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...I admit after seeing Dan contol Silva in the 1st rd, I thought my prediction would come true that Dan was too strong for him...NOT. I had a feeling Silva was gonna land of one his vicious knees..and he did...that was the beginning of the end for Dan, once Anderson got his back...it was only a matter of time. Anderson Silva truly is pound for pound the best middleweight in the world...Hats off to the Spider...

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Thenegation....good response about Sho's disapointment on Dan tapping...I completely agree...Anderson had that rear naked sunk in DEEP...10 more seconds Dan would have been put to sleep...nice response bro.

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couchwarrior...true post bro. I thought Herring was 6 ft 2. Herring surprised a lot of critics, including me. Yes folks I eat crow from time to time too...lol. Just like everybody else. MMA fights are getting harder and harder to predict because it's evolving so quickly. Props to Herring pulling out the decision.

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it really sucks that evan tanner lost but for a first fight back in over a year he had to fight yushin okami thats no pushover man...get'em next time bro!!!

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12-25-2007, 04:23 PM #111 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sirdilznik
I would be willing to bet a lot of money that Hendo is "stronger" than The Spider in just about any measure. Just by looking at them side by side you can see how much thicker Dan is. You are right though that you can't tell by looks alone. However Dan is an Olympic caliber wrestler. Wrestlers are known for having tremendous strength developed through years and years of intense grappling. This is a kind of strength you cannot get through just weight lifting or exercising. Dan is a very big, overwhelming 185er if he chooses to go to MW.

I completely agree with you that strength alone would not determine the outcome of this fight. Both fighters are really smart and crafty too. It would be a barn burner and I hope Dan does drop down to 185 and Dana makes this happen.

why do people think that anderson silva is small and not strong???????????????????????????????????????????? ???? im sure dan will get a take down or two, but that's his good wrestling, not that he is so much stronger than anderson. anderson has broad shoulders and if you look at him and franklin side by side anderson arms are the same size. he's not as skinny as everyone makes him out to be his long limbs simply make a deception. anderson was much stronger than rich, and i dan isn't as strong as your saying. dan didn't want this fight. thats a fact. he's getting it, and he's in trouble. good luck hollyfuckinwood, and all of your fans, you're gonna need it.
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Originally Posted by TYKIDD
I'm sorry guys but this will be Hendo by TKO in round 4. Hendo will take Anderson down control him there and wear him out. Honestly I think anderson is fighting his most seasoned opponent who is great at what Anderson it the weakest at.

Hendo has a fighting spirit he wont give up. Franklin as much as I liked him gave up. When Franklin doesent control his opponent from the begining he goes the cowards rout rather than fighting through it all. Hendo wont let that happen. Hendo takes it.

franklin gave up????he barely made it into the second round and absolutely got his clock cleaned. hendo ain't shit. and seasoned???he's old as ****. one good fight since the turn of the millenium and he's gonna take it? bullshit! if he isn't knocked out he'll be submitted. and this fight isn't going to go more than 2 or 3 rounds so your 4th round prediction definately isn't going to hold.

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Originally Posted by lildrummerboy16
I believe Dan will win this one by ground and pound. You have to take Anderson out of his game to beat him- although he has proven himself on the ground also. I believe his stand up game is still his biggest weapon though. The closest man to ever beat Anderson in the octagon was Lutter, and the only reason he failed is because he didn't cut the weight properly and was worn down physically and mentally. Dan is a world class wrestler who won't make that same mistake and stick to an effective gameplan.

first of all lutter wasn't close to beating silva. and thats a pathetic ******* excuse to say the reason he didn't is cause he didn't cut wieght properly. true he didn't and suffered from it, but that was going to make no difference...were talking lutter vs. silva! he didn't deserve the title shot anyways. there was no reasons he lost besides anderson is the superior fighter. so hendo is just going to ground and pound him? its hard to ground and pound a guy who is as good off his back as silva. im gonna come right out and say it, dan doesn't impress me. i think he's the only guy that has a shot at 185 to beat him but he's not going to do it with ground and pound! he's going to have to beat him with a KO. which is a could happen because he does have heavy hands but dan didn't really want this fight and it's for the simple fact that spider is lethal as all hell. dan will have a good gameplan yes, and yes he will stick to it. but he's not in his prime like silva is and its not going to happen. like no way in hell.

