Can Anderson Silva surpass fedor as the greatest ever?

Vitor Belfort · 04-18-2011, 10:49 PM

Anderson Silva has dominated the ufc middleweight division much like fedor dominated the heavyweight division back in his pride fc days. Fedor is clearly past it while anderson is still going strong.

If anderson can keep winning and retire undefeated in the ufc, could he become the greatest ever?

the beaver · 04-18-2011, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Vitor Belfort

Anderson Silva has dominated the ufc middleweight division much like fedor dominated the heavyweight division back in his pride fc days. Fedor is clearly past it while anderson is still going strong.

If anderson can keep winning and retire undefeated in the ufc, could he become the greatest ever?

No reason why not, especially now considering the tougher level of opposition now days.

Vitor Belfort · 04-18-2011, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by the beaver

No reason why not, especially now considering the tougher level of opposition now days.

yea especially if he keeps winning.

Vitor Belfort · 04-18-2011, 10:55 PM

He has a sick resume

Defeated

Carlos Newton
Jeremy Horn
Jorge Rivera
Tony fryklund
Chris Leben
Rich Franklin 2x
Travis Lutter
Nate Marquardt
Dan Henderson
James Irvin
Patrick Cote
Thales Leites
Forrest Griffin
Damian Maia
Chael Sonen
Vitor Belfort

ufoalf · 04-19-2011, 12:06 AM

Yea but there wont be another Fedor. He has instincts like noone else.

Deckard · 04-19-2011, 12:12 AM

Already has in my books.

Shogun Assassin · 04-19-2011, 12:23 AM

Maybe if he beats GSP and a few other big names.

jimmie · 04-19-2011, 01:08 AM

You can argue he already has especially when you look at the resumes of the 2 fighters.

Shogun Assassin · 04-19-2011, 02:10 AM

What do you guys consider Silva's best win?.

achillesthegreat · 04-19-2011, 02:28 AM

Silva has the potential to beat GSP and Jones and avenge the Okami loss.

codeman99998 · 04-19-2011, 02:54 AM

If he beats GSP at 185 and moves up to take the 205 title from Jon Jones, or really anyone who has it at the time, it seems unarguable to me that p4p all-time he is better than Fedor.

He can also achieve it without doing those things but that seems the clearest way for him to accomplish it.

Juzie · 04-19-2011, 03:28 AM

You'd wanna hope so as an MMA fan, a little embarrassing that a guy like Fedor who looks like the kid who got bullied at school swinging helicopters at you developed an average ground game and then became the greatest of all time.

When you compare him to the obvious skill levels of Ali/Robinson you really can't say MMA is even close to the level of boxing yet. Silva is a huge step in that direction from the old days.

Polymath · 04-19-2011, 03:34 AM

heavyweights are the best fighters, everything else is prelims, so...no. he is already the best p4p fighter/resume holder etc as well though/

Primate · 04-19-2011, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Juzie

You'd wanna hope so as an MMA fan, a little embarrassing that a guy like Fedor who looks like the kid who got bullied at school swinging helicopters at you developed an average ground game and then became the greatest of all time.

When you compare him to the obvious skill levels of Ali/Robinson you really can't say MMA is even close to the level of boxing yet. Silva is a huge step in that direction from the old days.

What the fuck.

Anderson certainly can become the best ever. The fact the Fedor hasn't faced the greatest of competition over the recent years, coupled with the fact that Anderson hasn't showed any signs of slowing down. If the Silva/GSP fight doesn't happen, that would certainly be a sticking point.

Will Cooling · 04-19-2011, 04:54 AM

He and GSP already have.

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