Not at all, the reason that GSP dominates his opponents is through takedowns and control, he controls his opponent by making him fight from his weakest position, this becomes much, much harder to do when you are fighting people that are bigger and stronger than you.I don't Dana's logic for not wanting GSP to go up to 185... It makes no sense. The same reason he thinks Silva can go up to LHW and HW are the same reasons why GSP should go up.
For starters, pound for pound has nothing to do with being able to beat a fighter that is two weight classes above you.hmm if anderson is p4p nr1 that means he could beat fedor...i'd love to see that good night story though...no disrespect to anderson or anything but fedor would eat him alive..end of story!
Silva could be a top 3 LHW no problem, beat alot of guys at HW and GSP would struggle with the bigger, stronger fighters at 185 I think was the essence of what he was saying, and I think he's right on.Dana's response to why GSP shouldn't go to middleweight, "because he's a huge ******* star and I don't want to see him go to 85, he's doing just fine at 170" ?????
Dana's actual reasoning includes him not wanting to see it happen.
Dana either thinks that GSP will lose at MW and tarnish his status, or wants him around to keep the WW division interesting. Also, does it mean that he thinks Silva isn't a 'huge ******* star' and needs to jump weight for the novelty of it?
Personally I think it's too risky for the UFC. If GSP goes up to MW and beats AS...where does that leave AS? Sure it would do wonders for GSP's status, but it seems people are fed up with his style so it could hurt PPV's that don't have huge co-main events.Silva could be a top 3 LHW no problem, beat alot of guys at HW and GSP would struggle with the bigger, stronger fighters at 185 I think was the essence of what he was saying, and I think he's right on.
Agreed, Dana said Anderson could fight at HW, and that is one fight I have never thought of before but would be ******* awesome, I too believe Fedor would beat Anderson, and even if Fedor is past his best days it dont mean shit he is still has the most impressive record in MMA which makes him the best who ever was and nothing Dana can say can take that away from him.hmm if anderson is p4p nr1 that means he could beat fedor...i'd love to see that good night story though...no disrespect to anderson or anything but fedor would eat him alive..end of story!
Firstly, that isn't what he said, and the 'essence' of what he means is very subjective.Silva could be a top 3 LHW no problem, beat alot of guys at HW and GSP would struggle with the bigger, stronger fighters at 185 I think was the essence of what he was saying, and I think he's right on.