Anderson Silva: I’ll Retire Next Year
Reigning UFC middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva could be looking to call it quits as early as next year, according to a report from intheguard.tv:
“…Anderson Silva was recently interviewed by Brazilian cable channel SporTV. The TV show [Sensei SporTV], featuring Spider, will air on September 27, but the editors released a shocking excerpt from the interview with Silva, when the champion spoke on his retirement from MMA:
“I’ll retire next year, I already gave my all. I don’t need to prove anything for anyone and within one year I’ll put my gloves aside.”
Ana Hissa, the editor who contacted us with this breaking news, was emphatic, saying that Silva mentioned retirement several times. “
Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, was quick to downplay an early retirement from the 185-pound champ in a recent chat with MMAJunkie.com:
“Anderson’s goal is to retire when he is 35,” said Soares. “He still has six fights on his contract, and he doesn’t turn 35 for another 18 months. I know he will finish his six fights before he considers hanging up his gloves.”
So what do we all think? Will Silva really try to go out while on top? Or is The Spider merely suffering from the classic Randy Couture syndrome? Only time will tell.
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let him retire better chance of the count becomeing champ hahahaha, hope he does have 6 more fights and i hope he gets knocked out bad f-u silva ur not bigger then the sport so f-u
Rumour has it he is ducking Bisping big time Anderson apparently crapped himself after seeing Mikey kill Jason Day according to Proelite.com he crapped his favourite Spongebob Squarepants boxers (they had Mr Krabs on them FYI).
thats funny! see u have got a sence of humor shame we can say that about some people… COFF kelvin COFF COFF
now why would anderson be scared of bisping?
He still has something to prove. Is he really the terminator of MMA? Can he get the LHW title too? I guess he still has six fights left though so we’ll see. And what about when the next big name comes around, will it be a Gracie-Hughes type of situation? 6 fights is a long time and a lot of potential losses though. Hopefully he’ll change his mind. He will have to fight Bisping before he retires. Personally I think Bisping will take him out.
It’s not gonna happen. Zuffa will give him any amount he wants. As for Bisping, he stands no chance against Silva, EVER!
@JohnBoy~ hahahaha
i dont believe it personally why would he retire, no one is going to beat him (unless its the super SERRAPUNCH type thing) soo why would he retire unless to fight Roy Jones JR but whatever i just dont get it, hell Randy retired and………..?
silva is the best in his weight-class he already prove that and bisbing cant even put his name up there with mat hamil sense he won that fight n.e way england judges cant see,but we’ll see when Anderson is on top
Bisbing actually has to get past Leben (which wont be easy no matter what JohnBoy says), and he simply isnt ready to be in the cage with Silva bottom line lets be realistic Silva destroyed Leben (did Silva break a sweat?), and dominated Hendo and finished him on the ground none the less i dont even think Bisbing is ready for Hendo let alone finish him
sorry i try to live in reality
there is no way bisping will win vs silva. if and when that fight happens bisping will be KO’d 1st or 2nd round
I dont believe he will retire either. This comes about a month after he personally asked to fight more often, 5 or 6 times a year even. He’s also on a nice little earner.
I’ll believe it when I see it come out of his mouth. Im sure the quotes were just taken out of context (thats if they are genuine quotes in the first place).
This is said to be not true by A. Silva’s people. Read it at: http://mmajunkie.com/news/5351/manager-no-truth-to-recent-anderson-silva-retirement-talk.mma
Rutdog
Cheers man. I dont need a crystal ball me
seriously though, what makes you think Silva thinks he is bigger than the sport?! He is one of the more humble guys, right with GSP.
if he only fights 6 more times he should step up to 205 after cote,hes cleaned up the 185.hes got the chance to become a ture gr8 because he could clean that out as well
@Gav, he won’t clear up the LHW division (not that he couldn’t) he just isn’t and won’t shall never fight Machida (training partner and friend) plus he wants Lyoto to fight for the Championship
What would be very interesting is to see Silva move up to Heavyweight and to see if he can hang with the Heavyweights.
