Anderson Silva

[10mm-man]

Weidman seemed to me; slow, and not on the same level as Silva. Silva got arrogant and sloppy; KO'd for it. Doubt Weidman will carry the belt for long, but we shall see!

[KestrelBike]

Last night Silva gave that fight away because he was tired of the pressure of being the undisputed champion for 7 years straight. I don't blame him for wanting to pass on the belt and move on to the next phase of his life, in order to compete at his level he has to dedicate every minute of his life to training and probably has almost no time for his wife and 5 children.

With that being said money talks and I could see White throwing a lot of money at Silva to fight for the title again. There are currently talks that Silva will fight Roy Jones Jr. In the near future.

After watching the youtube JoeT posted above, I can see what you're saying. So why couldn't Silva just say "F it, I'm done have fun guys" and retire and not fight when he was obviously mentally not in it anymore?
Disclaimer: I know absolutely nothing about the sport of MMA/fighting

[Irving]

I believe he still has ten fights in his contract. He is not the only fighter to peter out and get tired of fighting. As far as the video goes, he has been dropping his hands like that for several years.

[Limited GM]

I have no problem saying Anderson Silva is one of, if not THE best MMA fighters to bless the sport. With that said, I can't stand watching the arrogant prick, and I'm glad his bull$hit finally got the best of him.

Feel exactly the same. Wish I could have seen it.

[Trout Hunter]

Finding out he lost made my night. Guy has some incredible tallent but I can't stand the way he goes about fighting. Not much respect from him and he is too arrogant.

[RMAC757]

That was and has always been Silvas style. He has always goaded guys into making mistakes and taking unnecessary risks. I don't think it's an a-hole thing as much as the way he fights. He's always done it....daring guys while sticking his chin out. He pisses fighters off and that throws them off their fight plan. It's like a catcher in baseball talking smack to batters or a defensive back badgering a wide receiver. How many crazy KO's have we seen after one of those antics. That being said I think he's tired and wants/needs a break. He was sloppy in the first Sonnen fight and almost lost despite clearly being a better fighter. Jones is at the other end. He clearly looks unbeatable now.

[missionxo]

Last night Silva gave that fight away because he was tired of the pressure of being the undisputed champion for 7 years straight. I don't blame him for wanting to pass on the belt and move on to the next phase of his life, in order to compete at his level he has to dedicate every minute of his life to training and probably has almost no time for his wife and 5 children.

With that being said money talks and I could see White throwing a lot of money at Silva to fight for the title again. There are currently talks that Silva will fight Roy Jones Jr. In the near future.

I hope that was a joke.....Anderson Silva vs Roy Jones Jr. ....... My take Silva got exactly what he deserved and probably what he wanted.

[sniper7]

That was just silvas style and he screwed up and got KOd. I'm glad to see another person with the belt

[mtnhack]

I didn't get to watch the fight, still I knew if I opened a thread titled "Anderson Silva", there would be spoilers, that's a given. No worries here..

Haha! No shit!

Clowning people mid-fight is his game, same as the Diaz DBs. I was surprised to hear him say he didn't want to fight for the belt any more. He always talks about how much he loves to fight and train.

[glock74]

Finding out he lost made my night. Guy has some incredible tallent but I can't stand the way he goes about fighting. Not much respect from him and he is too arrogant.

I agree.