Anderson Silva Taking a Break, Wants Marquardt-Henderson
UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is taking some time off from fighting following his knockout of Forrest Griffin at light heavyweight last month at UFC 101 and hopes to see top middleweight contenders Nate Marquardt and Dan Henderson meet soon to determine the top contender at 185-pounds.
“I think the fight that should happen is Nate Marquardt against Dan Henderson for the number one title contender,” said Silva’s manager Ed Soares recently told MMA Weekly. “He’ll take a rest… he’s fought twice this year,” he said. “He’s got three fights left on his contract. He wants to work out a little kinks and bruises that he’s got. He wants to take a little break.”
Henderson, meanwhile, isn’t open to fighting Marquardt, a matchup that could headline UFC 105 in Manchester, England, and could instead return to light heavyweight for his next fight, he recently told SI.com:
“I think I’m the one guy that poses enough dangers [to Silva] style-wise,” he said. “If I were his manager, I’d be trying not to have him fight me as well. I know that Anderson Silva is really trying not to fight me. It’s obvious.”
Henderson said if the UFC came to him with a bout against Marquardt, he would turn it down and seek challenges at light heavyweight.
“I think he’s right in line for a title shot as well, but I feel I’ve earned that already,” Henderson said. “That’s a fight that more than likely will happen in the future, but I think right now, from the UFC’s standpoint, they shouldn’t be having me and Nate fight each other. They’re going to get stuck without any new opponents for Anderson Silva.
“Silva is the only fight that interests me at 185. I said that before Nate’s fight.”
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Well that’s interesting isn’t it? Silva wants nate vs henderson? Hmmm makes you think a little…
While I think it’s in anderson silva’s best interest to take a break before defending his title again and having to cut down to 185 after he just made 205, I don’t think making that ocmment was the right think to do. I know his manager said that but his manager is essentially anderson’s “voice”.
IMO nate AND hendo are both worthy of a title shot. I have to agree with henderson though, having a fight between them would only eliminate another contender @ the title. Who’s next after the winner faces anderson? No one @ the moment. These two are the top guys and whoever gets a shot first, the other should get the winner. That’s just the way it should be.
Henderson saying anderson is ducking him is imo smart and a little bit true. I’ve been saying this forever. Hendo won that first round and if he did what he did in that first round he would have won the fight. He messed up got choked out and is now back and has learned from his mistakes and it seems as though anderson wants nothing to do with him. Someone said that anderson considers hendo “ccnquered” ground and that fight doesn’t interest him…it’s funny that he didn’t say the same about nate a guy he too has already beaten and beaten easier.
It is clear though that style wise, henderson is a greater threat to anderson that nate is. Cheers to hendo for standing his ground. I can’t lie dude, to me it is obvious that anderson is hella trying to not fight hendo.
Hendo is actually doing the UFC a favor here. Hendo vs Nate makes about as much sense as Carwin vs Cain. Sure you can legitimize each of these fights for good reason, but for the sake of the future they should not happen. If Hendo goes on to beat Nate, and then lose to Silva, who does Silva fight next? Same with Carwin, Cain and Crock…I mean Brock.
ecept Brock only defended once, and SILVA has/is whoop-en everyone! inclueding these 2 guys
Hopefully the UFC can got Gegard, Santiago or Lawler or someone in there to add some depth to the divison. Silva has done a great job cleaning it out, the UFC needs to get on it and find some talent for him to take on.
Gegard Mousasi (doesn’t fight MW anymore) and is signed to StrikeForce helll he is the LHW champ, so between his contract with FEG and Strikeforce plus his desire to begin boxing again I doubt that he will be headed to the UFC anytime, tho I personally would like to see that…
Lawler is signed to Strikeforce and I doubt that he will be able to leave anytime soon, I do believe that he only has two fights left on his contract but most likely he will be resigned by strikeforce..
Santiago is a interesting story, more how well would he fit in the UFC’s MW division…. But since he closed his eyes and went to sleep back in the day, he has been on quite a tear and when his contract ends I do wonder what will happen with him
There is no way Anderson is ducking Hendo. Hendo won the first round but didnt do much in that round. Silva came out and dominated Hendo in the 2nd. I highly doubt Anderson is ducking him. I would much rather the winner of Hendo vs Nate fight Anderson. I really dont want to see Silva make 2 defenses which are both rematches. There are some MWs out there who the UFC should try to bring in to get some more talent in that divison. Gegard, Santiago, Lawler. There are some guys out there.
