Hendo is the 185lbs who has the best chance at beating Silva with Maia. But I dont know if Maia can take him down soon enough before Silva kill his leg to make him lose his explosion.
I would rate this fight worst than the arlovski-sylvia 3 fight. This fight was a snoozefest from both fighters. I dont know what has gotten into silva's head by trying to showboat more than kicking azz like he used to do. Leites on the other hand is a lil biatch for trying to go down on the ground instead of fighting like a man. I hope the next challenger would bring it to silva. Bisping or Maia or Dan Henderson would give him a good fight.
I'd LOVE to see him fight Machida at 205.. :bbb I've been so impressed by his skills, and I think he is certainly one of the best p4p out there. He reminds me of a big Bruce Lee - with grappling skills..
Couldn't find the thread that I wanted to post this but I thought this was interesting. This was taken off the UFC website. ================================================================ White said that Silva also expressed an interest in fighting heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, who is under contract with Affliction. White has made several attempts to sign Emelianenko, none successful. Soares confirmed that Silva would like a fight with Emelianenko and said that size wouldn’t be an issue. Silva walks around between fights at 215 and Emelianenko fights around 230. “We’d come in at about 220 if we ever got that fight,” Soares said. “Anderson thinks that would be a great fight for him. He didn’t say he expected to blow him out, but he thinks he can give him a very good fight.” But long before he considers fighting Emelianenko, he has to worry about a match with Griffin. “I talked to [a reporter] the day after [UFC 97] and that’s when I started working on this,” White said. “At the end of the day, it’s my job to put on the kinds of fights that you in the media will like and that the fans will want to see. Silva and Griffin is the kind of fight that even other fighters are going to go crazy for. That’s what I do for a living. “I as a fan didn’t like what I saw [at UFC 97] and I wasn’t kidding when I said I wanted to walk out of the building because of how embarrassed I am. But I can tell you this: I’m going to be counting the days until this fight.” Kevin Iole covers boxing and mixed martial arts for Yahoo! Sports. Send Kevin a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.
Wtf? Silva beat Hendo and Nate definitively. No need for a rematch imo. Okami, if anybody, deserves a crack at Silva.
