Jesus Christ, saw the KO. That was literally the weakest KO punch I've ever seen. I was shocked! I was originally against the whole Silva vs RJJ boxing match, but now I think my opinion has changed!
There was too much showboating from Silva. He wasn't being smart in there. Isn't it funny how Dana White was so pissed at him for showboating and what looked like stalling in Abu Dhabi but tonight acted like it was all normal and was just a great fight? The thing about showboating in fighting, whether it's MMA or boxing is, if you're going to do it, then don't get knocked out doing it. Like when RJJ showboated, he did it to land a sneaky punch or something. and RJJ didn't get knocked out while showboating. He got knocked out, but when he got knocked out, he was fighting serious. Silva got knocked out while excessively showboating, putting his hands down and trying to dodge punches matrix style and really that's what makes this such a strange situation. many people are going to say Silva basically allowed his opponent to knock him out. that's what it looked like at least. for an MMA fighter to dodge punches like a boxer, with his hands down and to get knocked out that way, well that's what Silva did and that was basically the same thing that James Toney did when he fought Randy Couture. sometimes you get the feeling that Anderson Silva isn't really trying to win. And the funny thing is Machida got criticized for that but he's much more professional in there then Silva. Some of Silva's stuff is very entertaining, but he takes it to the extreme where as Ali and RJJ in boxing did it just here and there, and didn't over do it like Silva did.
He show boated. But looked good when he let his hands and legs go. When he danced and threw kicks/punches it looked like these two were a class apart. Silva was toying with Weirden.Silva too fast and too slick. He stopped punching and just gave Weirden a free shot.
Lol at people saying "the fight was fixed", "anderson wanted to lose". You never lean back like that with your hands down. Thats why ali is the last person young fighters should watch when learning. This is basic boxing mistake an one of the first things you learn not to do.He tried being slick an got knocked the **** out. Still a great fighter an he should win a rematch
Anderson Silva is a great fighter But it was clear from day 1 he had a glass jaw Wouldn't have made it in boxing.. for sure.
"You never lean back like that with your hands down. Thats why ali is the last person young fighters should watch when learning" The thing is Ali had the reflexes, skill, range judgement and iron jaw to pull such a move and if he got tagged like Silva did then 1. He could move away 2. it wouldn't have hurt him Some of the greatest defensive fighters of all time used to drop there hands no problem (Locche) I agree young fighters should never try such moves though. Some examples (Naseem Hamed) used to train with his hands behind his back as a kid just so he could work on defensive movement - Hamed had some great defensive body movement in his younger days... even in his nearly last fight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ISwivnhMpI 3:20 unreal lolz
Yeah but Ali didn't get knocked out. (the only stoppage a drained Ali coming out of retirement vs prime Holmes) What made Ali great, and RJJ for that matter, was when he showboated, nobody could actually knock their block off. They always knew when to do it and not to overdue it. But here Anderson took what Ali and RJJ did to the extreme once again (he's done this before) and did it over and over again and wasn't even throwing many punches. Ali and RJJ used the element of surprise to their advantage. But Silva showboats way more often and tonight he lost because of that. Silva made that basic boxing mistake. Ali or RJJ didn't. When Ali or RJJ showboated, they knew they could get away with it and still win. Silva pushes that boundry much further then Ali or RJJ did and it got him in trouble tonight.
^good one miniq. he didn't get knocked out when he did that. that was showmanship as opposed to showboating.
Watching it again it looks like it was Weidmans reach that caught him out. Anderson was leaning back as far as he could and Weidmans left was at full extension. Most other MW's punches would have fallen just short. Anderson just got too predictable, he was clowning like that is very fight and Weidman was expecting it and kept coming forward and caught him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOQ42ITFvso That doesn't look fixed to me? It was a decent shot, on a guy already moving backwards, with 4oz gloves, followed up by a haymaker on a guy who was already out. Not hard at all for me to believe that. As for people saying they knew it was going to catch up with him. Well duh. You got guys that pick against a fighter every single time he fights. They are wrong everytime. But when he finally does lose they act like geniuses lol.
Chris took a small pause and moved forward so got some weight behind the last punch. it looked like a puny arm punch, but there was weight behind it, and coupled with Anderson's fully extended accordion stretch, it was enough to rotate his neck, rattle his brain and KHTFO
How about silva vs mayorga. One in the octagon and one in the ring. Don't know what weight silva fights at so might not be possible, but if it is I'd definitely watch that. Silva wants to box, mayorga just won his mma debut.