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Should Bonnar Take Silva Down?

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#1 ·
I know he's known for standing and brawling but Anderson is not a brawler, he's a precision knock out artist and can evade a brawl if he wants to. Would Bonnars best mode of attack be to take Silva down and use his size to GnP and work a submission? He's a BJJ Black Belt and 7 of his 14 wins have come via submission. I think Andersons speed would be too much for Stephen standing.
 
#44 ·
This fight reminds me of a Mike Tyson fight back when he was in his prime. Everyone knew that he was going to win. Everyone knew he was going to knock someone out quickly and in a bad way. That's the feeling I'm getting coming into this fight, I say Bonnar goes in there and does what made him famous in his fight with Forrest. Just stand there and bang, he's got a punchers chance at best but he'll go out the way he came in, and nobody will fault him for doing it either.
 
#47 ·
I honestly don't think any MW, LHW and some HW don't have the chin to walk through Silva's punches. His technique is far to crisp and accurate. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Silva nuthugger but anyone that he has hit flush is usually looking for an icepack within a minute.
 
#50 · (Edited)
Bonnar's only chance is a lay'n'pray/dirty boxing match. If he tries to stand in front of Silva for more than 10 seconds he'll get ko'ed. That being said, I don't think Bonnar is an idiot. He needs to run in hands up chin down, eat a few (which he will) and shove Silva into the fence like GSP did to BJ Penn in the rematch. If he can slow Silva down he can win, he should pin Silva into the cage and hold his wrists for as long as he can. Bonnar will have the strength advantage and he needs to use it.

Everytime an opponent comes in and fights right into Silva's hands I get disappointed, hopefully Bonnar uses his one and only advantage in his favor and atleast makes it close. The worst gameplan maybe ever was Okami standing and trying to jab with Silva, how these mma professionals can go in and do something so stupid is beyond me. Hopefully Bonnar has the foresight to actually have a gameplan because Bonnar has literally no chance standing in front of him, I mean 0%, in a striking match against Silva I'd have the same chance which is none. Some people would say he has a puncher's chance but I disagree, Bonnar has mediocre power while Anderson has a very good chin. Guys like Matt Serra with heavy hands and terrible technique have a puncher's chance, Bonnar has got to pin Anderson into the cage in the first 30 seconds.

The idea that Bonnar will be able to eat Silva's strikes is ridiculous, nobody can because Silva hits at the perfect angles and walking through them is impossible. The only guy in the UFC that could take a Silva onslaught and still be standing is Roy Nelson.
 
#52 ·
Honestly, Bonnars best chance to win this fight to go after Silva right from the buzzer, whether he wrestles, or comes with strikes. Fighters that have followed that game plan have done best against Anderson, because if you stand there and let him have time to figure out your movement, it would be too late.

I honestly don't think Bonnar has the wrestling to take Silva down. So he'll probably end up doing what he does best, and standing/brawling.

This is a weird fight because I can't see Silva not dominated, but I can't imagine Bonnar getting dominating. It will be interesting to see how this turns out.
 
#53 ·
Honestly, Bonnars best chance to win this fight to go after Silva right from the buzzer, whether he wrestles, or comes with strikes. Fighters that have followed that game plan have done best against Anderson, because if you stand there and let him have time to figure out your movement, it would be too late.

I honestly don't think Bonnar has the wrestling to take Silva down. So he'll probably end up doing what he does best, and standing/brawling.

This is a weird fight because I can't see Silva not dominated, but I can't imagine Bonnar getting dominating. It will be interesting to see how this turns out.
One major difference here is often times in 5 round fights you see the fighters try to pace themselves. But this is a rare 3 round fight for Silva in the UFC. I think they will get it going fairly quickly.
 
#57 ·
Bonnar should talk him down. It'd be the only way he could hope to prolong the inevitable conclusion of him getting finished. At least losing by sub would mean he doesn't lose any teeth and/or brain function. But..., even if Bonnar could get Silva down in the 1st round, he wouldn't finish by sub against the superior BJJ artist. If this were to happen, this would be pretty much exactly like Fail Sonnen 2 or the Hendo fight.
 
#58 ·
What everyone is posting is that they want Bonnar to actually match skills with Silva, in which he has NO chance. In ground grappling, Silva wins. In submissions, Silva wins. In clinching, Silva wins. Bonnar has NO chance at working on a grappling style, because in grappling there is no "anything can happen". It becomes a real gameplan, and a guy like Bonnar cant have a gameplan walking in.

Bonnar needs to go all out American Psycho, run through Anderson's attacks and try to smash his face in. Could he get KOed? 90% chance. But against someone like Spider, I'd like those odds.
 
#69 ·
Mentioned this earlier that Bonnar is gonna take as many shots as possible to clinch em against the fence and try to take it down. I really don't think he's going to try to strike all three rounds. Same plan I thought Griffin was going to implement...

It's gonna be a fun fight...
 
#81 ·
I WANT to believe. I can't help but get that GSP vs Serra I feeling for this fight. Bonnar has no right to be in the octagon the same time AS is, just like Serra had no right with GSP, but it is happening.

Still Anderson will be the first man to put Bonnar out cold.
 
#82 ·
Based on Bonnars aggressive fighting style, if he can avoid getting TKO'd for 3 rounds he could win a decision. I don't see Silva standing in front of him and slugging it out so he'll try to slip and avoid while counter punching. If Silva doesn't land that big K.O. punch, I could see Stephen walking away with this one. At least in my dreams I see this... :(
 
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