sho89mtx said:
Vitor is probably the 2nd or 3rd best MW in the UFC and we'll see just how good he is when he fights Anderson. I really think people underestimate Vitor a bunch based on his mental problems in the ring due to personal stuff involving his family. Mental side is like 90% of fighting. He's gotten over that part, it's on now guys!
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agreed! Vitor is a beast and will show up to fight in april. It's gonna be a great fight!
I think that while Vitor has shown a lot of potential in his last 3 fights, destroying increasingly difficult competition, there are still questions to be answered. Does he deserve a title shot? Maybe not but this will be a great fight (after 2 minutes of feeling out of course) and win or lose we'll really see where Vitor is at right now.
he's looked good in his last few and definitely has a chance vs. Anderson, however most of the hype going into this is based on his KO over Rich and the fact that many UFC fans heard Dana White say that he was the biggest threat to Anderson's belt when they aired that piece on the UFN a while back
RJCT said:
Does he deserve a title shot? Maybe not but this will be a great fight (after 2 minutes of feeling out of course) and win or lose we'll really see where Vitor is at right now.
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I would say no, he doesn't deserve it but still think he is the second best striker in the UFC MW division (which is why he's getting it). Nate M is the UFC's last hope for a challenge to Silva until G Mous/Jake Shields come into UFC town and I'd still give Belfort a better shot than Shields.
deserve it? Maybe not, but is it the best fight for the UFC and Anderson in the MW division right now? Heck yeah. NOone likes to see a rematch when someone gets dominated. He dominated Nate and Dan is at strikeforce and everyone else would get absolutely destroyed by Anderson at this point in their career IMO, so it makes a lot of sense. For a while there I was actually thinking Anderson was ducking Vitor because he knew about his power because it took forever for this fight to happen and Anderson electing to have surgery way after a fight made it even more suspicious to me, but obviously that wasn't the case and now we'll get to see what Vitor is made of!
Reckin007 said:
RJCT said:
Does he deserve a title shot? Maybe not but this will be a great fight (after 2 minutes of feeling out of course) and win or lose we'll really see where Vitor is at right now.
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I would say no, he doesn't deserve it but still think he is the second best striker in the UFC MW division (which is why he's getting it). Nate M is the UFC's last hope for a challenge to Silva until G Mous/Jake Shields come into UFC town and I'd still give Belfort a better shot than Shields.
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I definitely agree with that on all counts. After the Mayhem fight I think the top 4 in the UFC (GSP, Fitch, Alves, Kos) all could handle Shields.
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Reckin007 said:
RJCT said:
Does he deserve a title shot? Maybe not but this will be a great fight (after 2 minutes of feeling out of course) and win or lose we'll really see where Vitor is at right now.
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I would say no, he doesn't deserve it but still think he is the second best striker in the UFC MW division (which is why he's getting it). Nate M is the UFC's last hope for a challenge to Silva until G Mous/Jake Shields come into UFC town and I'd still give Belfort a better shot than Shields.
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I definitely agree with that on all counts. After the Mayhem fight I think the top 4 in the UFC (GSP, Fitch, Alves, Kos) all could handle Shields.
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Alves could probably get taked down by Shields. Shields vs Daley could be a mirror of Shields vs Alves. I know Alves has better ground game than Daley, but Shields has good top game which has been Alves path to losing.
WOW! A blast from the past.
Vitor a mw, definitely is in the top 10, perhaps top five in some people's eyes. This is his chance to be elite and possibly prove James right and Jack wrong.
I still feel for everything he went through with his sister.
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