Roach: "Silva vs GSP the Pacquiao vs Mayweather of MMA."

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Originally posted by: micmeraz
Date: February 10, 2011 at 06:10 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

http://mmajunkie.com/news/22417/freddie-roach-st-pierre-silva-is-the-pacquiao-mayweather-of-mma.mma
This is definitely the Pacquiao vs Mayweather of MMA...
No other fight I wanna see more. This will be the biggest fight in MMA History. They gotta do it somewhere Big.
GSP has the wrestling and strength as Roach pointed out, and I also believe GSP has Great stand up and if he fails to get it to the ground?
I believe GSP can hold his own against Silva on the feet, but it's obvious he's gonna wanna get it to the ground. GSP would have to
mix it up as he's been doing his whole career to win this fight. All ground vs Hardy, All Stand-up vs Kos...He's gonna need both
to beat Silva, mainly the wrestling.
Anderson cannot take GSP lightly just because he's a few pounds smaller.. Anderson is the greatest fighter in the world, but he's
going up against the 2nd greatest. Anderson needs to be smart. GSP is going to be hesitant at first so Silva can start off slow
and start speeding up as he likes, and start trying to take GSP apart on the feet, he will get fancy and try some crazy things because
Silva will not be worried about getting KO'd in this fight, or even dropped..(GSP should be working on his KO power for this fight and
try to surprise a lot of people). Anderson will use his distance, try to keep the fight standing and look for an opening as he did
against Vitor.
GSP has better takedowns then Sonnen. Roach has worked with both and says that GSP is stronger. GSP has a better ground game then Silva(when on top)... GSP should not be taken lightly. This fight?? I can't express in words how excited I am for it.
My outcome? I haven't seen GSP lose a round in a really long time. I seen Silva lose 4 rounds decisively in his prior fight. Silva has been submitted twice in his career. I wanna say Anderson Silva by TKO in the 2nd round.. But I think GSP will be able to take Silva down, ground and pound him, and break Silva's will a tad bit...
GSP by Sub in 1st round

 

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Originally posted by: D253
Date: February 10, 2011 at 06:17 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

No $h!t :|
I've been saying this for awhile.

 

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Originally posted by: wolf
Date: February 10, 2011 at 06:20 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

i'm actually quite impressed you were able to fit all that in the title of the thread perfectly. Very nice OP!

 

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Originally posted by: micmeraz
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:10 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

wolf said:
i'm actually quite impressed you were able to fit all that in the title of the thread perfectly. Very nice OP!
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Thanx. I try.

 

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Originally posted by: micmeraz
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:10 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

BigLEFT said:
No $h!t :|
I've been saying this for awhile.
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Yeah I've been saying this since GSP beat B.J. the second time.

 

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Originally posted by: EdoKaz818
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:12 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

Ive been saying this before Manny and Mayweather where going to fight
rather see SHogun and AS fight

 

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Originally posted by: reghartner
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:17 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

i've been saying this since before gsp even started training.

 

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Originally posted by: admartian
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:24 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

How does he GnP Silva and for AS to lose his will, AND submit him, AND all within ROund 1? Especially if Cheal himself, could not make Anderson lose his will, when Anderson had broken ribs; and it took him 4 rounds to do it?
If you had said sub in the 4th or 5th, it would've made more sense...
Anderson by KO/Tko. GSP has a suspect chin.

 

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Originally posted by: sourpuss
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:44 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

admartian said:
How does he GnP Silva and for AS to lose his will, AND submit him, AND all within ROund 1? Especially if Cheal himself, could not make Anderson lose his will, when
Anderson had broken ribs
; and it took him 4 rounds to do it?
If you had said sub in the 4th or 5th, it would've made more sense...
Anderson by KO/Tko. GSP has a suspect chin.
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Not true.
Anderson had "injured ribs" going into the fight and had one rib cracked during the first round with Chael.
Silva's camp likes to say "he injured his rib in the first round". (I guess he did it to himself)
The rib story was overblown to make up for the fact Silva lost rounds 1 and 3 by a score of 10-8 on two scorecards, and lost all four on all scorecards.
You like to call it will. I like to call it desperation. Either way, it definitely paid off.
The win cannot be denied.

 

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Originally posted by: frontstreet
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:46 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

This fight won't even happen after Jake Shields taps out St. Pierre to spoil the plans.
I don't get why people are counting out a man that soundly dominated Dan Henderson, the best middleweight in the world behind Anderson.
GSP is no where near as big or dangerous as Dan Henderson.
After he taps out GSP at the Rogers Centre in front of millions maybe we can start talking about how Anderson has no chance in hell against Jake Shields and his amazing BJJ.

 

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Originally posted by: sourpuss
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:46 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

admartian said:
How does he GnP Silva and for AS to lose his will, AND submit him, AND all within ROund 1? Especially if Cheal himself, could not make Anderson lose his will, when Anderson had broken ribs; and it took him 4 rounds to do it?
If you had said sub in the 4th or 5th, it would've made more sense...
Anderson by KO/Tko.
GSP has a suspect chin
.
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Source?

