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Hendo says Silva has been choosing his opponents

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UFC 157: Dan Henderson feels that Anderson Silva has been manipulating the UFC

By Steph Daniels on Feb 18, 5:00p 68



UFC light heavyweight contender, Dan Henderson, talks about Anderson Silva choosing his opponents and manipulating the UFC in this video interview.


Amid the hullaballoo of former Olympian, Ronda Rousey's UFC debut this Saturday night at UFC 157, another former Olympian is preparing to do battle in the co-main event. Dan Henderson's bout with Lyoto Machida has very noticeably been flying under the radar, and was especially evident at a press conference held last week. MMA Interviews got a great video with Hendo, where he discussed how he feels Anderson Silva has been manipulating the UFC and choosing his opponents. Here's the transcription of a very interesting nugget:


I think Anderson, for the last five years, has tried, tried to pick and choose who he fights and manipulates the UFC a little bit. You know, he didn't want to fight Chael again, after the first time. Obviously, he did after a while. You know he didn't want to fight me again. He kind of tries to stay away from guys that are dangerous or have a dangerous style for him, especially because he's looking toward the end of his career and he wants to retire without losing again. It's not necessarily how a champ should be, but at the same time, he's trying to be smart about things. It's all debatable.

He's probably the only guy I would drop for, but I think that I'm very comfortable at 205, and there's plenty of guys for me to fight there. We'll see what happens in the future, but yeah, I don't plan on losing it at 205 at all.

I would like to see Luke Rockhold fight Anderson. I'd like to see that fight. Luke's a good wrestler and he's decent enough on his feet where he's not going to get picked apart by Anderson without really making Anderson know that he's in a fight.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/2/18/4002278/ufc-157-dan-henderson-anderson-silva-manipulating

 
#81 ·
ahh dan miller perennial number 1 contender cmon, if they ever wanted to make silva vs gsp it should have been then since gsp fought hardy at the same time
 
#87 ·
Don't forget he took Bonnar on short notice to save a card. I doubt either Silva or Weidman would've been ready and down to 185 for that card anyways.

You guys like to hate on Silva because he's an easy target (Anyone who sits on top of a division as long as he has is bound to be questioned).

That being said, I think the next fight should be against Weidman and I hope it happens soon :)
 
#95 ·
Im not a fan of Anderson or Jones

But

Anderson Silva is a god damn honor to watch fight and i respect him even more for stepping up to take fights on short notice to save the card. If i remember correctly i think he offered to fight Jon Jones when Hendo got injured.

Jon Jones on the other hand i respect his skills and i love to watch him fight also but other then that i consider him to be a little bitch.
 
#101 ·
i think you are the bitter old salt in here sooj and dan is secretly your love interest, i think we should sig bet for lyoto vs hendo
 
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