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Originally Posted by MayhemMonkey000
And how many times did Anderson try to engage Leites when he did drop down? We're talking like Anderson is a huge slouch on the ground. If you really feel he gave even half of the performance compared to his other fights where he would go in for the kill then I don't know what to tell you. What I saw out there is not the same man that destroyed Rich, beat up Nate and Dan, etc. HE CAME IN WITH HIS HANDS DOWN FOR A LOT OF THE FIGHT. That's showboating, plain and simple.Originally Posted by TheHealthInspector
Originally Posted by MayhemMonkey000
Did you guys watch the same fight I did? Smart technical fight by Silva? He was showboating for most of the fight. I respect the man's skill and he's still one of the best P4P fighters out there but he's made an %*+ out of himself with this fight and against Cote. It's a shame that you guys are putting most of the blame on Leites because Anderson wasn't doing much engaging either.
serious question, how many times were there where anderson engaged and thales didnt drop down? it was pretty much every time
this post here isnt to argue about most of your post, yeah he did showboat when he danced but that hands down thing isnt showboating, he likes throw from hiships the way that roy jones and several other boxers do, he doesnt always use the traditional boxing/kickboxing/muay-thai hands infront stance, i knowyou're probably going to say "roy jones another showboater" but throwing from the hips definitely doesnt equate to showboating
as for the not engaging part, he did try on several times standing up and there was that one time on the ground where he got in several shots but like i wastrying to say earlier, anderson silva is going to fight his fight and everyone knows thats standing up, pretty much what i saw in this fight was one fighterwho wanted to keep it standing and engage that way and another fighter who wanted to take it to the ground and engage that way, and neither one of them waswilling to budge
anderson silva is the champ, and his style of fighting - the stand up, is most exciting part of all of mixed martial arts, he doesnt have to fight thales'sground fight, imagine if it were the other way around with andrson constantly avoiding the stand up and dropping to his back without pulling guard, he wouldhave lost too, anderson silva doesnt have to fight thales's fight, in order to beat anderson silva you're going to have to fight his fight