Whenever MMA fans talk about the next big fights the one people always bring up excitedly is Anderson Silva’s. No matter who dares stare across the cage from him people care. Partially to see what kind of action the mans capable of next. His bee swat KO of Forrest Griffin,the crane kick,the Leben KO any of his fights really have had people talking for the next couple of weeks. Mainly asking who can stop him? None have really come close the closest being Sonnen who didn’t realize he wasn’t the cat in their cat and mouse chase and got quickly tapped.
The other point of interest for fans is the idea of a champion vs. champion scenario. When asked about the idea of these fights at the CNE in August, Rich Franklin and Mark Hominick both agreed the brass in the UFC are smarter than possibly damaging two champions for one night. Which is how I’ve always looked at the chance of champ vs. champ fights. BJ Penn/GSP being the exception becuase Penn has proven himself at numerous weight classes and is a threat to anyone at any size. The same can be said for Silva who has competed at both light heavyweight and middleweight for the last few years. The fact he DOES fight at 205 sometimes does leave open the idea of a champ vs. champ situation with Jon Jones.
Jones to me needs a few more wins to even make that fight interesting. Not that Silva has contenders left. Brian Stann or Mark Munoz being the only two to come to my mind. Not that either really stand a chance. Dan Henderson is also freshly back in the UFC so he would be a contender as well even though he doesn’t want to compete at 185.
None of those wins can elevate him any higher statuswise than he already is except a champ vs. champ fight. He has held his belt the longest of any champion and is the oldest of them as well. Almost 40,one has to wonder how many years Silva has left in him dominating the sport he’s king of. Surely he’ll take smart fights to keep his name and bank account soaring past whatever less than ten fights he has left in him.
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Anderson Silva:Pound for pound king?
Whenever MMA fans talk about the next big fights the one people always bring up excitedly is Anderson Silva’s. No matter who dares stare across the cage from him people care. Partially to see what kind of action the mans capable of next. His bee swat KO of Forrest Griffin,the crane kick,the Leben KO any of his fights really have had people talking for the next couple of weeks. Mainly asking who can stop him? None have really come close the closest being Sonnen who didn’t realize he wasn’t the cat in their cat and mouse chase and got quickly tapped.
The other point of interest for fans is the idea of a champion vs. champion scenario. When asked about the idea of these fights at the CNE in August, Rich Franklin and Mark Hominick both agreed the brass in the UFC are smarter than possibly damaging two champions for one night. Which is how I’ve always looked at the chance of champ vs. champ fights. BJ Penn/GSP being the exception becuase Penn has proven himself at numerous weight classes and is a threat to anyone at any size. The same can be said for Silva who has competed at both light heavyweight and middleweight for the last few years. The fact he DOES fight at 205 sometimes does leave open the idea of a champ vs. champ situation with Jon Jones.
Jones to me needs a few more wins to even make that fight interesting. Not that Silva has contenders left. Brian Stann or Mark Munoz being the only two to come to my mind. Not that either really stand a chance. Dan Henderson is also freshly back in the UFC so he would be a contender as well even though he doesn’t want to compete at 185.
None of those wins can elevate him any higher statuswise than he already is except a champ vs. champ fight. He has held his belt the longest of any champion and is the oldest of them as well. Almost 40,one has to wonder how many years Silva has left in him dominating the sport he’s king of. Surely he’ll take smart fights to keep his name and bank account soaring past whatever less than ten fights he has left in him.
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