One thing is sure...Bonnar will be the *toughest* and weirdest mofo Silva will be facing in a long time.
Bonnar doesn't quit.
His cardio is one of the best in the UFC.
He is one of the biggest and strongest LHWs atm.
His htounf game is no joke and his control on the ground is good.
I will CHOO-CHOO my money on Bonnar on fight night.
With those odds....maybe i'll get rich.
I say this so that when it doesn't happen, people will just think I was joking, but if by miracle it happens I can be like "word".
It's a win-win situation for me. :thumbsup:
On a serious note, I'm pulling for Bonnar as it'll probably be his last fight and I think it would be a crazy ass upset and would shake the division up drastically.
Bonnar is everything a fighter should be. I love that guy. I've always hoped he'd improve his game enough where he'd get a title shot, but he just loves to give the fans a show. He's kinda like Chris Leben without all the drama.
Bonnar did good just for stepping up for the UFC. He didn't go out on a win against a mid-tier LHW, he went out and down in spirited fight against the finest fighter we'll ever see in MMA.
Disappointed. As I said, I wanted the brawler. He tried to grapple and had NO success. Anderson got a bit annoyed and then made a fool of him. Fight was awesome, don't get me wrong, COTY and amazing fight, but Bonnar himself should have went out in the first 5 seconds or won the fight. Forget grappling with Spider, AS I SAID ALL ALONG!!!!
It would have been the exact same thing if he'd tried to brawl, and then people would have complained about how it was against common sense to brawl with a sniper like Anderson.
Fact is Anderson is just miles above Bonnar, Bonnar never stood a snowball's chance in hell no matter what the promos made you believe. And really everyone's minds knew this, even if their hearts didn't.
No shame in that though, he gave a good fight and stepped up at least, and a great night of fights in general.
Yeah, when even Joe Rogan said he should use the ground game, I felt like everyone who knew their shit was against me. The ONLY chance for Stephan to win tonight was a brawl. When he tried it, Anderson has already sat back saying "Alright, grappling isnt working, lets brawl". Sorry Bonnar, but looks like you're going to need that TUF to go out on your shield after all. (Kills me to say that since I went nuts for Bonnar tonight).
AMAZING NIGHT THOUGH (Removing negative feeling to post). GREAT fight and Anderson was OUTSTANDING.
Yeah....really wanted to see a bit more, but had the feeling this would go no better for Bonnar than it did for Forrest. Oh well, good card. Thanks for stepping up to both fighters!
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