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Originally Posted by benny
yeah ? like his expeirience in pride under the chutebox club? or that rumble on the rock bs? or any of the other little league places he fought?
get real!!! so what he beat leben and franklin and looked so tough against all those guys in the pee-wee leagues.
that means sh#@ in the majors dude!

well dudein the majors he's crushed who joe silva has put on the table for him..and you say peewee leagues and talk shit that he faught at ROTR which was okami...wow real minor leaguer. some of those other minor league events were victories over Jorge Rivera, Jeremy Horn, lee murray, and in pride he was more talented than any fighter he faught, besides at the time possibly newton, and he beat him. and what has dan done in the majors? he survived against page, that deserves credit in itself, but other than that ????so he beat wanderlei..now all of a sudden anyone who fights dan is stepping up to his level of competition? why is that so? because he won a unanimous against a washed up vitor? because he hasn't had any noteworthy victory before that since 01 when he won a split against ninja? you have to go back to 2fuckin000' to see a nice win streak during which he beat yvel, newton, Nogueira, and sobral. 2000! it's 2007 and anderson silva is in the prime of his career in which it would be an extreme upset for him to get beat by an aging competitor who in all actuallity has seen his better days. big leagues? yes the man from curitiba is in them and is holding the belt for everyone else to try and get. and when he comes down bouncing to dmx, look at hendo's face and you'll know why he didn't want the fight, cause he's in the big leagues and the most lethal fighter possibly in mma history is coming for blood.

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Originally Posted by benny
i dont recall his expeirence under the pride banner being very impressive! so i am not sure what your talking about.
and so far he has dominated some fairly game fighters, but none of them are in the same class as henderson!
if you think hendo is afraid of silva you are in for a surprise, to count out the old bull to early could prove to be a fatal mistake on the part of silva and yourself.
"ignorance begets confidence,more than does knowledge"
so where are your claims coming from?
remember the same things were said about mike tyson before his match with douglass
if you want to hop onto a bandwagon first check to see which way it's heading

not on a bandwagon benny, was a silva fan long before he hit the "bigs" so you like the old balls in this one but didn't really give any counterpoints why. and you used some quote that really means nothing to me when it comes to the fight. so did you have old balls against page too? and why you would ever name drop iron mike into the debate i have no idea. and a douglas henderson comparison is ridiculous. yeah anderson didn't get to really see any household names in pride like wandy or nog or even belfort, but then again when he(anderson) was fighting in pride who were the household names fighting at 185? and i said anderson was more talented than his opponents in pride, i never said he put together all of his skills at the time and was the complete package. neither was quinton in pride. all im saying is now the moxi is there for superstardom. dan hasn't done anything for me lately besides one lucky hook in a war with wand. and if anderson can keep this reign of terror up for a substantial amount of time he has a chance for the big league hall of fame. i know thats getting ahead of things but at this point in dans career he doesn't have the chance to build a lights out hall of fame career in the "bigs" like silva does. at this point in dan's career he doesn't have the chance for much besides having a quicker, younger, more talented, flashier, better footwork, better clinch, better striking opponent tee off on his chin. you better hope for a quick takedown, a gay and pound, and a decision, thats the only shot old balls has got. no big guy, no mistakes here just two eyes that see the whole picture. when silva is saying "sorry" in broken english becuase he feels bad for the way he just owned hendo, you can type me up a personal sorry for insulting my intellegence.

[taadland]

quote=benny;407443]i appriciate the rep.

what i meant was(and i cant make it any simpler than this) is that to write a guy like dan henderson off is foolish.
he has fought better compitition than anderson silva, is definately stonger, and his striking although may not be as technical as silvas, is more powerful.
to say there is no doubt that he will win the fight with silva would make me look as foolish as you have made yourself appear , stating things with a certainty that only reflects your lack of knowledge on the subject.
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i know i pretty much already finished you on the subject benny boy, BUT since i'm still pissed you insulted me by saying i have lack of knowledge imma hit you with one more point, well a stat that is. your more powerful striker dan the man, in his 22 wins it's gone to decision 50% of the time and only 45.5% have been by ko. (10 out of 22 wins) wow big time power. as for silva's 20 wins, 12 are by ko, (that's 60% if you can't do the math) and he finishes more fights only going to decision 25% of the time in his victories. seems to be a pretty powerful striker in my opinion. or i must just be a fuckin' idiot on the subject.