Originally posted by: Phase
Date: September 06, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/anderson-silva-out-until-2010-because-of-elbow-surgery.17330/
HIGHVOLTAGE said:
HIGHVOLTAGE wrote:
Hendo and Nate would be an awesome fight, but F'n Silva is pullin sh!t because the UFC didn't want to do things his way. He doesn't need surgury, he just figures that the UFC will do things his way if forced. I don't understand this crap about rematches with Silva. Lots of people have been able to make the necessary adjustments in rematches and Anderson acts like, oh well I already beat them so I shouldn't even have to fight them again. I remember when Hughes didn't feel like he should have to fight GSP again, he said the same sh!t, I already submitted him in the 1st round I don't see the reason to fight a guy I already submitted that quickly again. The difference is Matt Hughes is an employee of the UFC and he respects his employer and Anderson, hmmmmm not so much. I think Hughes even knew GSP was a very serious threat to him which is why he acted like that. I wonder about Anderson Silva's motive on not wanting to fight both of them because there are to many rematches that have went the other way to disprove his logic.
by ranch258 on Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:30 pm
terrible post, people asume some stuff with silva like they do with fedor, horrible post, we have a winner for the worst post in this thread so far
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by Phase on Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:53 pm
Or maybe they knew about the possibility of surgery beforehand, and were calling for the fight in a "just in case" scenerio. I'm also more than willing to give Anderson the benefit of the doubt on this one, considering he's never complained about injuries or requested layoffs before.
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Actually your right about the worst post in this thread as long as were talking about yours. I guess you need it to be spelled out for you. Between what you and Phase are saying that could make perfect sense assuming that is all I had to go off from. However, if you recall, Anderson said loud and clear that he would welcome a title fight with Bisping if he were to beat Hendo. So according to your logic he would not have made that offer to Bisping either if maybe he knew about the possibility of surgery beforehand. Lets put it all together and see how it sounds and maybe I have a legitimate reason for my opinion.
Anderson comes right out and states that if Bisping wins he has no problem giving him a title shot, which makes the theory of
(Or maybe they knew about the possibility of surgery beforehand, and were calling for the fight in a "just in case" scenerio.)
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not sound so good.
Lets also take into consideration that Anderson has made it loud and clear that he is not in favor of rematches, also (fact) that he or his management were pushing for the Hendo vs. Nate fight because they have let it be known they are not wanting to give rematches.
My opinion which is based soley on anderson & or managements actions, is that the surgery sounds a little fishy and from everything I see it's a very good possibility.
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I'm not disagreeing with you that it's a little fishy, but take into consideration Anderson's history. He's fought everyone put in front of him without much complaint (including Cote and Leites, who weren't really in line for a shot, despite Cote's great performance). He has never complained about injuries that I know of, and, if I recall correctly, had surgery on at least one knee just 11 weeks before his fight with Travis Lutter. Now the current situation certainly looks fishy, but I'm really surprised at posters who are immediately jumping to conclusions without any real evidence as to what kind of injury it is, how or when it happened, ect. I was just saying that for now, I am more than willing to give Anderson the benefit of the doubt based on his history of taking fights.
Dan Henderson did not get dominated in his first fight. He lost at the end of the second round. Anyone who is saying he got destroyed, I'm just going to assume hasn't seen the fight.
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I'll say Dan got destroyed. Neither did very much in the standup in the first round, then Hendo takes him down. He throws one nice elbow, manages to get side control for about 15 seconds and then ends up in Anderson's guard with about 10 seconds left in the first. The second round starts, Anderson start's opening up and dominates Hendo in the stand up. Hendo trys to take AS down, fails, AS ends up on top and lands a few nice shots. They stand back up and Hendo clinches against the cage, lands some nice knees. AS gets the MT clinch, lands one knee, followed by a head kick and Hendo goes down again. Anderson follows, lands very little until Hendo rolls. As soon as Hendo gets to his knees AS lands some big shots, takes his back, continues to pound away and chokes him out.
I'd say that constitutes Hendo getting dominated, especially since nothing like that has ever happened to Hendo in ANY of his fights, ever, besides this. Anderson picked him apart in one round and won that fight, and in the round that Hendo won, he did very little damage, and layed on top of Anderson.
