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What were the highlights of
Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin?
Interested in the highlights of the Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin fight? The answers are easy.
1. Silva dominating the ring. Silva controlled the ring, he made Griffin look off balance and awkward. Griffin was never able to get Silva into any position to deliver his famous leg kicks, like he used to destroy Rampage. Silva's head movement and body movements along with his great jabs and devastating punches caused Griffin to constantly lots of poor shots and take too many chances that wound up costing him dearly.
2 Silva's pounding Griffin on the ground. There was only one take down in the fight and Silva did it with a punch and followed it up with some devastating punches to Griffin's head. I think these shots definitely hurt Griffin and that allowed the Flicking punch to finish him off.
3. The deadly Flicking punch. Only used effectively one other time in a World Championship match, by Ali vs Liston. Just as ridiculous and just as controversial. 40 years later people are still talking about the Ali flick and there are 1,000's who believe Liston threw the fight. I am one of them. The same can almost be said about Griffin, I don't think for a minute he threw the fight, but I do think he wanted it over. He was getting killed and wanted out. If his jaw was broken, as some claim, but not any doctors who attended him, then he has a great reason to lie there and quit. Otherwise, I would like to have seen him do a little bit more, before the flick. Not after. He was in not condition to continue for whatever reason after he was flicked.'
4. The Griffin run away. If Griffin would have run as fast in the ring as he did out of the ring he might have stood a better chance of beating Silva. Can't wait until he finally tells everyone what was so important in the locker room that he could not't wait to even shake hands or hear the decision. Might have been a call from Brock Lesnar telling all you great commenter's how wrong you are in think that Silva is better than the Mighty Lesnar. Or perhaps it was a call from Fedor inviting Griffin to come to Strikeforce where there is no real competiton and no Brock.
The post fight interview was great. Click here to see my article on it.
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Comments
Lesnar is still the best- no question!
You wish, lesnars no push over but if you think hes in the same class as silva you're dead wrong
Lesnar and Silva's styles are too different to compare them. Lesnar's style works for him, due to his natural size and wrestling skills. Silva is just great fighter and defensive fighter. If Lesnar was smaller, he would get destroyed by Silva. And if Silva was big enough to be in the weight class, he would get overpowered with wrestling by Lesnar's size. So in the end weight classes make a big difference for the two, making the Lesnar/Silva argument pointless.
brock lesnar would become bit*h lesnar if he got in the octagon with silva, sorry, sad but tru, he's trashy.
They're streaming it live over at unlocksports.com/watch28015.html for free if you wanna watch it online.
Also if you miss the live stream you can go download the replay at unlocksports.com/file2018451.html (it takes them at least 20 minutes to upload the replay though fyi)
well actually there is one question for ya. how longs brock been champ for? not that long an whos he fought. a few good fighters but not great ones. silvas been undisputed for how long the guys a machine. he has stomped some big names right the hell out. dont get me wrong lesnars damn good but as far as the best im givin that one to silva. an id put money on it you throw them into the ring as they stand today silva would be the one walkin out!!!!!
Pound for Pound Silva is the best. That means if Lesnar and Silva were in the same weight class Silva would win. Hence the term "pound for pound'. Dana White thinks so and I'll bet he thinks about MMA quite a bit. Lesnar vs Silva will never happen though. Lesnar vs Fedor however...
hey Adam I'm a Silva fan, but dont forget about Machida or St. Pierre. I think that the pound for pound title is still up in the air. Machida and St. Pierre have looked just as dominant in all their recent fights. Not to mention that Machida is also undefeated.
by the way, Lesnar still has a lot more to prove to even have his name mentioned in the same conversation as Silva
Lesnars too big and too strong for Silva to have a realistic chance of winning. Silva is technically a better fighter but has no real chance of over coming someone the size of Brock. As for the comment that Brock hasn't fought any of the greats, then I think you are under rating hall of famer Randy Couture.
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