Whats next for Thiago Silva? |
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Aiden08
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It's been almost 2 months since he fought Rashad Evans? Does anyone haved an answer?
Last edited 2/26/10 1:31AM by aiden08
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Post #1 2/22/10 4:25:00AM
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topnotch6761
Learning to Sprawl
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what else? hmmmm good question he should can go down to the middleweight division...he would do fairly well there he should fight wanderlai silva in that division. huh huh not bad :)
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Post #2 2/22/10 5:02:41AM
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lohmann
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Posted by topnotch6761
what else? hmmmm good question he should can go down to the middleweight division...he would do fairly well there he should fight wanderlai silva in that division. huh huh not bad :)
Why should he move down? His losses are to two of the four best light heavyweights in the world, and the one against Evans he had Evans in big trouble late.
I hope they throw him against the winner of Vera vs. Jones. Two interesting matchups are found there.
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Post #3 2/22/10 5:18:37AM
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Aiden08
Learning to Sprawl
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Posted by topnotch6761
what else? hmmmm good question he should can go down to the middleweight division...he would do fairly well there he should fight wanderlai silva in that division. huh huh not bad :)
i hope you were joking... first off like the guy above me said... his 2 losses were against the former LHW champs. And i really wouldnt consider his loss to Evans an MMA loss... Rashad was terrified of him and held him on the ground for the whole fight. its not like he got gounded and pounded. Rashad did even attempt a punch while he had him down the whole fight!!! and when Thiago pulled Rashad b*tch card to stand up and fight like a man. Rashad got b*tch slapped. Thiago is a force to be reckoned with and i think the winner between Jones vs. Vera would be great.
ps: Thiago and Wanderlai are best friends
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Post #4 2/22/10 5:30:15AM
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prozacnation1978
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i think winner of vera vs jones
or maybe ryan bader
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Jesse_Canadian_MMA
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Bader
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sbulldavid
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I think he'll take some time to heal properly. I think the Jones/Vera match will decide a lot of match-ups. I think if Jones wins he will fight Thiago Silva, I think Vera fights Bader next regardless if he wins or loses.
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Belt Contender
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the winner of Forest and little Nog
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Post #8 2/22/10 2:08:46PM
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CwB
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Kimbo HAHAHA...
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Jride
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Lil Nog
Thatd be a sick fight
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Post #10 2/22/10 7:59:04PM
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Aiden08
Learning to Sprawl
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I heard he was originally gonna face "Ace" Franklin... but now Couture is Fighting Rich instead. Then when Belfort got injured a it was concidered for Anderson Silva to fight him at LHW. But then they decided that A.Silva needed to defend his belt. I would really like to see him fight another striker/bjj expert, rather then another wrestler like Rashad Evans who will just lay on top of him again for 3 rounds...
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chickmagnet
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Ryan Bader would make sense. Both have recently beat Jardine, meaning they might be on the same level of competition. A fight between Bader and Silva would be important.
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Post #12 2/22/10 11:55:19PM
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Aiden08
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Posted by chickmagnet
Ryan Bader would make sense. Both have recently beat Jardine, meaning they might be on the same level of competition.
Ummm... The same level? Bader beat Jardine in 3 rounds, Silva beat Jardine in under 2 minutes...
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Post #13 2/23/10 12:07:26AM
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DosBox
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Posted by Aiden08
Posted by chickmagnet
Ryan Bader would make sense. Both have recently beat Jardine, meaning they might be on the same level of competition.
Ummm... The same level? Bader beat Jardine in 3 rounds, Silva beat Jardine in under 2 minutes...
He probably means that in relation to the UFC LHW division.
And also.... he said that they *might* be on the same level of competition. He bases this off of Thiago's and Bader's knockout of Keith Jardine.
Who was Thiago's best victory in the UFC? - Jardine (unless you want to argue Alexander from peoples beliefs at the time from that specific time - but currently most people would pretty much conclude it to be irrelevant).
Who was Bader's best victory in the UFC? - Jardine
As for this specific matchup.... I like this fight in terms of relevancy to the division, but after thinking about it I do not know if it really answers questions about the fighters.
I really base this on a few instances:
Thiago Silva if I remember correctly slowed down in terms of cardio as the fight went past the 1st round (Drwal and Evans fights).
Ryan Bader slowed down in terms of cardio as the fight went past the 1st round (Schafer, and slightly in the Jardine fight).
They both hit hard (although I would favor Thiago's standpoint because of more diversity), and both of their offensive ground games rely on working their top game.
Thiago had quite the trouble of defending Rashad's takedowns, likewise... Rashad had trouble holding Thiago down. With the wrestling of Bader, I would assume that Thiago would have trouble defending takedowns, and Bader having trouble holding Thiago down.
There are a lot of similarities between them, and I wouldnt think it would be wrong to think that they at least might be on the same level of competition.
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Post #14 2/23/10 3:00:35PM
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Aiden08
Learning to Sprawl
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I don't know if you know exactly what happened at UFC 108...
if you recall there was alot of bad karma and injuries surrounding this PPV. Alot of big name fights that were scheduled to happen never happened at all...
2 weeks prior to the fight Thiago suffered a very bad back injury (i know it had something to do with his outer ribs near the spine) he went to the UFC doctor and was told that it could get alot worse if he fought and would be extremely painful if he did fight with it, So when Thiago's manager came to the UFC about it they weren't happy. They already had to cancel many maincard fight and they weren't about to cancel the main event. So they pushed the fight onto Thiago and his manager told them it wouldn't be a very exciting fight concidering Thiago had to stop training camp when it came to anything real physical. So for the last few and most important weeks of his camp he couldn't train for Rashad's wrestling or any ground game at all....
I think for somebody to fight a top 5 LHW like Rashad at maybe %60 he did pretty well. Hell he almost won the fight in the ened just by playing mind games and exposing Rashads weakness which is his chin...
I personally think that these next 2 years Thiago will become and stay a top 3 LHW and be the title holder. The man has heart
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