There is no doubt Silva is a great striker and it would be great to see Silva fight the likes of Couture, Lesnar, Velazquez and if possible Fedor.
I just think it will interesting if Silva’s power could trouble the big boys.
While it might be interesting to see Silva fight at HW, 1. I don’t think its likely and 2. I don’t think he would be nearly as effective. I would also like to see him fight more LHW before making the jump up to potentially face someone that weighs nearly 300 lbs (Lesnar)
cheers fr702,maybe not for the title then.if he does only have 6 more fights left would like to see him take on at least 1 more 205,rampage liddell w silva.dont see anyone in the 185 taking him to the 3rd round ha
ya Anderson in HW, dont want to see that at all no need for it imo……
If silva feels comfortable retiring saying he’s got “nothing more to prove”, then dude go ahead. I still think the ONLY challenges he’s had have been henderson and franklin. Other than that, dude, he’s ran through everyone because everyone he’s beat, isn’t that good. I mean he’s fighting COTE next. Wtf is that? He’s an awesome fighter, but I won’t be THAT impressed untill he ko’s wanderlei,thiago silva, or even steps up and fights my boy GSP.
cheers Gav, i would to see him face Soku personally, it would be wishful thinking for Anderson to fight Wanderlei or even Shogun (again former training partners and friends, plus Wanderlei use to corner him in PRIDE), but a Rampage fight is intriguing or how bout the winner of Vera v Jardine… so many possibilities soo little time
jazzkok,
GSP would actually have to step up and fight Silva, being that he is the lighter fighter. GSP also has to get past BJ first. I think Anderson is capable of winning a lot of fights at LHW, but certain fighters, namely Wanderlei would cause him a lot of problems.
wow i never knew silva was such a ****
I don’t see Wanderlei causing him any problems. Anderson’s striking is better and more accurate than chucks and he good reach…I’d take Anderson via tko.
Hey let him retire while he is still healthy and on top like Barry Sanders. I forgot he was in his mid thirties maybe he feels like age is being a bigger factor than he thought it was
As for Bisping beating Silva
I agree with FR702
But JOHNBOY are you serious? Bisping has foughten only one person with good credentials in Rashad Evans and he lost to him and your saying he has a chance to beat A Silva, Please dont make me laugh. Now he’s facing Leben’s huge head isnt going to feel any of the Count’s little punches n bunches.
i dont have a problem with him hanging up the gloves…when chuck gets knocked out at 38 years old or whatever he is now, everybody says he should have went out when he is on top, no problem with seeing anderson get out with his legacy in tact…however a lot can happen in six fights
Anderson will get 2nd guessed either way let’s say that he sticks around for 6 fights and wins all of the decisivly great wonderful the greatest.. Or if he hangs them up after the July 4th weekend show, well maybe he “left” too early there was a lot of fight left in him… Or he sticks around for the next 6 years and mid way thru that stint he loses a few here and there gets ko’d well he should have retired while he was on top… See it doesn’t matter til he takes action and whatever action he has chosen people will 2nd guess him….
Chuck getting Ko’d I don’t believe its because he is old, and I also think that the LHW division can go up and down with wins and losses a plenty, look @ Jardine he ko’d Griffin (LHW champ) split decision to Liddell then he got ko’d by Houston and destroyed in 36sec by Wanderlei and now he will be fighting Vera.. The LHW division is phenominal in the UFC Liddell with a few wins could be back in the mix imo but he just got Ko’d by Evans and lost his oppritunity this time bottom line…
IT CAN’T BE TRUE…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
JOHNBOY, YOU JERK!!!HOW DARE U SAY I HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR? IT IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING TO SAY I HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR!!!WHAT MAKES YOU SAY I HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR?!! DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE I HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR?!! OF COURSEI HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR!!!
