Anderson Silva

Lionel Naismith · February 1, 2015

Making his comeback at bells tonight on Kopite Sport, reckon he will be the same after that length of time out and the seriousness of his injury?
My favourite MMA fighter of all time.

DrEFC · February 1, 2015

Lionel Naismith said:
Making his comeback at bells tonight on Kopite Sport, reckon he will be the same after that length of time out and the seriousness of his injury?
My favourite MMA fighter of all time.

Did he become a MMA fight after leaving Barnsley?

Azzurri · February 1, 2015

I really, really don't like him. Very dislikeable character. But then so's Diaz.

He'll never be the same, but he'll win tonight.

Lionel Naismith · February 1, 2015

DrEFC said:
Did he become a MMA fight after leaving Barnsley?

He was at us wasnt he? Wasn't it da silva or is my memory poo, had totally forgotten about him.

Lionel Naismith · February 1, 2015

Azzurri said:
I really, really don't like him. Very dislikeable character. But then so's Diaz.

He'll never be the same, but he'll win tonight.

He's the best to ever do it though nobody can really argue with that. I like that Conor mcgregor hes a proper nutcase but a very talented fighter

Azzurri · February 1, 2015

Lionel Naismith said:
He's the best to ever do it though nobody can really argue with that. I like that Conor mcgregor hes a proper nutcase but a very talented fighter

I think he is but you could make a case for Jones and GSP. Not that I would. Although I do think Jones will end up being known as the best, and god knows how good BJ Penn would have been had he not took some awful fights.

He is a great fighter, bad weapon though. Think Aldo will beat him.

Efcbradley89 · February 1, 2015

I loved him, even from his fights in pride. Oh how I miss pride!!! Pride was so so good

Lionel Naismith · February 1, 2015

Azzurri said:
I think he is but you could make a case for Jones and GSP. Not that I would. Although I do think Jones will end up being known as the best, and god knows how good BJ Penn would have been had he not took some awful fights.

He is a great fighter, bad weapon though. Think Aldo will beat him.

Jones will probably go down as one of the best no doubt about it, I like Penn too an I agree he's been in some bad bad fights. What next for the spider?

Lionel Naismith · February 1, 2015

Easy win for Anderson Silva, picked Diaz off for 5 rounds. Diaz made a show of himself, couldn't get near silva or bang hard enough to hurt him. Thought Silva was way ahead in all 5 rounds.

Basil Fawlty · February 1, 2015

He was a bit crap, didn't we sell him to Barnsley once we finally got him a work permit?

hktoffee · February 1, 2015

I thought you were taking about the footballer who played one game for Everton.

Phenom · February 1, 2015

Yeh it was a stroll for Silva but after that I'd love him to hang it up, he's done everything he can do in the sport.

Nothing worse than seeing a legend go out looking shot.

Lionel Naismith · February 2, 2015

Phenom said:
Yeh it was a stroll for Silva but after that I'd love him to hang it up, he's done everything he can do in the sport.

Nothing worse than seeing a legend go out looking shot.

Still think he's got a few decent bouts left in him, wouldn't wanna see him get filled in badly though. He still looks to have the hunger after what he did after the decision you could see MMA still means a lot to him.

Little Ralphy · February 2, 2015

Lionel Naismith said:
Still think he's got a few decent bouts left in him, wouldn't wanna see him get filled in badly though. He still looks to have the hunger after what he did after the decision you could see MMA still means a lot to him.

I think that may have been more to do with the mental and physical anguish of the last 13 months recovering from the injury. Just a pure release of emotion.

He seemed to get more confident as the fight went on to be fair but then Diaz did nothing except make a show of himself for saying he thought he won all 5 rounds. That's his corner's fault though, they kept telling him he was doing well.

How thin did Silva's leg look? Fair play it's only 13 months since that injury and he was using it for some good kicks, but man did it look thin.

Also, GSP is the GOAT by some distance, he may not always have been the most exciting in terms of KOs etc. but he beat everyone he fought, and nearly all of his fights were massively one sided in his favour despite fighting the best guys.

Lionel Naismith · February 2, 2015

Little Ralphy said:
I think that may have been more to do with the mental and physical anguish of the last 13 months recovering from the injury. Just a pure release of emotion.

He seemed to get more confident as the fight went on to be fair but then Diaz did nothing except make a show of himself for saying he thought he won all 5 rounds. That's his corner's fault though, they kept telling him he was doing well.

How thin did Silva's leg look? Fair play it's only 13 months since that injury and he was using it for some good kicks, but man did it look thin.

Also, GSP is the GOAT by some distance, he may not always have been the most exciting in terms of KOs etc. but he beat everyone he fought, and nearly all of his fights were massively one sided in his favour despite fighting the best guys.

True... Still, he doesn't look like a man that wants/needs to call it a day.

Diaz was a joke, lying on the floor and just being a beaut generally throughout. Diaz was badly outclassed his face was messed up Anderson hardly had a mark on him. Thought his leg looked ok to be fair, his kicks were solid.
I like St Pierre and you could argue either one for the GOAT.