He had also “conquered” Rich Franklin, but fought him again. Oh yeah, he wasn’t quite the name or draw back then and couldn’t pick his fights. I think Nate and/or Dan could give him a good run for the title. Maybe Anderson Silva would be willing to fight Tim Credeur or Tom Lawlor. Those fights would make about as much sense as having a champion pick his opponents.
so a champ that has beaten #1 and #2 already shouldn’t say who he wants to fight? but one of them can say “i won’t fight the other i want a title shot!”?
This looks like thr fight that Handerson will retire his MW career on. Cuse after beating the winner of these two., what does he have left to do at MW? Beside a possible matchup with Vitor, not much. Silva has 3 fights left on his UFC contract and he likely wants one of each to be at MW LHW and HW. Fighting Henderson, then someone at LHW then back down for Marquardt probably isnt what he wants.
I agree.
i don’t think Silva is scared to fight ANYONE. i would exsplain but there is not much point he is THE BEST FIGHTER IN THE WORLD!!! EVA, EVA!
Yeah, what possible reason would a guy with Silva’s skills have to fear any other dude not named Darth Vader? Seriously.
I’d rather see him finish out his remaining three fights in much more intriguing match-ups.
I still think that in the MW division, Hendo has hte best chance to beat him. I actually do think that IF they fight, Henderson will win. I’m willing to place a wager on that one
Then he should give up his belt. If a champ doesn’t want to fight Hendo (already called #1 contender) then he should give up the belt.
The fact is, he’s lost one round on the cards. Now that Hendo is back in contention, it’s the only match up that makes any sense.
Silva can dispatch of both by simply fighting the winner and only use up one of his last three fights at 185, or use up two by fighting both of them. Seeing as he seems to have a diminishing interest in the Middleweight division, I don’t blame him for taking this stance.
I am sure Anderson is confident that he will handle either one easy enough, (as is the rest of the planet, I’m sure) so why bother having to handle both? That seems to be his argument. Can’t blame a guy for trying to impose his will.
This is a smart move for Silva, like Jazzkok said if he fights Hendo or Nate right now, he’d have to cut back to 185 which could drain him a little so it does look like he’s taking the time off to cut back at his own pace and be ready for his next fight. I’m not a Silva supporter but the guy does have the right to have that option simply because he’s dominated everyone he’s faced in the UFC.
I think that Henderson wants the fight now because first off, he knows he can beat Silva with his style and 2nd, lets be honest that Hendo isn’t getting any younger. Now would be his best shot at beating Silva i think because the guy is about to 40, but then again he’s a solid dude and always stays in good form.
I said that i would have liked to see Nate vs Henderson so we have a clear #1 Contender for the title but that would leave a guy out who deserves his shot and either Hendo or Marquradt would then have to either wait or face another guy that can take away their spot in line for a title shot.
The best thing for the UFC to do is have Silva fight either Hendo or Marquardt rather than have them face eachother. I honestly wouldn’t mind watching Mardquart vs Henderson because after that fight Silva won’t be able to duck either guy. But if Nate and Hendo do fight then it will kinda mess up the 185 division just a little bit because who would be next? Unless Vitor gets passed franklin in a big way like i think he will then i’m sure they would put him next i line which would be super awesome because if anyone can challenge Silva blow for blow at 185 it’s The Pheonom.
Tough decision for the UFC because Dan Henderson does not want the Marquardt fight and Nate has for sure earned his shot as well so we’ll see what happens. Anderson Silva IMO should fight either Marquardt or Henderson, he11 maybe he should take them both out and then give up the belt.
Even if Marquardrt gets Silva i honeslty don’t see him winning unless he gets Silva with a big punch like he did Maia, but Silva is no Maia and is a bad macth-up for Nate IMO. Henderson, the reson why i feel that this time he will not do so well against Anderson is beacuse he has gotten a bit slower and i feel that Andersons speed and power will be enough to drop Hendo for the first time, but who knows.
