Jurrecane wrote:I think this is the end of Silva tbh.
Silva (probably) done for, GSP (probably) retiring...changing of the guard in a big way.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 11:41 am
by hubb
shit i didn't even know there was a rematch.. feels a bit more certain this time
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:34 pm
by Jurrecane
Though i´m quite a fan of GSP, all these changes are really exciting imo. Those divisions been dominated for a long time and i´ve lost a little interest in MMA as a whole. But really want to get back into it now.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:09 am
by kidshuffle
Jurrecane wrote:Though i´m quite a fan of GSP, all these changes are really exciting imo. Those divisions been dominated for a long time and i´ve lost a little interest in MMA as a whole. But really want to get back into it now.
Its kinda like when corture and Liddell finally left.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:15 am
by wub
Yeah but with Liddell he went into freefall with his defeats...after he lost the title to Rampage, he lost 4 out of his last 5 fights, with the last 3 of those 4 being KOs.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:30 am
by Jurrecane
If A.Silva continues fighting I wouldn't be surprised if that happened to him too. He's relatively old already. Hard to recover from a broken leg at this age and still be such a great fighter.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:31 am
by wub
Jurrecane wrote:If A.Silva continues fighting I wouldn't be surprised if that happened to him too. He's relatively old already. Hard to recover from a broken leg at this age and still be such a great fighter.
They reckon 4-6 months recovery for him, then when he comes back he'll be 40?
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 1:30 pm
by Jurrecane
4-6 months is till okay. Still being 40 your physique won't be very good. Especially after having 4-6 months of recovery.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 1:42 pm
by hubb
Silva can't get back from this. Most of his game plan for the last few years has been his attitude and his superiority stems from that same mindset. It's going to be the same as with Ronaldinho I think.
Also I fully believe the same happened to Jones in the Gustafson fight, it was only because of the silly rule of getting more points in the fifth round (championship round) that he won at all.
I don't think ufc is any way as interesting with those two not in their game entirely.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:46 pm
by Electric_Head
That break was not pretty.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:47 pm
by wub
Electric_Head wrote:That break was not pretty.
Watched the full PPV last night, you can hear one of the ring crew yell "Compound break!" at someone before the camera cuts away to an out-of-ring shot.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:06 pm
by alphacat
I watched it live...
It'll be really hard for Silva to come back from this, although not impossible.
What's funny is that not 3 minutes before the break I said to my pal, "Anderson's got little chicken legs."
That shit was gnar-gnar fo'sho.
The undercard fight w/ the two women was pretty good too, wouldn't wanna mess w/ that Rousey chick.
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:11 pm
by hubb
not even with a quarter foot pole?
note to self 2014: 'learn math'
Re: The UFC Thread™
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:13 pm
by hubb
Watched the full PPV last night, you can hear one of the ring crew yell "Compound break!" at someone before the camera cuts away to an out-of-ring shot.