Comments on: Anderson Silva At Heavyweight?

By: MR.GORILLA

MR.GORILLA — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:50:43 +0000

MY THOUGHTS OF ANDERSON AS A HEAVYWEIGHT IS THAT SKILLS HAVE ALWAYS OVERCOME WEIGHT. THE TALENT THAT ANDERSON POSSESSES AS A FIGHTER WILL PREVAIL HIM THROUGH ANY WEIGHT DIVISION. FRANK MIR, BROCK LESNER,AND ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER WITH ALL RESPECT DUE, STILL HAVE TO OVERCOME HIS BARRAGE OF TECNIQUES IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN DEFEATING HIM…. “ANDERSON SILVA IS A BEAST”….

By: ironman

ironman — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:57:17 +0000

Yeah. Unfortunately, I think that the “break him in half and eat him” scenario is most probable, but I’d be cheering for Anderson.

By: JoshK

JoshK — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:45:57 +0000

Agreed. I was just making “wouldn’t it be cool if….” conversation.

By: ironman

ironman — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:06:37 +0000

I don’t think he’ll be able to fit Lesnar in the contract, unless the UFC signs him for one additional fight (as I said, I think he needs two title defenses in there). If they sign him to one fight, they’re not going to give him a title fight. They don’t give title fights to guys in short term contracts, and I don’t see them making an exception, even to Anderson Silva.

By: JoshK

JoshK — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:11:47 +0000

I’ve got to say, that if you want to prove your P4P superiority, and FURTHER cement an already cemented legacy, going up ANOTHER weight class to fight guys light Mir or Lesnar…well, that’s the way to do it. What a a going away present that would be for Silva. Here…go fight Brock. Then he could retire with two belts (assuming, of course, Brock doesn’t catch him, break him in half, and eat him.)

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:21:11 +0000

Kind of makes sense since he won’t fight Machida and has dispatched both LHW’s he faced easily in the first round. There are opponents at LHW he could face (Rampage, Shogun, etc..) and he may be considered an underdog, but if he beats them then what? Heavyweight offers him the ultimate challenge he will be outweighed and overpowered by most of his opponents if not all. But then it would be an ultimate test of his skills as well as he would have to rely on that and his speed to win. Actually this may be a way for him to remain in the UFC or MMA mix as he would remain interested. And he would probably generate some decent PPV numbers.