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Sonnen no longer wants a rematch with Silva

I absolutely cosign with John I. Anderson will destroy Chael in Brazil.Period.As for JBJ? There is no doubt that JBJ will probably be the most dazzling overall fighter in MMA history as he grows into his body,continues to develope at this dazzling rate with a ever sharpening constellation of skill sets.As jbj becomes a legit HW? He'll be without a doubt theeee GREATEST MMA HW EVER.He's already a virtual lock for the LHW division as Anderson is for the MW division...but JBJ is not ready to beat Anderson yet.Basically,JBJ will have to strike to set up the takedown and GNP to defeat Anderson.He hasn't a prayer of actually and legitimately tapping Anderson,and unlike all of JBJ's other opponents? Anderson has the head movement to compliment his defense and his array of offensive weaponry...aaaand Anderson has SUPERIOR footwork,at least equivalent quickness to JBJ,superior standup offensive weaponry as well as (like JBJ) underestimated reserves of physical strength.Machida lost to JBJ because he didn't move his head enough.Anderson has the best head movement and footwork in MMA history; not even close.The high kicks,spinning kicks,etc. that JBJ tried on Machida and failed to land with would be futile against Silva as well.The question of how successful JBJ would be in his takedowns of Silva could possibly be extrapolated from how well Silva does against Chaelroid in their inevitable rematch late 2012 (I'd guesstimate roundabout October or November 2012).Anderson spars with Cigano,the current UFC HW Champ,so there's no question that he can withstand JBJ's firepower,but there are plenty of questions as to whether or not JBJ can withstand Anderson's firepower.Anderson--the most accurate striker in MMA history--will definitely land with authority on JBJ...and that's when the game comes to an end.Anderson will also be the first and probably only person to get to JBJ's legs with his best in the game leg-kicks. Recall that JBJ didn't outgrapple Machida...he STUNNED Machida with a left hook which dropped him,followed with a wicked elbow that opened Machida up,then capitalized with the choke.Gotta give him crazy respect for that,and I applaud JBJ and Machida for their performance...but that ain't happenin to Anderson.Rashad maaaaayyy be the only person with sufficient quickness speed and wrestling acumen in the LHW division to legitimately threaten to take JBJ down repeatedly.Anderson IS DEFINITELY the guy to crack JBJ in the legs,the body,the chin...and NOT be heavily menaced by counterstrikes.Can Anderson stop JBJ's takedowns? Not indefinitely.Can JBJ rain down enough GNP to damage and/or slow down Silva? If he can pierce Anderson's defense,yes he is...but that would mean solving the riddle of Anderson's footwork and weathering the storm of the best offensive striker in MMA history.Intriguing matchup...but if Anderson is healthy and we honestly,objectively add it all up?

Standup? Anderson clearly.

Clinch? Anderson (Anderson's fearsome,vaunted Muay Thai clinch can and will thwart JBJ's high-powered GR clinch as Machida's strikes also nullified JBJ's G-RT)

Takedowns? JBJ.Although I might caution you all to remember that Anderson too has a very high takedown rate; he just rarely resorts to it...similar to Chuck Liddell in his prime.


GNP? JBJ but not by muchThis category might be a TIE.Remember that the absolute nightmare scenario for anyone is to have a striker of Silva's acumen throwing hammers on you from the top position.

Submissions? Anderson (more submissions against a consistently higher level of opposition,and has the more elite submission grapplers in his training camp).

So be real and stop hatin.Lotsa people LOVE Anderson,and overall the skill sets still are in (a healthy,still quick,uninjured,maximally motivated) Anderson's favor.Anderson takes this one by late round TKO for his swan song in Brazil.

Not to be rude to anyone but in my opinion tnere is alot mis- understanding when it comes to Anderson Silva.most people like this guy;including me.I noticed he stops other fighters from talking trash with his punches not his words,I like that.. Honestly he is still the best,like it or not.there has been some fights that were not all excinting but it's not all his fault, overall this man is one of a few that its at this level..he will shut up Sonnen''the clown'' with a kick and a left hook in the next fight,he will be ready for Sonne's wrestling and things will be different next time,,trust me I've seen Silva always improving and never making the same mistake..

Silva's legacy is already written in stone. He has always been a gentleman in and out of the ring.Always respectable and he has never ducked anyone. I agree that a Jones fight has star potential and may be his toughest test at his age, but IMO given the chance, he will clean Sonnon's clock if they rematch. As good as GSP is, he is just too smal to fight Silva.

