Roflcopter

He'd definitely be a top 10 HW.

Sure, Cormier and Cain and JDS would probably beat him but those are three guys, not 7.

He's beat Big Nog(they wouldn't fight but still).....He'd beat Travis freaking Brown, he'd kill Bigfoot and Nelson as well as Struve....etc.


Also Anderson is nowhere near 230lbs...he's around 220 ish when hes completely fat and out of shape.

He's around 210 when he fights at LHW and would be fighting at HW at around the same weight.

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Voiceless

I agree in that I think IF they get him down, they would cause him quite some trouble, BUT the question is, would a 265er be able to move his bodyweight fast enough to catch a 230 Silva¿ Dos Santos stops most of the take down attempts by just not being there anymore, because he has good distance management.

Silva doesn't even need much more power, because the beauty (and effectiveness) of his strikes is their timing and accuracy which are even better than Dos Santos'.

So I can see Silva making quite some noise at HW, with probably Velasquez and his fast shot giving him the most trouble.

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hadoq

when I imagine Andy at HW, I see the first Chael fight, only with huge fight ending haymaker thrown on the ground. the G&P always amazes me at HW it's like they're trying to take the opponent's head off.

dave-stjohn

Finally, someone on this post that isn't a Silva fan boy, posting realistic comments. Yes, I agree Silva is the P4P best, very few even come close. But to say he'd run thru the HW class is ludicrous, he would do great at LHW and probably end up holding that belt as well, no way does he do the same at HW. First he'd have to put on weight, which would be mostly chub, (he's pretty doughy as it is)as he doesn't have a tremendous amount of muscle to begin with and that will slow him down and would also effect his gas tank. If he were to move to HW, the only people that he could stand a chance of beating is guys like Pat Barry (sorry Pat, I'm a big fan but it is what it is). Put him against JDS and he'd be dead meat in the 1st round.

Voiceless

But who is there at HW to shoot for TDs like Sonnen¿ Valasquez maybe, but who else¿

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H33LHooK

There are many, many different ways to secure a TD, and I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that AS would be sacrificing some of his speed and nimbleness fighting at HW.

Voiceless

No, it's not unreasonable, but that would be in first place a problem if his opponents at HW were as fast and nimble as his opponents at MW, but they aren't. They are much slower already. So even if Silva becomes slower, the gap in speed, nimbleness and timing between him and his opponents remains the same or would even be bigger against the heavier HWs.

The only question is, how he would put on that weight to fight at HW.

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LOL.DMH

Anderson would be left stankin' by the majority of the HW division, completely different ballgame in terms of punching power and grappling.

St.Paul Guy

Name me 10 HWs that would even be competitive with Silva.

1 JDS
2 Overeem
3 Cain
4 Cormier
5 Werdum
6 Carwin
7 Mir
8 Nelson
9 Barnett?
10 Browne?

Are you kidding? I think a better question would be is he top 5 HW.

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paulfromtulsa

what if he moved to lightweight? could he beat ben henderson?