I think Dana needs to grab hold of the reigns and tell Silva that he already told the public that Henderson gets the next fight.
Dana: “Now shut your fcknig mouth and do what I say or I will fire you and send your high pitch, guitar dancing brazilian a$$ packing to M~1 fcking Global where you can compete against Fedor in a fcking exhibition midget tossing competition.”
Hate for the Spider?
Nope, I just think that this decision is up to Dana and he (Dana) already stated that Hendo would get the next shot.
The last sentence in my first post was suppose to mimic Dana White from the video that FR posted in the forums (http://forums.mmafrenzy.com/topic/fedor-negotiations-kinda-funny-and-language). I guess it didn’t translate well when typed out
Jackpot. Silva is nothing without the UFC. The UFC is, and will be, something without Silva. He really seems to need a lesson in boss-employee relationships.
no didn’t translate well at all. guess I should ‘member my readings a little better.
Hendo is a legand and if he doesn’t want to fight Nate than so be it, find something to do at LHW til he gets his title shot that I believe he deserves….
Anderson Silva isn’t ducking a damnn person, come on his top two contenders he has ALREADY choked out and (t)ko’d respectivly… Soares saying this doesn’t suprise me at all, he told Eric and I the same thing in Philly {except he stated then that he wanted the winner of Maia v Nate to face Hendo for the number 1 spot} so if the man wants a vaca soo be it, no worries on that..
I believe alot has to do with what happens in October, if Rua somehow beats Machida than Anderson will ask to face Rua for the title, and then promptly will become the two division champ that we all know he is capable of being…..BlackHouse FTW
EXACTLY!
That makes all the sense in the world.
Anderson will wait to see if Lyoto can defend his title if not Anderson will be coming to LHW to get that belt as well. Why not. He probably wants to be the first to have two belts at the same time!
Why shouldn’t he. UFC gave B. J. Pen that same opportunity so hey maybe Silva wants to.
Being he has 3 fights left why not go for it and get the biggest pay days or fights possible.!!
I think he suggested the Nate vs hendo fight since he is taking a break. If he is not going to fight for a while then Nate and Hendo might not want to wait another 6 months to fight so hey they should fight for the #1 contender spot Silva is saying. It makes since. Why should all three of them just wait 6 months or more to fight.
I find it odd that one reason that Anderson won’t fight again this year is that he’s fought twice already. 4 times a year should be the norm (although technically he’s fought 3 times in a year).
I thought Anderson’s team stated interest in having him fight as often as possible to eat through the fights on his contract.
Either way, fr’s idea of a Rua/Silva title fight makes the most sense.
But Silva should just come out and say it: “I’ve beaten everyone at 185 and if for some reason Shogun beats the Dragon, I’m going to fight Shogun. If not I’ll fight someone else at 185.”
Or maybe he’s prepping the new onslaught of Blackhouse fighters that will take over MMA in the near future, cementing his legacy as the best fighter and trainer ever.
On a side not of little intest, Silva cornered this beast of a kid back in Nov of 08 at an IQMMA (Iroquois MMA) in Hagersville, Ont. and the kid looked damn impressive though I was too mashed up to remember his name. I think it was Andre Galvao, but I can’t find any reference to his main event fight at IQMMA VII.
Galvao is 3-1, he has recently been fighting in DREAM, he’s from a ju jitsu background, and i think he’s won the world championships at least twice, and he got bronze in ADCC 2007 gettin beat off Rob Drysdale in the semi final
He beat off Robert Drysdale in the semifinals at the 2007 ADCC?
That’s only on the Unrated Version. In the Rated versions, he either beats someone up or chokes them out.
And Drysdale is 1-0 in MMA to date, and I think works out of Xtreme Couture…
beat off? goodness what did I start?
If the ufc start letting champions pick their fights and other fights then it will go down the same road as boxing has where all the champions and big names avoid each other and only agree to fight fights they know they can win, to keep up their win ratios and give themselves better records and legacy.
If silva has a few kinks and bruises then he should never have stepped up to light heavy in the first place, because we all know that the griffin fight did nt give him these so called bruises or the kinks.