C'mon Spider!I like Silva but he's after Fedor the biggest Ducker in MMA lol.When he has a chance to fight guys with shorter reach who are slower then him like Griffin,Irvin or Franklin than he'll jumps on the chance immediately!!!He was also"declined"the fight offer fro the UFC with Vladimir the"Janitor"Matyushenko,whom by the way have the best"Nickname"in MMA!!!The real funny thing is he wont fight Jonny"Bones"quote"He's in a different weight division and we are good friends,we will not fight each other!As I said C'mon Spider!!!But he's still a gr8 fighter.Plus if I was him I would retire from the UFC right now here's the reasons why:When Cheal Sonnen said that he'll go to Silva's house kick the door in and SMACK HIS WIFE'S ASS and make her cook a Steak for him the way he likes it,in my opinion Sonnen crossed a line that shouldn't be crossed.Dana"the,Snake"White should cut Sonnen immediately after he said that because it was border line Rape talk.Especially after he fired Miguel Torres for saying(in my opinion)a less offensive joke.But no he let Sonnen than Griffin and Rashad away with this kind of stuff than he cuts Torres!?What a Scumbag,sneaky,Yellow belly bastard Dana is.No spine in that piece of Squat!So if I was Spider I would have walked when they insulted my Wife.That's a NO NO or at least it should be!!!!Well Thank u guys for taking the time to read my long comment!Y'All have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!All the Best.Cheers!

I want to see Silva fight Frankie Edgar for the lightmiddleweight title, but with Edgar wearing toe shoes and using nunchucks covered in lye. I want Chael to referee the fight and Jon Jones and St. Pierre judging. I understand from my sources that Dana is working on this, but I think Jon Jones will duck his refereeing duties.

MAY I ASK WHICH "TOUGHER" FIGHTER OUT THERE HAS SILVA BEEN DUCKING?

I mean seriously...The only reason Silva didn't want to fight chael was because HE ALREADY HAD HIS CHANCE AND HE BLEW IT.

You Americans always think your fighter are the "BEST" in every damn thing. I have news for you... US is not the center of the universe.

In this world, SILVA IS THE BEST, and jon jones is a young prick...he'll be mature soon enough, then i'll say he's the best...

wow the spider haters for some reason like him or not the dude is the best in the world he destroyed LHW's for something to do ... how long did his sandman and forrest (former champ) fights last ? not even a round combined. there is no denying he is at the top of the heap he takes top guys and makes them look like school girls each and every single time. GSP would likely stand 0 chance and he is my fav fighter its just facts r facts. JJ goes on a bit of a streak looks strong and beats some top guys and all the sudden he is the best thing to ever grace the sport yes he is good yes he will be around for a very long time injuries permitted but sorry guys Silva is undeniably the #1 guy in the sport and as far as age goes he doesnt look any slower to me,watch his last fight. If he slows down a bit what he may have to start fighting guys with his hands up instead of by his sides? Former champs top level guys cant even hit the man I dont for see any reason he just cant keep destroying everyone for sometime to come. Watch the mans highlight real its ridiculous and most of his stuff looks like crap out of a movie. Deal with it.

Silva: "I'm pushing for Bisping for my next fight because he can't take me down and has pillow fists, who are you trying to get?"
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Jones: "I want to test myself against another champion, my first pick is Frankie Edgar"

I don't think a super fight with GSP and Silva will prove anything to be honest. If Silva has to cut 40 lbs to make weight then he's in the wrong weight category and beating Georges will not prove a thing. However, a light-heavyweight fight between Jon Jones and Silva would be an outstanding match. Can Silva take him? Couldn't tell you, but it would be a much more entertaining fight than GSP/Silva. And I'm a GSP fan no less.

Boush hit the nail on the head tbh

Boush that's exactly what I think of the Silve-Sonnen situation. I don't doubt he's injured but it's a mind game. Chael admitted once that he loses sleep over that lost so you can bet your ass he's felling it. Andersons just fighting fire with fire and winning.

