GSP would really work Silva over. Again, a great wrestler is Silva's downfall. And no one is better at that than GSP. GSP's chin would be my only concern. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TrickyNicky:
And Fedor is fighting next weekend. Good week.
I'm looking forward to that Strikefoce tournament a lot more than I was looking forward to this. Goddamn, that's going to be some amazing shit. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TheGuardian:
GSP would really work Silva over. Again, a great wrestler is Silva's downfall. And no one is better at that than GSP. GSP's chin would be my only concern.
You know that fight is coming. It'd set all kinds of PPV records. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TheGuardian:
This is an overreaction to him winning tonight. He hasn't fought anyone of Shogun's caliber. Everyone was riding Machida's jock too and Shogun destroyed him twice.
Fact is, Shogun has a great chin and kicks and hits like a fucking mule. If anything I don't see what Jones is going to beat Shogun with. Not if Shogun is healthy. Which has always been the only knock on Shogun.
To win the fight, Shogun is going to have to get the fight to the ground...do you really think he can do that. Jones stuffed any kind of takedown attempt Bader threw at him with ease, it's going to be very difficult for Shogun to get him down. Not to mention, Jones looks like he's a weight class larger than Shogun.
Also...Jones has momentum and already is in fighting shape now. He and Greg Jackson can spend the next 6 weeks coming up with a gameplan and train specifically for it instead of worrying about getting into fighting shape. That is a HUGE advantage IMO.
I'm not saying Jones is going to walk through Shogun or anything like that but this is a horrible match up for Shogun stylistically, there's no denying that.
Originally Posted by TheGuardian:
Thank you. The fact that you brought that fight up Jerm destroys any cred you thought you had in this discussion.
It doesn't destroy anything...the only point I made was that if Griffin can sub Shogun and I don't give a fuck when it was that Jones can do it too. That's it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KcMizzou:
That's all I ask from Silva. If you've got the talent to finish a fight, just do it. No more clowning around... it's disrespectful to the sport, and the opponent.
Sorry about quoting myself.
I think this is key... fans wouldn't have turned on Silva as much as they have, if he'd just done what he did tonight. Whatever you think of him... the dude's an amazing talent. He seems super human at times. It's crazy. Dropped Griffin with a punch that looked like one I'd throw at my son while playing around. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KcMizzou:
Sorry about quoting myself.
I think this is key... fans wouldn't have turned on Silva as much as they have, if he'd just done what he did tonight. Whatever you think of him... the dude's an amazing talent.
I think peeps are just sick of him. 2006 to now is a long time to rain champ
I dnt think Saint P can beat him either. [Reply]
Originally Posted by LiveSteam:
I think peeps are just sick of him. 2006 to now is a long time to rain champ
I dnt think Saint P can beat him either.
GSP has the best take downs in the game. He should have no trouble duplicating what Sonnen did. It's really 50/50 IMO just depending on if GSP gets caught coming in with some crazy strike. [Reply]