Silva should do what he does best and stick to beating people inside the octogan and leave the politics of outside the octogan to the owners and match makers
Well put TAFF!,
I agree with you dude. So anderson has “cleaned out the division”, so he’s considered “the best P4P fighter in the world” and so he’s likely the most dominant champ ever in the UFC, he’s still a fighter under contract, and the Middle Weight champion and in my book, the champion must defend his title and honor his contract. Do these rules not apply to “the spider/superman/megaman”?
DBIZ,
Dude I agree with you for the first time in quite a while. If for his last 3 fights on his contract he’s interested in moving up or down, he needs to give up that belt.
What if rocky ducked clubber lang? We would have never seen the hungry #1 contender dethrone the champ and then again the former champ come back and reclaim his title in awesome fashion!
So if silva wants a vacation or some more time before his next fight, then go ahead dude, honestly you deserve it! BUT, upon your magnificant return, it’s time to defend your belt against one of the # 1 contenders before you move up or down, or call it quits. That is the right thing to do, the honorable thing to do, and frankly IT’S YOUR JOB and Anderson Silva shouldn’t be “above the law”. He’s not bigger than the sport and damn the UFC for allowing fighters and champions the freedom to mess everything up dude.
UFC over looks Yushin Okami again.
He (Okami) has been injured quite often recently, and do you believe that He could beat Hendo or Nate?
I actually referenced something like this happening on a different thread a couple of days ago.
Anderson Silva has gone from humble to borderline arrogant in about a year or so, and lately Ed Soares has done as much talking as Joe Rogan, and has been nearly as funny with some of the stuff he says.
Now thats not saying Silva doesn’t deserve time off, because he most certainly does. I’m also not saying that he shouldn’t be free to compete at 205 if thats the route he chooses to go. However he needs to recognize the pecking order in the UFC, and Silva sure as sh!t isn’t at the top of that particular food chain.
Therefore, he ain’t making any matches. Period.
As far as Silva’s manager commenting on who should fight who, Dana ought to send someone over to Silva’s camp, or better yet, do it himself, and remind Silva AND his camp exactly who puts the “F” in the UFC.
I agree with a lot of what was said here, as it relates to Silva’s prominenece in the sport, but honestly, Dana should tell Silva that the only way Marquardt and Hendo are fighting is if its for the 185 title, which Silva will have to drop if he doesn’t want to fight one of them PDQ.
Otherwise, when he gets back from his vacay, he’d best start training for Hendo, or start training for his next 205 opponent AFTER he surrenders the 185 belt.
A break? I don’t mind Anderson asking for a break. My problem is that the UFC is allowing it to happen. Really? If this were Tito Ortiz, this crap ain’t happening. Silva and Dana can’t play favorites here because it’ll open up a can of worms given that there are 50+ other fighters in the stable. And that’s a lot of egos. Fighting November is reasonable enough for Silva against Hendo or Nate “The Great”. Anderson Silva would still be set up for a fight against a possible Shogan Rua champion at LHW.
As for Hendo, how about a big money fight against…………..Wanderlei Silva? Silva exact a measure of revenge against Hendo, and I think the fight would cell. Hendo vs Randy Couture? Probably won’t happen. Uh……
Many fighters take “breaks” and that is known, its kinda open..
the UFC employ’s Hundreds of fighters not just 50…
Hendo v Randy is doubtful due to their Team Quest background, Henderson v Wanderlei III wouldn’t be too bad imo perhaps at a 195 catch weight
Its rather funny that if The Greatness decides to take time off well its all good then because GSP has been knocked out recently (sorry it was more of tapping due to strikes) now you have the best fighter in the game {as some would call him} decides he wants to chill for a bit and it is the most horrible thing ever and he should give up his title and learn who exactly he is…
Are you kidding me? the guy has won 10 straight in the UFC and has 3 fights left on his contract, he has defended his title against everyone they have put infront of him and with success.. It seems alot of people dislike him just because he is successful, he isn’t ducking a damnnn person and hasn’t..
As far as him not being humble, wow are you kidding me… I like how he spends every moment he can with fans signing whatever for whomever shaking hands and being nothing but respectful to everyone..
