The UFC has a problem, and his name is Anderson Silva.
During the UFC 97 telecast, Joe Rogan discussed the difference between winning a fight and being entertaining. This is the wrong line of thinking. Not all fighters will be exciting or have the ability to entertain everytime out. Rogan failed to realize that most important issue.... A fighter must be working towards ENDING THE FIGHT.
Anderson Silva has not tried to end a fight in 7 rounds of fighting. He dances. He does weird body movements. He throws the weirdest strikes. He is almost mocking his opponents. While doing all of these things, I have never gotten the sense that he is trying to end the fight.
Thales Leites or Patrick Cote aren't perfect here either. Both came into a fight looking scared. Cote was just happy to survive. Leites didn't throw a strike for 2 minutes at a time.
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The Anderson Silva Problem
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