Entries Tagged as 'Anderson Silva'
I take it all back. Anything I may have ever said to suggest that Anderson Silva is not the world’s pound-for-pound best fighter, I was wrong. I apologize. Anderson Silva, thou art an MMA god, and I shall put no other fighters before thee.
Okay, maybe I’m overreacting, but not by much. […]
Now that 2007 has closed its books, a number of MMA websites have put out their ‘Best of the Year’ awards and top ten lists. One of the more interesting discussions happening right now is over who deserves to be called Fighter of the Year for 2007. Sherdog.com apparently thinks that honor belongs […]
In this age of interim titles and overhyped fights, it’s easy to forget about the very real title fight down the road. I speak now, of course, of Anderson Silva and Dan Henderson. It may also be known as the fight Henderson should have taken immediately upon coming to the UFC, but better […]
Anderson Silva’s title defense at UFC 77 on Saturday night got me thinking. The fight was one-sided from the beginning, but it was a satisfying event nonetheless mainly because a championship belt was at stake. That makes everything more interesting. Even if it seems like a mismatch (the way Franklin-Quarry was, or the way St. […]
Anderson Silva isn’t just the best middleweight in the UFC. He’s an artist. He has so many different weapons at his disposal, it must be hard for him to choose which to employ from one moment to the next.
Just ask Rich Franklin, who began last night with high hopes for winning […]