I just don’t get why everyone wishes the man to lose his title either by giving it up (for no real reason) or by losing to either Hendo or Nate, I guess its hard to enjoy someone else’s success…
The first time Silva fought Hendo I thought Hendo had the best chance to beat Silva and actually I still do, but I’m willing to wait for that bout in 2010 because it will be great…
Whoa whoa whoa, hold the phone here, big poppa.
I never said that Silva taking time off is “the most horrible thing ever”. I did say that the guy is entitled to a break, just like anyone else that keeps a regular schedule.
I DID say that Silva should surrender the 185 title if he no longer has any interest in the division, which is the whiff we’re getting when he asks to fight Frank Mir after coming off a win over Forrest Griffin. Trying to pick his own fights by having Ed Soares say who should fight who and THEN Silva will fight the winner is ridiculous, and moreso, most everyone should know that.
What sporting enterprise runs that way?
Boxing does, and that sport is in ruins, and has been eclipsed by our own. Saying, “hey, y’all sort this out and ring me when you do and I’ll fly back and get winner” is a Floyd Mayweather sort of move, and not an Anderson Silva sort of move.
No?
If Silva prefers fighting one guy before the other, than I am 100% cool with him calling his spots, because he’s earned that right.
If Silva says I’m not fighting until 2010 because I’m kicking back, I am 100% cool with that as well, because he’s earned an all-expenses paid [by the UFC] trip to Maui, just like I previously said GSP has.
What Silva, or any fighter, even Randy Couture, has NOT earned is the right to determine the pecking order in a given weight class. That’s Dana’s job, so lets not confuse the fight-ending power of Anderson Silva with the fight-making power of Joe Silva.
And if you don’t think Silva is growing arrogant, try listening to his comments in Countdown to 101 towards Robert Drysdale. He called the man an idiot on national TV. And to the best I can determine he has yet to publicly apologize.
If Silva had such an issue with Drysdale’s solicited BJJ opinions, then he should have known the place to squash that beef was on the mat, and not on the TV, which is BJJ traidtion. I’d have had more respect for Silva if he’d said, “hey, smart-a$$, you come down to Blackhouse and bring your gi and we’ll see who’s jitz is what!”, as opposed to resorting to name-calling and publicly disrespecting a former World BJJ and ADCC gold medalist.
Yes, Anderson Silva is great to fans, but the way he treated Drysdale isn’t “being nothing but respectful to everyone”.
I’m neither a Silva supporter or detractor, in spite of his beating of some of the fighters I do support like Hendo and Forrest Griffin. I admire what he’s accomplished inside of the Octagon, and give the man the credit he’s earned.
That doesn’t mean he gets to make MW matches other than his own, whether it be “said thru his manager” or not. Silva is free to fight whoever he chooses, in whatever weight class he can reasonably make, providing he defends his title. he defended it last against Thales Leites, and he’s oblgated to defend it against whoever the UFC signs to fight him, within reason.
Both Hendo and Marquardt are well within reason. If he doesn’t care to fight either man, no worries. All he has to do is leave the MW title on Dana’s desk, and ask for Rua or Mir or GSP or whoever else he’d like to fight, and I’m 99% sure Dana will accommodate him.
Not to get all up in your face, fr702, but respectfully how is any of what I’m posting not fair?
Anderson Silva has earned the right to pilot his own course, but not the right to pilot the courses of Hendo and Marquardt. After all, where does it all end if the UFC starts going down that road?
Champions making matches is bad for the UFC, and by extension bad for our sport, so no, I’m not onboard with it, regardless of whether or not Silva is as some claim, “the best fighter eva!”…
Hendo really impressed me in his last fight with his aggression. You’re not gonna be able to sit there & “play chess” with Anderson cause you’re eventually gonna get choked or sub’d.I think that’s his only chance against Silva. I haven’t seen him that focussed or determined since his Pride days. When he fought Rampage it was like he wasn’t even serious & that’s why he lost. He didn’t throw the friendship thing out the window before the fight. We all know how Anderson prides himself on his boxing skills. He thinks he can beat Roy Jones Jr. (which might be the case). But if he goes toe to toe with Hendo & Hendo can land one of those bomb right hooks like he did against Bisbing then your boy Anderson will get put to sleep. If Hendo comes out there against Anderson like he did Bisbing I can actually see Hendo defeating Anderson. And it’s not only the right hook, he can do it as well with the left..Ask Wanderlei…
I think the world is falling apart.