…was that humorous enough
southcakalak
couldnt agree more,you could put hughes in with that!guys who seemed unbeatable now suffering big KO defeats against guys thay used to beat for fun,maybe he wants to go out a champion!love to see him fight gsp
ok on a serious note now…
i don’t think dana will let this happen. almost every man has his price. dana will kiss tito’s butt before he ltes this happen. silva is his golden goose and unless he’s fighting hacks like cote, he’s guaranteed to sell out all of his fights and sell at least 1 million PPV’s.
i would also like to see him move up to LHW and fight the top tier guys when he finishes what’s left of the middleweight division. i mean really, who’s left at middleweight?
-hendo (already lost)
-marquardt (already lost)
-franklin (lost twice baaaadly)
-lutter (lost and cut by the UFC)
-bisping (gay) that one’s for you johnboy
i wanna see him fight the likes of wandi, chuck, forrest, rashad, rampage, etc.
Good work rutdog.
Would have been gutted if Anderson had retired so early. A much as I like Mikey B, I just don’t think that anyone has the skills at the moment to beat Anderson.
FR702,
i completely agree about liddell. i’m not even a fan of his, but i don’t think he’s losing cause he’s older. hell, randy came back at HEAVYWEIGHT in his 40’s and whupped on guys half his age and twice as strong. liddell simply has been figured out by other fighters. it’s no coincidence that rashad trained with the last guy to beat liddell, good ol’ keith jardine.
Kelvin<
forsure i mean hell Chuck needs to up his game he got exposed by Rampage and Evans, on a lesser note Jardine…. he can definately come back he just needs to gather himself and get back at it forsure (yes iam a fan of his definately)
BE says that Anderson Silva has six fights left on his contract hince the i want to fight six times in a year thing just a thought
@ kelvin
i could be wrong, but the ufc has never come close to a million ppv buys….especially with anderson silva fighting…he’s nowhere near as big a draw as liddell or lesnar
Hopefully being beaten by Evans will fire Chuck up to start kicking ass again!! to be honest, if being beaten by Rashad doesn’t do it then I don’t know what will!
FR702: I agree. Chuck has been looking for that overhand right for a bit too long. I have been saying for ages (to my mates – not on this forum!) that I would love to see him round his game more (as he can wrestle and obviuosly can kick-box but doesn’t ever use these skills in his fight stategy).
Will chuck evolve? If he doesn’t then I can’t see him having many more fights (I hope he proves me wrong).
I am a Chuck fan by the way!
The man is a legend, I just want to see him use all his skills!!!!
@southerplayacadillacmusik
Anderson Silva could definately bring close to a mil ppv buys if he has a great opponent (most casual fans didnt know much about Hendo before the fight really) and if he actually had a good undercard, his fight in Chicago will be a true test of his “Drawing” power, but noone is going to compare to Liddell ok well perhaps Lesnar but that has alot to do with WWE fans but its all good…..
@animal, hell i think that he has been hearing people mumble about he hadnt ko’d anyone since 2006 and he thought that he could do it to Evans, that was his mistake if he fought like he did against Wanderlei (with respect of the other fighters power yada yada) he went in looking for the ko and recieved one himself ala Rampage he needs to stop looking for the ko and fight come with the kicks and takedowns he is also decently ranked (belt wise) in BJJ his ko’s will come back hey thats just my opionion
B Free
i never said bisping would beat silva i said if silva retires bisping has a better chance of becomeing champ, stop jumping on the hate against johboy wagon lol.
silva still has alot to prove yet, hendo wants another crack at him then after that nate the great is defo back up there so he still has a couple of fighter 2 beat b4 he moves up to 205 for good. or even better go to 170 and fight the winner of BJ and GSP, which i think penn is guna destroy GSP and ide have my money on him to beat silva the guy is on a diffrent level to any mma fighter at the mo.
