Anderson Silva vs Frank Mir
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I don't consider what he deserves....I just know that Mir has the game to take a fight to Anderson much better than Maia does so even if Anderson KO's Mir, atleast I get what I want....a fun fight to watch. I love watching Anderson fight when he looks great, but I don't want any fights for him that will allow him to run around and dance.
My gut tells me that this fight would not be the fireworks we all want. For one thing, Mir is a big guy. His striking is not the crisp, stinging tags which Anderson delivers at will (when he has the will, that is). I say Mir powers in for a shot and eats blows over and over (that is, if he can catch Anderson as he dances around the cage).
But no Silva fight really sounds good right now.
~J
Voodstoc said:
My gut tells me that this fight would not be the fireworks we all want. For one thing, Mir is a big guy. His striking is not the crisp, stinging tags which Anderson delivers at will (when he has the will, that is). I say Mir powers in for a shot and eats blows over and over (that is, if he can catch Anderson as he dances around the cage).
But no Silva fight really sounds good right now.
~J
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I agree, Anderson would destroy Mir. When Mir gets hit, he wilts, and Anderson would hit him over and over.
Ph1sh said:
I don't buy it....did Maia wither from the punches? Mir has gotten hit by much harder punchers than Silva. I still think Silva wins, but I think it would bring out the best in the Spider. Mir has more to offer than Maia did.
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Does Maia wither to punches? No, he got hit by a huge shot from Marquardt, but other than that he has taken punches and not looked like a b----. Mir took Carwin's punches and wilted. He took Lesnar's punches and wilted, and he took Vera's punches and wilted. Last time I checked, Silva has much more power than Brandon Vera.
I wasn't comparing Mir to Maia, so I don't see how you could logically throw him in there.
xtenaciousmex said:
Ph1sh said:
I don't buy it....did Maia wither from the punches? Mir has gotten hit by much harder punchers than Silva. I still think Silva wins, but I think it would bring out the best in the Spider. Mir has more to offer than Maia did.
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Does Maia wither to punches? No, he got hit by a huge shot from Marquardt, but other than that he has taken punches and not looked like a b----. Mir took Carwin's punches and wilted. He took Lesnar's punches and wilted, and he took Vera's punches and wilted. Last time I checked, Silva has much more power than Brandon Vera.
I wasn't comparing Mir to Maia, so I don't see how you could logically throw him in there.
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My point is that if Maia didn't wither from Anderson, I doubt Mir would. Mir has been KO'd, but not from 1 punch like Maia. Mir has taken hits from Brock and Carwin without being KO'd....he took quite a bit of punches before he was KO'd. Anderson has not KO'd anyone that I can remember with just 1 punch besides if you count the Sandman and Forrest, but to me Forrest just didn't get up compared to being KO'd. Even if Mir did get KO'd...I am cool with that, I just want someone LIKE Mir who will have the skills to engage with Silva, and have the tools to beat him. Who ever wins, I am cool with....
Ph1sh said:
xtenaciousmex said:
Ph1sh said:
I don't buy it....did Maia wither from the punches? Mir has gotten hit by much harder punchers than Silva. I still think Silva wins, but I think it would bring out the best in the Spider. Mir has more to offer than Maia did.
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Does Maia wither to punches? No, he got hit by a huge shot from Marquardt, but other than that he has taken punches and not looked like a b----. Mir took Carwin's punches and wilted. He took Lesnar's punches and wilted, and he took Vera's punches and wilted. Last time I checked, Silva has much more power than Brandon Vera.
I wasn't comparing Mir to Maia, so I don't see how you could logically throw him in there.
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My point is that if Maia didn't wither from Anderson, I doubt Mir would. Mir has been KO'd, but not from 1 punch like Maia. Mir has taken hits from Brock and Carwin without being KO'd....he took quite a bit of punches before he was KO'd. Anderson has not KO'd anyone that I can remember with just 1 punch besides if you count the Sandman and Forrest, but to me Forrest just didn't get up compared to being KO'd. Even if Mir did get KO'd...I am cool with that, I just want someone LIKE Mir who will have the skills to engage with Silva, and have the tools to beat him. Who ever wins, I am cool with....
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Then you're not arguing my point. I said he would wither under Spider's punches. That means, he would get hit once, crawl up into a ball like always, and allow himself to be punched. until the ref saves him.
Anderson's next opponent has to be someone who is a high quality wrestler. Frank Mir is not that guy. It has to be a GSP/Chael Sonnen type. Dan Henderson is the last guy to win a round against Anderson and that was because he took him down. The Jiu-Jitsu guys in the UFC are dangerous on the ground but most lack quality take down skills.
Would I be excited for the fight? yes...do I want to see it now? no. I'd like for Anderson to clear out 185 with Belfort/Sonnen and then either go up to LHW or go down to WW. I think the move to HW is going to be much harder for him than those two divisions. Might be tough to maintain speed/strength at a proper HW weight in such a short period of time to fight any HW nevermind fighting a top 5 HW for his first fight.