[thevarsmolta]

^ That's fair to say.

I think Henderson is gonna come out and take the fight to Anderson, and nobody knows what to expect from it.

At this point, I think it's easy for a lot of people to lean towards Silva. He's come into the UFC and absolutely destroyed everyone put in front of him, and has barely showed any weakness. When you see a guy steamroll through people like that, you're led to believe he's unstoppable. That being said, he hasn't fought anyone like Dan Henderson, ever, let alone in the UFC. No one has pressed him, and everyone has been afraid of him thus far. That's not gonna happen on Saturday night.

Henderson isn't afraid of him. While yes, this could be a bad thing for Hendo, but with his chin, I don't think it is. He'll gladly eat a couple shots to land a big one himself. If he does, I think Silva is in big trouble. I think to some degree, even Anderson Silva thinks he's unbeatable, and that will be his downfall. He doesn't even remember the last time he's really been hit. After a while, that goes to your head. He probably thinks "if he hits me, no big deal." But he's dead wrong. He's gonna get woken up.

He's going to get VERY frustrated in this fight. If Lutter wasn't such an idiot, he could have finished him with strikes, but he went for the armbar. Henderson won't even be thinking submisssion. He's simply gonna pound him on the ground.

Obviously, we can debate about this all we want. Time will tell at this point.

Until it happens, we're all just beating a dead horse.

[Flak]

Originally Posted by Damone

It hasn't before in the past. I'm not assuming anything, I'm just saying that, at 185, Henderson is inconsistent.

Thats because i think his conditioning improvement is more recent than his last fights at MW, but whatever. I think we're into semantics at this point. Find out saturday

[Terry77]

Originally Posted by yorT

Anyone has KO power in their hands when they're swing for the fences on every punch they throw. And no one is counting Hendo out, if you look at the forum everyone doesn't know who to pick.

Anyone? Henderson's striking has really improved, the fight with Wandy and even against Rampage he had some solid combinations.

[yorT]

Originally Posted by thevarsmolta

^ That's fair to say.

I think Henderson is gonna come out and take the fight to Anderson, and nobody knows what to expect from it.

At this point, I think it's easy for a lot of people to lean towards Silva. He's come into the UFC and absolutely destroyed everyone put in front of him, and has barely showed any weakness. When you see a guy steamroll through people like that, you're led to believe he's unstoppable. That being said, he hasn't fought anyone like Dan Henderson, ever, let alone in the UFC. No one has pressed him, and everyone has been afraid of him thus far. That's not gonna happen on Saturday night.

Henderson isn't afraid of him. While yes, this could be a bad thing for Hendo, but with his chin, I don't think it is. He'll gladly eat a couple shots to land a big one himself. If he does, I think Silva is in big trouble. I think to some degree, even Anderson Silva thinks he's unbeatable, and that will be his downfall. He doesn't even remember the last time he's really been hit. After a while, that goes to your head. He probably thinks "if he hits me, no big deal." But he's dead wrong. He's gonna get woken up.

He's going to get VERY frustrated in this fight. If Lutter wasn't such an idiot, he could have finished him with strikes, but he went for the armbar. Henderson won't even be thinking submisssion. He's simply gonna pound him on the ground.

Obviously, we can debate about this all we want. Time will tell at this point.

Until it happens, we're all just beating a dead horse.

There is no water in this argument for hendo or anderson. People have tried to push the pace on anderson, just watch the leben fight, curtis fight or lee murray. Lee Murray also have very heavy hands and is better with them than hendo is. When did silva say he is unbeatable, he has got to be one of the most modest fighters today. Most of this crap that does come out gets lost in translation and he has respect for everyone he fights.

Lutter got bucked off watch the fight again, did you not see silva bring his legs around lutter and pull him back thats why lutter tried to go for the arm bar but lutter's arms were tied up with silva's legs and he couldn't pull it off.

I just want to know, How do you know silva is going to get frustrated in this fight?

Originally Posted by Terry77

Anyone? Henderson's striking has really improved, the fight with Wandy and even against Rampage he had some solid combinations.

Rampage isn't even know for his striking, it has only recently improved and rampage still out boxed hendo.

[sisdavid]

Is there any pole anywhere to see who is going to win?

[BrutalKO]

...I don't see Herring winning this one by a long shot. His only chance would be to ground & pound Kongo out if he gets the takedown and maintains mount. Other than that, I see Kongo's devasting leg kicks, body kicks and all around striking taking Herring apart. Kongo has replaced the great Pedro Rizzo for having the most vicious leg kicks in MMA in my opinion. Kongo took Cro-Cop apart with his stand-up striking and leg kicks. If Herring decides to bang with Kongo he will lose in devastating fashion via TKO or KO.

[Damone]

Herring's a better wrestler than Kongo and he has a pretty decent ground game. I see him having a good chance.

[bubbleboy66]

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...=5795&zoneid=2
According to this guy it is going to be a long night. I don't see as many decisions happening at UFC 82, especially with Silva/Hendo.

[joppp]

Originally Posted by yorT

Sorry but Kongo is going to be very impressive with this fight. Pretty sure he isn't just trainning stand up and i think his tdd is going to look really good. (Just my opinion)

I also get that feeling.

Also, I just realized David Bielkheden is the real deal, a tough as nails viking, a superman! i.e. a Swede But seriously, this could be the FOTN, Bielkheden is VERY aggressive and have BRUTAL GnP he has also recieved a BJJ blackbelt from Murilo Bustamante and trains with BTT, so that's gotta be worth something!

[Damone]

Yeah, but he had problems with Ishida, who is smaller than Diego. Diego is going to do the same thing, but he may even finish him, since elbows are in the equation.