to get his shot at Silva after all. I say talking because his record’s not exactly great is it. He’s 3-1 in his second go around with the UFC which includes a submission loss to Damian Maia via triangle choke. In Chael’s defense though he did reel off 3 wins since, albeit decision wins, but wins none the less. He defeated Dan Miller, Yuhin Okami and the once sure thing for a title shot Nate Marquardt. I don’t know if a guy that was handled so easilly by Maia can even compete with the likes of the spider.
Sonnen went as far to say that some guys deserve to be beat up and Anderson is one of them. That tells me he plans on banging with Silva. Can that really be a good thing for Sonnen to do! I’m sorry but this doesn’t seem like much of a punishment for the champ , instead it looks like an attempt to bring all the Silva fans out of hiding and make Anderson look like a KO machine once again. Remember only 2 of Silvas fights have gone the distance and theres no way that Sonnen can out strike Silva so this fight only has one possible outcome, a KO followed by Buffer announcing AND STLL.
By late August I see Anderson Silva being everyones hero again. Damn I was just getting comfortable with this guy being the guy everyone LOVES to HATE. Something like Lesnar. Oh well, I guess there wont be “A Bad Guy” holding the middleweight title but a everybody’s favorite KO machine. Anderson “The Spider” Silva.
by MMA Punk on April 13, 2010 77 views to the Head
This is a special guest post by SpenceDaddy. If you would like to write a guest post, email jamesinfla AT msn DOT com.
At UFC 112 many fans witnessed what is considered to be one of, if not the, most disrespectful fights in mma history, Anderson Silva vs. Damien Maia. Silva had stated “Maia disrespected me as a fighter” and said “This is my job and I take it seriously.” Being and mma fighter would be one hell of a job, a job in entertainment where the fans play a massive toll. But mma is a sport, and in sports respect is earned with skills and sportsmanship. Anderson clearly has the skills of a champion, and at one time showed a great deal of sportsmanship.
On Saturday April 10th Silva completely disrespected Maia, and even his own fans. Silva clearly came into this fight incredibly angry and had a game plan of embarrassing Maia like he did Griffin. Silva’s fight with Griffin was the beginning of the new side we see of him, basically a humble fighter that has been eaten alive by confidence. Yet us as fans praised the Silva vs. Griffin fight calling it “the most embarrassing KO” and “one of the most impressive display of stand up skills”. Silva earned knockout of the night AND fight of the night. In a career clearly you would be wanting to earn the most possible in the situation you are given.
Anderson wanted a bonus for this fight, and to earn it he needed to get the crowd excited and out of their seats, they loved it last time so why not this time? Silva came out with the same game plan, except this time to our surprise went for 3 rounds straight. After having the first three were in the books, Silva pulled out the dirty card and ran away for the next 2 rounds. This was a low shot at the fans. Silva as we all know is a counter puncher, and almost needs you to come at him. But Maia wasn’t willing to play his game. But put yourself in Silva’s shoes for one minute…. You’re considered one of the best on the entire planet, you’ve completely demolished a weight class in the best league in the world, won your last 12 fights in a row, which consisted you stealing the belt and defending it a record breaking 6 times. You’re the man… and there’s nothing to it, or so you would think so. The confidence is will beat u down, a true champion is someone who can stay humble through all of this. Which Silva seems to have lost.
As annoying as this can be, Silva is the MW champ, and he’ll be in the UFC the entire time he is the champ, and he knows this. Silva seems to look at the competition as amateurs, almost as if their just sparing partners. We are all clearly disappointed with him right now, but there’s nothing we can do… he can screw with everyone he fights and he can pull it off every time, he can do what he wants. Love him or Hate him, he has the belt, MW division is his house and if you want that house you gotta beat him. I do feel for Maia, but as for him saying that “the last 2 rounds I tried a lot harder but he just wouldn’t fight me”… he danced around the last 2 rounds and barely threw shots, you want the belt? Then get it…. You’re not in the woods, or on the streets, your in a locked up cage… he’s got no where to go. You can’t stand around and expect a counter puncher to attack you..
As for Silva being on an undercard, forget it guys. Even if 100% of UFC fans hated him, his pay per views will still sell out every time because one day he will lose the belt and everyone wants to see it. Maybe this will really spice up the UFC even more, a hated disrespectful champ. A clown who could become a UFC villain, Something like the Joker. Who wouldn’t wanna see him lose. It WILL happen when he faces someone who isn’t intimidated, nervous, and makes a lot of mistakes. In other words we need a Batman (A.K.A GSP)
Prediction– GSP by unam decision, 5 rounds of being pinned on his ass, getting tea bagged, and ground & pounded till his face looks like chewed up bubble gum.