I’m like Fr
On this one. Why are you guys stating he trying to overstep his boundries? Like someone posted already, ” its okay to call out the champ or say I deserve a title shot but not okay for the actual champ to say I dont wanna fight those fights again??????????
Why vacate a title when you can go for both. Did BJ penn or Hendo vacate any title when they went for both???? Sooooo why should Anderson.
All I’ve seen and heard of this guy is classy and professional. Even to Forrest after the fight, the guy was nothing but respectful!! How is he becoming arrogant or big headed? Because he wishes to fight said fighter or because he would like to have a little say in his life.
What,,, a fighter is not suppose to have any say especially a undefeated Champion, over what he would like to do??
So Just Shut Up Anderson Silva and Do As Your Told Boy!! Huhhhh
And since when did Dana “F” White not give fighters a say in who they fight.
I’ll give you one off top,
Rampage vs Evans!! “Supposedly” Rampage wanted Evans soooooo bad.!!
Tito wanted Shamrock soooo bad!! Matt Hughes wanted Sera soooo Bad.. And the list goes on.
Not every one needs the ufc. LIFE goes on. Just like the Ufc dont need any one fighter.. But at this point its just a great marriage. Both parties should be happy. Especially if you want it to work.
The difference with Rampage-Evans is Dana offered Rampage a chance to fight Machida and he (challenger) wanted a different fight. Machida didn’t tell him that neither was worthy of fighting him, Rampage said “That’s the fight I want, Big Poppa.”
Silva trying to dictate his own fights IS arrogance. He is trying to say who has earned the right to face him. He doesn’t have that right. Rampage did the opposite. He said, “Thanks, but I might want to take out this other guy I’ve been wanting to fight for a while.”
It would be roughly like Fedor telling Dana, “Thanks for offering me Lesnar, but I want to get Couture before he gets any older.”
Stop laughing at that last part.
I really just believe he was putting what HE wants out there. Im pretty sure this isn’t goingtto change Dana or Joe Silva’s opinion on who he gets next. its smart for him tho… Because if they fight eachother and he really is going to retire(which i HIGHLY doubt) he only has to fight one of them and if Franklin beats vitor the who does Anderson have to beat then. That way he can go out and fight all those other fun fights.
ok dbiz
well i’ll give u rampage/rashad
but B.J. called out gsp and said he wanted to fight gsp and was given what he wanted while still holding the belt did he not?
And if faux ‘ dor said hey i’ll fight in the ufc but give me randy right now I will personally beat you my lunch money and my Babe Ruth Rookie card that Dana White would allow that to happen immediately!!!!
IF (and that’s a huge if) Fedor requested it, Dana would allow it because of the PPV potential. Business first. And there’s no downside. “Well, Fedor managed to beat a guy who is a couple years from AARP membership…now let’s see how he does against our champ.”
And if Randy beat Fedor….Still no downside.
I don’t want to see Anderson continually rematching everyone at middleweight. What’s next after Henderson and Marquardt 2? Cote2 and Franklin 3? F that… I agree with Anderson on this one.
In which case, he needs to vacate the middleweight belt.
I don’t care how much time Anderson takes off I just want to see him vs Hendo 2. I don’t understand how people are saying that this is not viable rematch. He only has 3 fights left on his contract..
Hell Yeah Hendo – it’s about time someone made some sense out of this. There are two legit challengers and each should have their shot at the title.
Hendo sounds like Mr. T from Rocky 3.
“This bum’s been taking the easy matches. Fighting other bums. I’m telling you and everybody here. I’ll fight him anywhere, anytime for nothing.”
Just freakin train and fight who they throw at you. Do your job.
Couldn’t the same be said of Anderson Silva?
Of course not. He’s Anderson Silva.
Of course the same can be said about Silva, but it doesn’t make the phenomena any less annoying.
Since you mention it, in many ways Silva is worse about it, but its hard to dispute a guy who consistantly wins like that.
Anderson has beaten everybody who they put in front of him in 185.