I have a slightly different theories on Silva. 1. Silva vs Sonnen - I think Sonnen has done his heel job too well. I think he has legitimately p*ssed Silva off. I think Silva truly dislikes him and what better way to stick it to someone than to deny him what he really wants. He's just gonna let Chael stew away on the sidelines. And before you indignantly tell me that the best way to deal with someone is to beat the living snot out him, these guys get beat up for a living. They get beat up in practice they get beat up in fights - I really don't think it's huge deal for them to take a few punches. Watching someone else enjoy what you believe is rightfully yours hurts Chael way more than a spider flying knee.
2. Superfight - This is simple economics it is not good business for anyone to make this fight least of all the UFC. Why risk two of your biggest money earners on one night - when they can continue to put them on different cards and sell out both. Besides why does everyone think Jones has to change weight classes? This is his weight class and he is the boss so deal with it. Why would he put himself at a significant disadvantage. If there is no one good enough to challenge him then why is that his fault. No one told MIcheal Jordan to play with one less player on his team to prove he really was the best.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I still want that superfight between Silva and GSP. John Jones can wait in fucking line.

I just want to see a rematch of Sonnen vs Silva for the trash talk. Then, when Silva wins, I want to see him fight Jon Jones. That's it.

If only we could be so lucky, as long as everyone keeps throwing it in jones face he might start trash talk and claims that he is pound for pound "the best" We should all do our part to provoke that fight. get on it media.

I hope he fights Jon jones I wanna see it. I bet if Jon calls him out because I could see Jons ego wanting to be the #1 pound for pound Anderson would awnser the call. The whole he's scared of Chael business just needs to stop because I don't think the people who say that truly believe it. They just want to see Anderson get his ass kicked but unfortunately Chael can't beat him on his best day. I still think Machida could beat Jones better than anyone else.

I just wanna see Silva fight the top level fighters that the ufc offers in this decade .

@Mr.matteroffact nice work, Im not mad, Im not fat either. Your right If Dana said that it all makes sense now. all hail silva, and matteroffact aka. cheezeball. Your right, you must be like some sort of mma gu ru, cause you look up stuff, and you watched mma before it was cool. man your so cool and whitty, Go fuck your hat,

Your just pissed I told it how it is. Reread my post and look at the dumb shit you wrote dummy. Like I said sit your fat ass back down on the couch BOY. Who the heck do you think your going to convince other the The Hate Train passengers that he's ducking?? It's laughable because Dana White the president of the organization and preimer promoter of mixed martial arts comes out publicly and states that he makes the fights and Anderson has never asked him for a fight or turned down one ok YouTube it jackal. And yea I brought up his actual career as a “Matter of Fact" not when you started watch in UFC. And write back talking about you've been watching mma since back when or let ne guess you train mma no one cares......AND your a cheese ball for even saying cheese ball you cheese ball.=)

Silva should be asking for the fight with sonnon, since he was his toughest challenge by fFAR, you know to prove hes the best, Hes scared, and he wouldnt fight him if dana didn't make him.

@Rwilson@ you are right i got carried away, dinner was ready rushin and shit, mrs made some fine cheeze pie. @MR.matteroffagot You cheeze-ball, i like how you go to the he been fighting all over the world before you knew what mma was B.S , gimmie a break, i don't discredit silva for his talents, he is a geat fighter, possibly the greatest, the fact that he says he wants to fight the best and shit and then ducks the tougher fighters. Its horseshit, when asked about a superfight he says bj penn, someone who is two weight classes below, AND GARANTEES no fight with the bigger jon jones, and him haws about gsp,, YOu just get off your bandwagon and your mountain your king shit of.

@ Wallly Three-Ells - To be fair, when macreadysshack contradicted himself as you quoted, he did so under my post and with my comment, which I'm not sure he actually made himself. Though, I don't find it any more contradictory now than when I first said it.

Listen to you Silva haters it's straight humorous to read your comments lolol. This man was traveling around the world fighting people before mma became a house hold name and let me get this right your saying he's Scared!! Lololololol Ya'll never cease to amaze me lOl. Every fight he has y'all come out in force and put your names and credibility on the line saying this time this is the guy to beat him lets see hmm Cote mhmm
Griffin mhmm Belfort mhmm Sonnen mhmm Henderson mhmm Franklin mhmm. For the record I respect all mma fighters. The reason some men spite Silva soo much is because he wins and wins and wins and wins and wins. Not saying he's invincible but goddamn give the man his props. By insinuating he's duckin and jivin and faking injuries is a slap in the face to the UFC and the sport. Dana constantly talks about how annoying and stupid some mma (fans) are. He's say screw them who cares they don't call the shots if you wanna put matches together go play the videogame lolololol. Anderson is hated for one reason and that is his success. He's the envy of the mma world and he doesn't walk around with this false brovado that most of the insecure weak minded men of our culture in the U.S. do. Just cause you jackals walk around with tap out shirt and a mean expression on your face does not mean your face can take a punch lolol. Just sit your fat ass on the couch with the rest of your (boyz) and the let the Men be Men in the octagon thank you=)

@macreadysshack. I like your last comment too, you totally contradict yourself saying "scared is not the right word but you admit hes been protecting his legecy" hahahaahahah!!!! WELL I GOT NEWS FOR YOU BOI! same damn thing.!