@JohnBoy hey we agree that BJ will beat GSP WOW, i also would like for GSP to come up and challenge Anderson @ 185 just a thought seeing how Silva walks around at like 210 plus GSP is going to be without a championship and he cant cut to 155 sooo……..
i could see that happening but i think silva would take him out, is it just me or does any1 else think gsp cant take an hit? (im not just going on the serra punch) every time he gets hit he seems to wobble, thats why i think penn is guna tko him early in the fight penn is a very smart striker.
ur delusional to think GSP will get beaten by BJ
good as he is, when GSP is 100% no one can touch him
and if anyone could (and i stress the could there) potentially have real shot at beating andy, its Rush
im guessing u mean randy phil? i hope im wrong but i think lesnar is going to ground an pound randy’s head into the mat
A in shape BJ won’t gas and will put the beat on Rush but I will agree to disagree or simply we can debate it to death I’m use to it cheers…
cool not much spider fan that mean franklin can become champ ya!!! or hendo!!! or maybe even GSP!!
i say gsp can beat bj i say spider can beat gsp i would like gsp to beat all.
Johnboy,
he meant Andy as in short for Anderson.
Phil,
You’re delusional to think no one can touch GSP, and anyone that thinks that A. Silva will drop from be able to fight at 205, to fighting at 170 is probably mistaken. That is a huge drop, especially for a guy over 6′ He’ll make GSP come up to fight him, if that fight ever happens. I also don’t think BJ would be able to move all the way up to 185, from being a more natural 155er.
Silva wouls have no chance — zero — none against Roy Jones Jr. in a straight boxing match. But, he would get a nice payday.
Funny how he talks retirement when he is not getting the money others are making now.
It’s always about the money… I think I’ll retire too… no… maybe not. I won’t get anymore money to stay. They’d just hire somebody else.
LOL
I hope he does retire on top of his game. I’m sick of all these washed up athletes hanging on too long. Brett Favre, Michael Jordan, Ken Shamrock! LMAO
But Joe… when these guys “retire” they end up coming back again anyway. I hope they don’t retire too early. I also hope they don’t retire too late… I remember Johnny Unitas at the end of his career. He was awesome and to have his career end on such a lousy note was sad. Ali stayed around too long… Holmes punished him in his last fight. I would like to see a guy stick around as long as is competetive and know when he should get out.
I agree that I like to see guys go out on top, but I also don’t like for them to retire too early. I think it would have been great for Barry Sanders, or Strahan, and some other football players to stick around longer. I don’t know of any fighters, off the top of my head, that retired too early, however I think its clear that Ken Shamrock is washed up, partly because of his age, but also because the other people are so much better now than the people he fought in his prime. I would also contest that Jet Favre isn’t washed up, he’s just not on as good a team as he was at Green Bay, and some of the coaching decisions in terms of play calling have been poor.
GASP!!
Did you see, way up at the top, there was another poster naming himself brandon, only he had a capital B. This is an outrage!! That wasn’t me!
Although I do agree 100% with him, Silva would kill Bisping. Bisping has zero KO power, and I don’t think he’s that all around great, I could be proved wrong with his leban fight, but I think Leban beats Bisping, killing the TUF coaching spot and match up against Dan Henderson
I would say, for all intents and purposes, Royce Gracie retired too early. I know he fought in other shows, but he left the UFC and didn’t do much of anything until he went back to the UFC and got squashed by Matt Hughes.
Several fighters have stayed way too long… Shamrock… Frye… Coleman… Severn… all stayed too long. Probably as a result of the low paydays that got when they started. Out of those low paydays they had to pay all of their expenses. The sport is too young to have many guys leave the game too early.
brandon with a little b
I think you got it right, except when you said, “…I don’t think he’s that all around great.” I’m not sold on this guy AT ALL. Hamill beat him fair and square and that decision will go down with the Roy Jones Jr decision in the gold medal match in the Olympics as a disgraceful decision. I still can’t believe Jeff Mullen gave the nod to bisping… and then he tried to defend his decision to do that… ridiculous. I think Leben will beat bisping and that will be that.
