Silva Denies Disrespecting Cote

If Anderson Silva is retiring next year like he says he is, then I hope this Silva-Liddell fight rumor is true! Not only would this be the fight of the century but it will answer a lot of what if's. Dana should take advantage of Silva's remaining fights on his contract and set up crazy fights with worthy opponents. I read Silva won't fight fellow Brazilian contenders but make him fight The Axe Murderer, Lyoto or at least Thiago Silva! I would love to know if he truly is the best in the world. Plus, if Liddell wins this fight he could somehow redeem his already declining career and ride off into the sunset with the biggest win of his career. GO CHUCK!

Tra Telligman's Pec - Sweet name man.

I'd love to see A. Silva Vs. Liddell. Excellent striker Vs striker match-up. Yeah Liddell has had some recent set backs but no matter who he gets in the cage with it's gonna be an exciting fight.

told ya :D......guys its a gameplan to make cote angry and start coming forward and it started to work but cote's crap knee poped.....i bet if he would have got the ko in the end no body would talk about him not respecting cote...SILVA FTW still the best p4p fighter!

"Taking Silva at his word, maybe he’s only guilty of showing Cote far more respect than fans thought the challenger deserved, which is sort of ironic in light of their subsequent criticisms."

Doesn't it make sense? If the guy's he's fighting has a puncher's chance...why increase his odds by just standing and exchanging with him? Silva fought that fight to win it...and he did...and he would have barring that knee injury anyways.

I like watching exciting fights, but people praising Bisping last week for using the exact same strategy against a heavy handed striker.

It's ok to expect more out of an Anderson Silva fight...but he employed a sound strategy to increase his chance at winning a fight. You can't blame him for that.

Not a HUGE Silva fan but there is no way in hell Chuck could pull that off. Did you not just see Spida dance for 3 rounds waiting for Cote to slip up(not literally) he would just sit back and wait for Chuck to drop that hand again and lights out!! Chucks done it all his career hes to old to change styles now. I'm pretty sure thats yet another card i would watch free online wouldnt pay for that one

Silva VS Chuck sounds like a boring fight between two counter strikers waking in circles waiting on the first punch.

Anderson Silva fights like a girl, you'll never see Fedor have an equally unimpressive fight.

"and right after I’m going to spend some time in Thailand sharpening my muay Thai.”

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This is getting kind of dumb. The concept of the "fight that fans wanted to see" is a ludicrous and potentially dangerous one. The only real way to make sure that fans see the fight that they want to see would be to some how affect the way fighters fight... hmmm.....

Lets please let the fighters do their job.

Also, I really feel sorry for some of the fans of this sport. Striking is clearly evolving past the point at which they find it entertaining. More fighters (arguably all the better fighters) are adding footwork and complex defensive head movement; some people see this as dancing or running away. A solution for you guys is to stick to some of the other fight orgs with less experienced fighters on contract.

"Still, it wasn’t the kind of fight that people paid to see."

Zuffa should incentivize the fighters to follow fan-based fight strategies.

It's win-win: the fans get their money's worth and Zuffa makes bank. Plus, the armchair warriors don't have to spend valuable energy second-guessing fighting styles.

The fight that so-called "fans" want to see is at the local auditorium. It's called Toughman. Anyone who has ever seen Silva fight before knew he wasn't there to mess around. Cote was the challenger, he needed to go after the belt but he decided to play it safe and hopefully lose by points after 5 rounds.

@Ruckus- Totally agree with you. The fighters are getting so good that the fights aren't just 1st round knockouts, and I love the hell out of it. I just hope that fans evolve with the sport and stop booing at events.

You people are all rubes that can't understand MMA on the level that I do. I have been watching it forever. Knockouts and submissions are only cool if they come in the last round. And even then, they are not that cool.
I feel sorry for you people who all want to see exciting fights. That's how I used to be like 10 years ago, but then I EVOLVED. I am on another level entirely than you all. The future of the sport is clearly unanimous decisions where the winner landed more jabs and displayed technical footwork. I have trained in MMA for a long time. You haven't heard of me because I suck and have no shot at being a professional fighter, but this means that my understanding is so much better than yours. I am an MMA Buddha.

Anderson is going to fuck Chuck up worse than Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris fucked Colmbine High School.

Too soon?

"I am an MMA Buddha."<----No, you are a pompous jackass. Just because you talk and shit out of the same hole doesn't mean you're nearly as special as you think you are. If you suck but know so much, why aren't you commentating somewhere...you know, other than on Cagepotato where you display your staggering capacity to be an egotistical prick? Your post didn't say shit aside from implying you might think "Rear Naked Poke" is an actual submission. Jackass.

ruckus,

Alright.

I will be the one to honestly say, "He's beat guys who hit just as hard, have just as good chins, better jits, better mua thai striking, better wrestling, better clinch/dirty boxing, more experience, better conditioning, and all around phenomenally better skill sets in 2 rounds or less. If he can finish them, he could've gotten serious, stopped sparring around and dedicated himself to giving Cote a real fight."

There is nothing is Cote's skill set to suggest that Anderson's gameplan was nothing more than a ploy to "put on a show" at Cote's expense.

No, I am not mad at Chuck you fucking morons. I cant believe I am even taking the time to reply to such bullshit on some fucking pathetic website like this.

Chuck needs a win - a devastating win - to get him back where he was. There is no sense setting up a fight that will bring him back into the spotlight. A win over Silva would bring back the old Chuck. They are both great fighters, and I am not sure the fight will happen - But I will tell you this, it will be fucking amazing and you internet shit talkers will buy the PPV, no doubt.

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@ Jugger, thank you! I agree with you 100%. Silva clearly said himself that his whole game plan was to take it to the 5th round. THAT was his game plan, get it to the 5th. And how was he to accomplish that? By avoiding engaging Cote. That, my pee brained internet noob friends is the definition of disrespect. Silva did NOT respect Cote enough to give him the fight Cote came for. Instead Silva spent as much time as possible doing anything BUT fighting. Oh, and since when did wiggling your fingers at your opponent and walking circles around the octagon become a "defensive strategy"? If that is so acceptable what would happen if everyone did that? What would happen if Cote did that? If Silva was serious about trying to get Cote to rush him why not just give him the bird or wave him on (bring it!) like most others do?

I can guarantee you Silva won't pull that shit again, if he does then it will prove that I'm wrong and that really is his new "strategy".

@ I have been an MMA fan forever...LMFAO!! Dude, that's funny. Love the sarcasm. =)

@ Dana White.....also hilarious. Impersonation SPOT on!!!