I bet macreadysshack likes jon jones, gsp, frankie e, and every other champ of each division, i just call it as i see it, these bandwagon jumpers shouldn't be able to post there malarki on this site, makes the weak ones dumber

I can't believe you say your not a Silva nuthugger but then nuthug like never seen before. too question whether anderson is ducking the best guys is nut hugging. Hes Scrrrrd homie and that ain't what champs should do, i would be his biggest fan if he would stop being such a pussy but instead, Chael for president, boom

@ macreadysshack - I don't know if I agree. I don't think Anderson has really dodged competition, but I think there are definitely fights he has discouraged from being made. He's an incredible fighter, and "scared" is definitely not the right word, but I think he has been protecting his legacy a bit lately.

Dana White says: Age is a shit, man. It’s the only thing you can not cheat.
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Everything else is fair game though, right Dana?

maybe Anderson gets lucky and Munoz beats Sonnen next month...Spider can go out on top of the division by knocking out Munoz then decisioning a much smaller GSP or maybe even an aging Hendo and finish like a champ. He doesn't want nothing to do with Jones, getting his ass beat will destroy his legacy.

caption is hilarious. pretty much sums up Anderson's take on the situation and not wanting to fight "friends". He doesn't want to fight Chael, so that leaves basically nobody left at MW to fight. Machida just lost his second (i mean third) title fight in a row so he's out of contention. That means Anderson has no excuse at all for going up to LHW and challenging JOnes for the belt. He's just afraid of losing, pure and simple. He knows jones could suplex him to the ground with one hand behind his back and smash his face with elbows before big John has the chance to finish saying "let's get it on"

GSP is nothing compared to these two.
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He would simply get smashed, he is just too small. He won't move up, as he can't compete. No fault of his own.

Shit, meant to post my comment under antfarmer's comment. Cause I agree w/ him about Anderson wanting to fight ppl he knows he can beat. The very reason why he refuses to fight GSP at ww and for sure don't want none of JJ at lhw.

This^^^^^^

Not only did Anderson not get beat, he barely got hit. Pillowfists peppered him a bit, but it isn't like that did much damage.

I could see a hypothetical call-out from Jones being enough to entice the spider out. Jones isn't loyal (obviously) and the spider doesn't take kindly to lack of loyalty, just ask Belfort's face. After all, if there is one thing Brazilians hate it is not having most of the belts in their stable.

I don't mean to be overly disrespectful, or hug Anderson's nutz too tightly, but sometimes I get the idea that some of you guys don't really understand his mentality. It's true, he's done some weird stuff that's made me question my understanding, too. I truly believe that Anderson Silva is not 'ducking' or 'afraid' of anyone. I don't think he cares much for his 'legacy'. The man is a true aficionado of combat sports. He is a fighter to the core in the deepest sense. It's like the guys who say Fedor is 'scared' or any of these top level guys are 'afraid'. It's an MMA match, not a deathmatch. These top guys are 100% comfortable within the rules of these fights.

If he's dodging chael, then there's no way in hell he's getting in there with Jones. I honestly don't believe Anderson wants to be tested, I think he just wants fights he knows he can win. Machida, Jones, GSP, Chael, and anyone else that offers a true challenge.. he will find a reason not to fight. He's trying to retire on top and keep his legacy intact.

Unfortunately, neither fight feels likely. I think Anderson would be plenty content going out with Sonnen's scalp in his belt, rather than Jones' or GSP's.

Would be more happy to have read, as super fight based on 2 of 3 fights.

As for Big Nog being two punhces away from finishing Mir... I got two words for ya, Dana; Herb Dean

"...He could end with a superfight against Jone Jones or Georges St-Pierre."
I'm gonna go out on a very short limb here and say The Spider would rather face GSP.