Let’s be real Bisping cant touch Anderson Silva. Every opponent Silva has fought he lets them think they have a chance like Hendo then the 2nd round Anderson decided he was goin end in and did. James Irvin a LHW not a big name but not a slouch n got knocked out in a minute. Anderson cant legit beat any LHW , maybe not in knockout but unless a crazy KO punch puts him down no light heavy has been consistent enough to touch him. Forrest lost to Jardine , Rampage to Forrest n Wandi, Wandi to hendo n liddell, all good fighters but nobody is establishing a dominance in LHW. And GSP is a beast , so is BJ but GSP destroyed Fitch n if he come out like that , even BJ wont be able to beat him.
He is worried about turning into a Chuck Liddell….I dont blame him. Only the fighter knows when its time to quit….if a fighter second guesses himself….then they get beat. Chuck never rebounded from Rampage.
FIRST: NO!!! Anderson! NO! You dickhead! You’re my favorite fighter now act like it you c0ckmonger!
SECOND: Just like Favre Anderson will get the “itch” and not be able to retire.
THIRD: Anderson….dickhead….you hurt my feelings. That’s right! Feelings..I have’em.
DICK!
Chuck is still in his 30’s. He can still come back if he makes up his mind to do that. Liddell let himself go in the Evans fight. He lost all discipline. He’s been carring his hands too low for a while and getting away with it. I bet in his next fight he’ll have his guard up and not load his right from left field. Liddell will be back. It would be interesting if he fought Anderson Silva… but I seriously doubt that Anderson Silva would EVER go for that fight.
James “The Sandman” Irvin ain’t no Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell…
@FR702
i love to watch the spider fight, but its a fact that he’s never come close to being a top draw, ie. liddell, gsp, lesnar(wwe fans count too, lol…for better or worse)…i guess its just because everybody assumes he is just gonna walk thru his opponents…which he does
@FixXer, Chuck did pretty good against Wanderlei how did that work out for Rampage? Ha, Chuck still has the great ability to fight and be a contender all of the “top” guys in the LHW division (Wanderlei,Evans, Shogun, Lyoto, Rampage, Chuck ect) all could have the belt change hands over and over imo it is a phenominal weightclass
Anderson Silva is a gun!!!!
and will be on top for a long time
I agree with FR702… he’s a smooth talker
@southerplayacadillacmusik
I understand that I mean why would u pay $50 to just watch Silva destroy (walk threw) his opponents…..(As a “casual” fan that is)
But I do believe if u put him u against Liddell (for example) that would kill ppv sales
DolfanG, thank you for the support my friend I just read what u said about you dvr that sucks my friend
JOHNBOY
I aint hating homie, its just that Bisping is never going to be champ
But Rich Franklin just got i big gooey stain in his underpants when he heard this. Maybe Dana wants to excite the 185 lb division and give them hope to get a chance to be champ instead of all these champ quality fighters being top contenders
it doesn’t really matter what happens. i’m a huge fan of silva, but he may well have ruined the middleweight division in the UFC for a long, lomg time.
think about it, if hendo comes back and silva beats him again…then marquardt comes back and beats him again…then he kicks the crap out of okami, bisping and whoever else fights him and he retires undefeated…what kind of respect would the future champ get? no matter who becomes champ, they’ll always be known as a champ that didn’t beat the spider.
maybe when he retires, we’ll see franklin come back and fight hendo…battle of the second rate champs! hahahahahaha
Kelvin
Silva isn’t undefeated. He has 4 losses. You might have meant undefeated as the champion or undefeated in the UFC… so far that would be right…
Yeah Kelvin get your facts straight or DolfanG is going to get you hahaha just jokes, it is pretty cool that Anderson Silva is undefeated in the UFC and I remember when Leben said he would send him back to Japan or where ever the hell he is from, that shhhiittt was classic
FR702
lol, yea he would get the views because of liddell…and quit calling me that
this pisses me off this guy calls it quits before hes really been tested in the ufc, dana should get of his lazy A$$ go to Asia and find some fighters
@southcakalac, he most likely would get the views because of Liddell but Silva has fans too
As far as southerplayacadillacmusik
I wount use it, sorry if I offended you your “name” reminded me of Outkast song sorry
@Segablack,
You call beating Rich Franklin (twice), Dan Henderson, and Nate Marquardt not really being tested?! What planet do you live on?
