Who deserves the next shot at anderson silva after Leites

Right. Then he fought Dean Lister. At UFC 92. On the ****ing undercard. When Cheick Kongo and ****ing C.B Dolloway were on the main card. That is just bull****.

 

Neither. Dana needs to dish out some big bucks and get both Cung Le and Fedor to the UFC and have the winner of Lesnar-Mir face off with Fedor, and Le take on Silva. It would be the biggest ****ing ppv of all time in mma.

 

No, it wouldn't. It wouldn't be the biggest PPV with Anderson Silva even.

 

Maia.

 

Marquardt is just above gatekeeper status. Please lets not make him at the recieving end of KO of the night against Silva. Last night proved that.

No one deserves to be in the ring with Silva at MW. I would say that Maia is the most "intriguing" guy since his JJ is the most effective in the biz (Hazelett a close second). I feel that Silva can stall him for a stand up and thats trouble for someone who has zero striking.

As far as other fighters, Id like to see Cung Le. Lawler as well, while he would get beaten, hed come out swinging.

 

The man in your avatar has more chance than DM; more pwerful, better wrestler etc

 

I respect Hazelett great mma's bjj. But he isnt close of Maia, even for mma's bjj. Maia is like Anderson Silva, on another level for his striking. Like Maia is on another level on the ground.

 

A top 10 middleweight in the world is just above gatekeeper status?atsch

 

Well pretty much. Relative to this division. Its hard to distinguish from the players at MW. Leites, Nate, Lawler, Le..Theyre all in the same boat. Its Silva and everyone else. Silva has knocked him out awhile ago and he had the same game last saturday. Nothing will change.

There is a dark horse in the division (UFC), I think its Maia...Now to test Maia, I think he needs to fight a Nate or a Leites to see how serious he is. No way Nate gets a shot first.

In this context, yes he is just above a gatekeeper of the division

 

My point is that as far as utilizing BJJ in MMA. The things that my eyes have seen in the octagon and the ring. Now MAia is a top level BJJ guy. It needs no explanation that he is better technically than Dustin or Aoki for instance. But as far as MMA and to utilize BJJ skills, Ive seen subs by Hazelett thats never been done on TV.

I agree though about the cross comparison with Silvas skill. The thing is Silvas BJJ is world class as well (no not in Maias class)

 

I voted for Maia - but I want to see GSP vs Silva! Bring on more super fights!

 

Ok, I see where you're coming from. But I think labeling him 'just above gatekeeper status' is selling him short.

 

This is probably just a disagreement over wording more than anything else. A gatekeeper is a guy that never seems to win the big championship fight - but still beats almost anyone outside the top ten.

At present, Karo Parysian comes to mind. A victory over him puts you into the top ten.

 

The drubbing he got from Silva doesnt help him. This is what Im talking about, its hard to pump up a guy when its fresh on my mind that Silva was on top of him after reversing him, hailing down with punches.

 

Was Marquartd with Greg Jackson when he fought Anderson Silva?