With a 3 fights left on a contract he wants to fight the guys who he think can give him most challenge. I don’t see anything wrong with it , it’s not like he want’s to fight somebody weak. He paid his duty now let him to complete his dreams. I’m pretty sure if at 185 they would find somebody really able to compete at his level he would be more then happy to accept the challenge. For example if somebody like Gegard Mousasi
Mousasi-Silva…nice.
I agree with alot of what is said above on both sides of the fence, im a big Silva fan and love watching him inside the octogan. But as previously stated by myself and by others he cant and should nt be allowed to think he is above the UFC and start telling them who he thinks should fight each other to get a shot at himself.
I think the most important thing at the moment though that everyone is overlooking is the fact that the spider has only 3 fights left on his contract and has stated previously that this will be the last contract that he signs. If henderson and Marquardt fight then the winner will take on Silva and if Silva succesfully defends then that leaves him in limbo in the middleweight division with 2 fights still left on his contract. I think Silva has proved himself at middleweight and has beaten everyone that has been put in front of him, i think he should stay at 205 and cement his legacy by going for the title. I do not bye the fact that he wont fight Machida because they are friends. At the end of the day they are both professional fighters who get paid to fight in a sort they obviously love and once in the octagon there is no such thing as friends anyway.
If you’ve already beaten both fighters decisively, why fight them again? And if they want another shot at you, why not have them face each other first?
I really don’t understand what fight Hendo watched the replay of where he thinks he has a shot at beating Silva. Too old, too slow. Sure he Ko’d Bisping, which proves what exactly? I think it more proves that Bisping is overrated if anything.
I like a Marquardt/Silva rematch better….Nate is young, strong, and hungry. As for Silva’s arrogance, well, he wouldn’t be the first mma fighter with a huge ego now, would he?
People love to hate Silva because he may actually be as good as he thinks he is.
The fight Hendo watched was Hendo-Silva, where he handled Silva for the first round and a half.
No offense but it must have been awhile since you’ve seen the fight. Hendo scored a take down after neither fighter did much for 2 and half minutes. 2 minutes later Hendo made side control briefly, and then was back in a body lock to finish the round. He won the round, but not in dominating fashion like Rogan implies.
Anderson had complete ring control in the second and out struck Dan badly. Other than about 30 seconds of clinching, Silva did was ever he wanted to that round.
I’m not saying Hendo couldn’t beat Silva if they were to fight again, but I would highly doubt it.
Hardly handled him….he lay and prayed him; but yes Hendo won the 1st round…..then in the second it was heading towards a tko but Silva finished him with the choke.
He should definitely give up the belt, but he’s probably thinking about breaking the record for most title defenses, and will have to start over if he commits to moving up. He just wants it all. That only works if he fights every two or three months, not twice a year.
I think one thing we should all remember is that we have heard very little directly from Anderson himself. Most quotes come from his manager/ translator Ed Soares. Things sometimes do get lost in translation, and we really don’t know from the above quote if it’s Anderson’s or Ed’s opinion that Hendo and Nate should fight to be no. 1 contender. Also, even when he is quoted directly, if it’s in English, he does have a limited vocabulary, and I’m sure cannot express himself as well as he would like, so things may come out differently from what he intended.
Not to say that he doesn’t necessarily think one way or the other. It’s just I tend to take everything that’s said with a grain of salt. Even GSP sometimes mucks up what he’s trying to say, and he speaks English much better than Silva.
Lets not forget that Silva has 3 fights left on his contract. Two title defenses in a division that he literally cleaned is not going to make much sense for his career and for the UFC.
I think it would be perfect if he fights against the winner of Hendo and Nate. Hendo is ducking Nate, style wise, he possesses the skills to beat Hendo.
It makes more sense for Silva and the UFC a title defense, a fight at LHW and a farewell super fight against a Heavy Weight
Silva is scared of Hendo. Ever since the Hendo fight silva dosn’t clinch with anyone.. ANYONE.. cuz he knows he isn’t the strongest in the clinch anymore. Hendo threw him around like he was nothing then ****ed up and Silva got his back. Before that he was winning the fight.. it is sad to see Silva run from a fight but that is what he is doing.