I think silva is on top of his game right now . There wouldn’t be much point for him to stick around another 5 years , if he goes another 4 fights it would be a smart idea , then hang it up .
So , this means that there should be no holding back on opponents for him . Who do I think should be his final four opponents? glad you asked ….
DR.Dooms final four are : 1)paulo filho
2)yushin okami
3)Shogun Rua (205)
4)wanderlei silva (205)
If he can beat these guys he’d go out in style …. but they are capable of taking him just the same .
I just read all 81 comments in an attempt to add my 2 cents….what struck me is that SOMEONE actually said that GSP can’t take a punch?????
Tell that to John Fitch.
@segablack
withouth pointing out all the fighters that justin mentioned(which should end the argument) he still has 6 fights and if he wins them all he can retire and laugh all the way to the bank and the HOF
oh yea @FR702
haha, i remember that…lol, i guess you can call me that, if you want to type it out everytime…no harm to foul…but im still sticking with anderson silva not being a million ppv draw…not in two fights
I’d still like to see GSP vs A. Silva
i did obviuosly mean silva was undefeated in the UFC. i don’t think he’ll fight paulo fihlo because they’re great friends. maybe i’m biased because i’m a big silva fan, but i don’t see hendo, bj, gsp, okami, wandi, or rua beating him. hell, i like forrest but it think if he wanted to, silva could fight him on 2 days notice and be the LHW champ too!
I agree with Dr. Doom’s list of people that I’d like to see him fight, however that whole training partner thing comes into play with Filho (I think) I would also like to see him have a shot at holding the LHW title, if he moved up and stayed there getting a win over maybe Wandy and another LHW. Shogun is still good, but its been so long since he fought, and when he comes back he’ll be coming off his second knee surgery, I do wonder if he will be as good as he once was after that.
Silva running from anyone? Come on. Thinking he is bigger than the sport? Come on. If you said that about Serra or Ortiz I’d buy it. Silva is a true champion in and out of the ring. So far no one has been able to come close. I don’t think he’ll retire that quickly, but if he does he deserves a trememdous thank you from the entire sport for what he’s brought.
GSP seems to be content at being WW champion. Why would he move up to MW just to get beat by A. Silva? It would be a great WAR but GSP doesn’t have the stones to do it.
@ southcakalac, well hell I may call u southerplayacadillacmusik from time to time but I dunno I just immediately thought that the first time I read your name.. A mil ppv seller maybe not, it will be interesting to see what #’s UFC 90 pulls in
@Dr Doom, nice list and I understand where you are coming from, yet in all reality those fights (other than Okami) won’t happen due to well friendships and such
why do people want to see okami vs silva so much? franklin owned okami, i no u dont go on other fights to get the outcome of another fight, but come on guys okami vs silva would make u happy? ide rather see cote vs silva least u no theres a 0.5% chance of cote catching him with a big right lol
Man all you haters need to shut the “F” up. Silva is the man and no one can take him. I bet he will win win all six of his last fights.
Because Okami is a man that Silva lost to, and I want to see Silva destroy him
wasn’t it an illigal knee that knocked okami out? i wouldn’t call that loseing ha
Huh?
Okami vs. Silva is a fight I’d pay for
i seem to be on my own again here maybe im wrong but i no an i think most of u no that okami has as much chance of cote to beat silva
It was a UP~KICK that ko’d Okami the problem was rthat Okami’s knees were on the ground @ the time.. Rumble on the Rock 4 or 7 I think it was their MW touney
Silva’s final six fights I would like to see:
Marquardt
Bisping
GSP
Wandy
Machida
Whoever has the LHW title
I am not saying any of these guys can beat Silva but I have my own personal reasons for wanting to see these match ups.
