"I'll make it up to those who bought that **** tonight" - Dana White

Props to Dana. Get Lesnar vs Silva.

WOOOOT.

Or better yet, Fedor in the UFC! C'mon Fedor lets get the greatest fighter of all time to beat the **** out of Anderson.

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I respect White for saying that. I don't think that Maia should have got a title shot, the guy was knocked out in about 10 seconds two fights ago, so he didn't deserve to fight Silva anyway, but Silva was still a disgrace in the fight. Silva surely has to go to 205 now, because 185 just isn't a challenge for him anymore. Silva vs Rua - now that's a fight that would get people excited and would force Silva to produce maximum effort.

Though as has already been said on this thread, the real way to make it up to the fans would be the introduction of Fedor to the UFC.

 

What exactly did he do that was bad?

 

A few things. Mostly acted like a wanker to a guy who was totally outmatched for the first two rounds. Sort of if a bit distasteful, to taunt a guy who was a rubbish kickboxer vs the best striker in mma is a bit off, it is like Maia mounting Silva and mocking him for his pish escapes to an extent.

The mocking would have been accpetd if he had then KO'd Maia...

But then after subjecting Maia to bad verbal abuse and mocking him. He didnt engadge in the 4rth or 5th round. He literally ran.

 

i have a new found respect for Maia when he started throwing those haymakers in the 5th

 

Ricky Hatton wasn't a worthy opponent?! :yikes You tipped him to win! He was the number 1 in his division, a division he had never lost in! Crumbs. Revisionism at its very best/worst.

Anyway, the fact that Maia wasn't a worthy opponent is true, but there is no connection to Silva's behaviour, they are two separate points. A guy who got sparked in 10 seconds in his fight before last should not be fighting for a world title, that's just standard. But the fight happened, and Silva's behaviour was absolutely unforgivably disgraceful. The clowning around doesn't bother me as much, I mean it is pretty pointless and tasteless, but it's not exactly a crime. Roy Jones used to do it a lot as well. It was the refusal to engage for the last 3 rounds that just turned my stomach. So many people paid good money to see an honest contest, and they got an arrogant arsehole running the clock down and just taking the ****. I hope Dana forces Silva to take a murderous assignment next. If Silva is serious about fighting at heavyweight, stick him in there with Dos Santos or Velasquez, see how he clowns around then!

 

Anderson should have punched White in the mouth. That's really outrageous him grabbing Andersons belt and making these comments. Another great fighter can publicly say these things, but not a trailer park dwelling failed boxing promoter with erectile dysfunction. KILL ZUFFA.

 

Only a ****ing inbred would have given Maia a chance. He got sparked with one punch not long ago, his stand-up is mediocre, his resume is decent at best. He did not justify a title shot, so to make an analogy with Pacquiao challenging Hatton is just ******ed. You were closer with Chavez and Greg Haugen.

You should've left it at that then, and not bothered with the shite comparison that didn't work.