As the french would say, “I tink e would lose te fight!”
by MMA Punk on April 6, 2010 62 views to the Head
Maia vs. Silva
I would like to thank Geoff and Bam for taking the time to write a guest post on MMApunk.com Here is another great guest post but this time it’s from BAM. Great job!!
With the upcoming UFC 112 “invincible” just around the corner the big debate is can Demian Maia beat Anderson Silva?
We all know Anderson Silva (25-4-0) is a superb striker and is deadly to say the least in the clinch but has shown some holes in his ground game and take down defense (exposed by Travis Lutter) Anderson has a black belt in BJJ and has shown his skill in the art by tapping out Lutter and Henderson .BUT all 4 of his losses have come via submission .
Maia (12-1-0) is arguably the best BJJ artist in the world today the 5 time BJJ champion has taken the fight with 8 weeks to train, Maia has finished 8 of his 12 wins via submission with 5 of those in the UFC 4 of which have awarded him submission of the night bonuses. Maia has been improving on his striking and is training with wand fight team for his upcoming bout .
As long as Maia can stay away from Silva’s hands and survive any clinch situations long enough to take the champ down the difference in BJJ superiority will become apparent and Maia COULD walk away with the belt!.
BAM makes a great point about this fight. Maia could be the one to take down the spider. What do you think?
Please leave a comment and share your opinion and show Bam some love.
If you would like to write a guest post about any MMA subject please feel free to drop me an email at jamesinfla AT msn DOT com . Thank to everyone for all there support.
The UFC fight prediction contest will pick back up at UFC 113. So start thinking about your picks now
by MMA Punk on April 6, 2010 20 views to the Head
OK fight fans, another great guest post from Geoff Loco ‘Motive’. Show him some love and support for taking the time to write a another kickass post for MMApunk.com
By: loco”motive” Apr. 3rd/2010
Could UFC 112 be known as anything else but INVINCIBLE? The namesake for 112 is very interesting considering both Anderson Silva and BJ Penn will making yet another title defense, but how does Matt Hughes fit it to the picture?
Anderson “The Spider” Silva (25-4) will be back in the Octagon defending the Middleweight title Sat. Night versus Damian Maia (12-1). Silva who is undefeated in the UFC will be making his 6th title defense and so far has looked comfortable in them all. If Maia can’t impose his will and out wrestle/grapple Anderson during this fight it will be hard for him to back up his bold words. (“If I get his arm or his neck, he’s going to be in trouble. As soon as I get the chance, I WILL put him down”). The Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion can ill afford to only rely on the possibility of a submission as he will surely be behind on the score cards in the striking department. Maia will have to do enough to win rounds as well as look for the Submission, if he’s up to the task of taking the championship from The Spider. If Anderson can defeat the BJJ ace Maia on the ground he will surely be considered “INVINCIBLE” in the Middle Weight division.
On the same card another dominant force BJ “The Prodigy” Penn (15-5-1) will be defending his title against Frankie “The Answer” Edgar (11-1). Penn who has the most Lightweight title fights 6, the most Lightweight title fight wins 4, and the most Lightweight title defenses 3 will be looking to build on all of those UFC records Sat. night. Edgar will have a huge mountain to climb trying to de-throne Penn. Frankie is currently on a 3 fight win streak after his Unanimous decision loss to Gray Maynard. Edgar looked good in his last fight a submission victory over Matt Veach in December 09. Will Edgar have “THE ANSWER” Sat. night and be able to end the dominant run of BJ Penn at Lightweight? NO WAY!!! Edgar will get his free ride through the wood-chipper at UFC 112 and The Prodigy just like The Spider will remain “INVINCIBLE” in the Lightweight division.
Last and probably the least of the 3 big fights at 112 it’s Matt Hughes (44-7) taking on Renzo Gracie (13-6-1) 1 N.C.. A much anticipated fight at UFC 60 pitted Hughes against Royce Gracie. At one point in history the Gracie family seemed “INVINCIBLE” but at UFC 60 they were anything but as Matt Hughes defeated the legendary Roce Gracie in the very first round via TKO. This time around at 112 Renzo will try to avenge that loss and defeat Hughes proving that Gracie family jiu-jitsu can reign supreme once again. Although I feel Renzo will put up a decent fight at 112 Matt Hughes will prove “INVINCIBLE” when it comes to the Gracie family after a 1st round TKO of Renzo as well.
So, Silva, Penn and Hughes “INVINCIBLE at 112″ ? I say yes… you???
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