Okami is still a top contender, that is why people are interested in seeing that fight, besides the fact that Okami has beaten him, even if it was due to DQ. I also would say that Franklin did not “own” Okami, that fight went the distance. There is also the fact that Okami has a different fighting style than Franklin and poses different threats to Silva than Franklin.
marquardt
the count
forrest
wandy
rampage
gsp
and i say any one of these can beat him
but on the other hand he can beat them an all haha
FR702, it was Rumble on the Rock 8.
@ Justin thx, well I was wrong owell…. I mean it was a pretty violent kick and he was technically on the ground but Siva did Ko the hell out of Okami…. Thx for letting me know the correct #
No problem it was easy to find, just went to Okami’s wiki page.
@Justin @ outhcakalak
ok A test intended to measure the respondents’ stemena or other abilities, beating Rich Franklin (twice) by walking right through him do not seem like a test now does it? but that just me, Dan Henderson almost but he lost in the second so fast , and Nate Marquardt well if you think i first round TKO is a test for Silva then i can say anything to you.
i want to see this fighter get pushed to the point where its all on the line. tested like going more then 3 rounds the ufc need to pull some guy to help the weight class here man its full of guy from the usa. like all the guys he has beat!
the best match up for silva at 205 would probably be liddel if chuck evewr returns to his normal self and evenm against machida that would be a great fight
Segablack,
Henderson and Franklin have beat people from outside the USA. The two have beat a who’s who of MMA fighters, Franklin in the UFC and Henderson in Pride, there’s not many other guys that could fight him.
Bloodyelbow.com has 5 UFC fighters (including Silva) in the top 7 Middleweight fighters in the world. The two that aren’t are Filho, and Lawler. Silva won’t fight Filho b/c of the friends thing, and they want to keep MW separate b/w UFC and WEC for right now. Lawler would get blasted, he’d even get blasted by Bisping I think, and they’re not going to cross promote with proelite. MMAWeekly add Matt Lindland and Kizuo Misaki to the top 5, both of which are with other promotions, so those fights aren’t going to happen either. Just because he hasn’t gone long in fights doesn’t mean he hasn’t been tested. He’s faced top fighters and beat them. Its not his fault no one is in the same class as him right now.
Johnboy!! Slow down bro! Start by saying silva is pound 4 pound the best fighter in the world! Along with GSP! Bj penn is a lil guy! He has no chance! He got beat once and GSP has only become twice is good since!! GSP is the definition of ultimate fighter he does it all!!! And he will be the one who beats silva
This must be a joke web-site. For those of you who think that Bisping has a remote chance of beating Silva give your heads a shake.
I am definitely not a die-hard Silva fan but you gotta respect the man. He just took care of Irvin in one minute of the first round. I have trouble comparing Bisping to a Silva or an Irvin.
The ‘Count’ will go down hard – very hard!
Justin
I know it’s not his fault theres no one thats what i was trying to say buddy he needs more fighters to face before he quits while hes ahead….
which sucks thats why he really needs to lose it to easy for him i would quit to if my job was easy well im not him so i dont know how easy but he makes it look easy lol if he lost he would have something to work for! thats why i said dana need to find some fighters!! look at the guys in japan there so many under ranked guys there, when i used to live over there i used to go to pride fc events and there a lot of mma in japan not just dream they could pull a lot from that country
Segablack,
Don’t think that they’re not trying. I’m sure that Dana wants to have the best fighters in the UFC, if there’s someone that is better than Anderson Silva at 185, Dana White wants him in the UFC. He wants the UFC to be THE top promotion, and THE promotion with the BEST guy(s) at every weight class. That’s why they bought Pride, and IFL, and whatever organizations they may have purchased that I don’t know about.
Bisbing is a solid fighter but it would be an upset period….
Anderson Silva is a great champion. He has shown himself to be both a highly skilled and intelligent fighter in the octagon. Furthermore he has conducted himself with complete class in both his public and private life.