 

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Originally posted by: roorippin
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:47 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

reghartner said:
i've been saying this since before gsp even started training.
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because you heard it from me

 

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Originally posted by: Hitman21
Date: February 10, 2011 at 07:56 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

I dont know if its going to reach that level of numbers of PPV sells, I know it will be huge but Pacman vs May if it happens they predict over 3 million sells, Silva vs GSP will do at most around 1.2 millions
biggest fight that could of sold the most PPV and challenge the 2 million mark was Fedor vs Brock IMO but about a year ago, not now

 

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Originally posted by: admartian
Date: February 10, 2011 at 08:00 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

sourpuss said:
admartian said:
How does he GnP Silva and for AS to lose his will, AND submit him, AND all within ROund 1? Especially if Cheal himself, could not make Anderson lose his will, when Anderson had broken ribs; and it took him 4 rounds to do it?
If you had said sub in the 4th or 5th, it would've made more sense...
Anderson by KO/Tko.
GSP has a suspect chin
.
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Source?
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lol I love the internet - you say one thing based on opinion, and people expect it to be inline with their own belief. Just gathering from what I;'ve seen man. No offense to you or to your family. :lol:
sourpuss said:
admartian said:
How does he GnP Silva and for AS to lose his will, AND submit him, AND all within ROund 1? Especially if Cheal himself, could not make Anderson lose his will, when
Anderson had broken ribs
; and it took him 4 rounds to do it?
If you had said sub in the 4th or 5th, it would've made more sense...
Anderson by KO/Tko. GSP has a suspect chin.
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Not true.
Anderson had "injured ribs" going into the fight and had one rib cracked during the first round with Chael.
Silva's camp likes to say "he injured his rib in the first round". (I guess he did it to himself)
The rib story was overblown to make up for the fact Silva lost rounds 1 and 3 by a score of 10-8 on two scorecards, and lost all four on all scorecards.
You like to call it will. I like to call it desperation. Either way, it definitely paid off.
The win cannot be denied.
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Stil... rib or no rib -took him 4 rounds and still DID NOT break his will.

 

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Originally posted by: keystone
Date: February 10, 2011 at 08:17 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

Think he meant to say that pacquaio vs mayweather is the GSP vs silva of boxing

 

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Originally posted by: micmeraz
Date: February 10, 2011 at 08:18 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

reghartner said:
i've been saying this since before gsp even started training.
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I've been saying this before either one of them were Born!

 

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Originally posted by: micmeraz
Date: February 10, 2011 at 08:27 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

Hitman21 said:
I dont know if its going to reach that level of numbers of PPV sells, I know it will be huge but Pacman vs May if it happens they predict over 3 million sells, Silva vs GSP will do at most around 1.2 millions
biggest fight that could of sold the most PPV and challenge the 2 million mark was Fedor vs Brock IMO but about a year ago, not now
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That's your opinion but Not a lot of people know Fedor. Still don't. Casual fans know of the UFC as the NBA of Basketball.. As they should...
Anderson Silva vs Georges St-Pierre I think will do close to 2million...
Pacquiao/Mayweather would probably do like 4. Those are my guesses.
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Roach has worked with both GSP and Anderson and admits "Anderson is the better boxer right now but George is getting better". The interview is on UFC.COM
Freddy Roach:
"There's somethings I've learned about Anderson that I think I can help George with"
Thoughts?

 

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Originally posted by: Hitman21
Date: February 10, 2011 at 08:42 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

MightyMike said:
Hitman21 said:
I dont know if its going to reach that level of numbers of PPV sells, I know it will be huge but Pacman vs May if it happens they predict over 3 million sells, Silva vs GSP will do at most around 1.2 millions
biggest fight that could of sold the most PPV and challenge the 2 million mark was Fedor vs Brock IMO but about a year ago, not now
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That's your opinion but Not a lot of people know Fedor. Still don't. Casual fans know of the UFC as the NBA of Basketball.. As they should...
Anderson Silva vs Georges St-Pierre I think will do close to 2million...
Pacquiao/Mayweather would probably do like 4. Those are my guesses.
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Roach has worked with both GSP and Anderson and admits "Anderson is the better boxer right now but George is getting better". The interview is on UFC.COM
Freddy Roach:
"There's somethings I've learned about Anderson that I think I can help George with"
Thoughts?
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thats true not a lot of people know who Fedor is, but over 5 million watched him on CBS thats a big number...that has to count for something....3 million people watched Anderson on free TV, while Brock is the biggest draw in MMA history, he alone is guaranteed a million buys, put him against Fedor....it would have been huge
interesting from Roach, Georges Jab was so beautiful in his last fight.....it was crisp, smooth and effective.....is it the jab?? to set up the TD against Anderson
is the jab what he is talking about?

 

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Originally posted by: REDRUM
Date: February 10, 2011 at 09:35 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

yes but Dana White wouldnt let one of his fighters duck one another like Boxing allows Mayweather to do

 

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Originally posted by: TheLethalLefty
Date: February 10, 2011 at 10:27 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/roach-silva-vs-gsp-the-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-of-mma.35568/

The best part of this is the poll. The Silva vs. GSP polls that came out after 124 all heavily favored GSP. Now this...
Damn I hate flip floppers. Even though I disagree with people about GSP being able to beat Silva, at least stick to your guns.