Quote of the Day: Anderson Silva Calls Out Wanderlei Silva and Demian Maia
by Kid Nate on Apr 10, 2009 9:33 AM EDT
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“How much do you weigh? So why are you going to get yourself in trouble?” Anderson asked of Wanderlei.
Anderson has his own answer to the question: He called Wanderlei’s move to 185 “pretentious.”
“Saying that you will beat me up or submit me is very easy, but there have been people trying to do that for some time and are not reaching their goal, Demian.”
Anderson Silva talking to Brazilian TV program Sensei Sportv.
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Silva’s pretentiousness is pretentious.
Yeah, who got the final Death Blow? 'Cause I thought that Hawaiian guy had it comin' to him. - C. K.
by monkeyfightclub! on Apr 10, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Book it!
Silva vs Silva!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
Mehhh,
I am going to have to take Silva on this one.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Goldberg on Silva vs Silva
Only 3 minutes old is round number 1 and Silva is looking incredible in this fight, right Joe?
:P
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Apr 10, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
ANYTHING that will slow Anderson's retirement plans
is a very good thing. Maybe Ed Soares told him that if he wants to retire in style in a few years, he needs to make the bucks now. Hell, look at how animated Lyoto got after his last fight (Soares’ client as well). He says in the latest FIGHT magazine (to which I have recently subscribed and in which I am tremendously disappointed) that Soares had nothing to do with it, but I doubt he would admit it anyway.
There's a WAMMA belt in my Cracker Jacks!
This pic still cracks me up!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Apr 10, 2009 9:46 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Silva looks pimp with that goatee.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Apr 10, 2009 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Definitely makes him look a bit meaner. Time to grow it out.
"I hit [Evensen], and you could just see it in his head. He went, 'Oh, man. We don't have to do this anymore. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm going to go home now." -Pat "The Real Techno Viking" Berry
Right on,
if he grew it out & never spoke he would be very tough looking! lol
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Whatever it takes to endear him to the UFC fan population. Dude should be much more marketable than he has been up until now.
"I hit [Evensen], and you could just see it in his head. He went, 'Oh, man. We don't have to do this anymore. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm going to go home now." -Pat "The Real Techno Viking" Berry
I'm going to laugh....
…. if Leites subs Anderson! Seems he’s getting a little to big for his britches. HE should go back to being humble IMO. It suites him much better.
well the humble anderson never got him PPV cash..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 10, 2009 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Holy fuck Anderson sounds irate! Maybe he’s been getting like this for the Leites fight? If he has this attitude, lord knows what he really thinks of Leites, but I garuntee Silva is coming out to prove a point and put a little fear back into the hearts of the 185’ers.
Wand vs. Anderson would be amazing! I love it.
nah....he's not irate
he’s just scared of the two of them.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Only because he talks a big game and backs it up by fighting tomato cans like Cote’. Weak.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Silva talks a big game?
Other than this comment, when have we ever heard Silva talk at all? Silva has always been regarded as a very humble & nice person even in victory. Cote was given the title shot & he fought him. What more do you want from the man? He has fought & destroyed every person the UFC put in front of him.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
I agree it is the UFC’s fault that he fights cans. But people cannot talk about him being one of the all time greats if he’s going to compete on a lower level. The good news is that the middleweight division might not suck anymore since they added Henderson, Wandy, Bisping and Maia has now arrived. I think Anderson is ok. He did beat Henderson. I would really like to see a rematch of those two…I don’t think Henderson was ready for that fight at the time. Anyway, the man (Silva) is simply not on the same level as Nog, Fedor, Rampage, etc. until he proves himself against top level competition.
Beating a declining-to-retirement Rich Franklin and a bunch of no-names doesn’t do anything for me.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Nate Marquardt and Dan Henderson are no-names? Check anybodies rankings to see if you are right about that
by EazyEismydad on Apr 10, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I gave credit for Henderson- read the above post.
Marquart has never done anything.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Franklin was the champ so you still have to give him credit.
True, he is on the downside of his career but he was dominant in that division at the time Silva faced him.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
I guess I can give him that. So he has 2 significant wins- Franklin and Henderson. The second win over Franklin falls under the “over-the-hill clause”.
That’s funny- he also has two losses…. to no-namers.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
So basically, Anderson Silva is 2-2 with a bunch of filler.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
If people like Marquardt dont count then I guess no one in the MW division counts. Maia hasn’t done more, neither has Bisping, or Mousasi, Akiyama, Jorge Santiago, Misaki, F. Shamrock, or anyone else outside the UFC.
So all you have left is Lawler, Franklin, Okami, and Henderson.
By your standards everyone’s records are just a bunch of filler.
Seriously who would you have him prove himself against
by EazyEismydad on Apr 11, 2009 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure Anderson
Begged Dana to let him fight cote…. He would lie awake at night thinking… please Mr. White… just let me fight “The Predator”.
Silva had nothing to do with that decision. He had no new opponents with enough name recognition at the time, ufc thought it could rake in some quick cash with Cote, who had some name recognition.
In all fairness
Cote beat himself, I’m sure Anderson would have eventually done it, but Cote jacked his knee and that was it for the fight. You have to give credit were it’s due though, Cote took Silva furhehr than anyone else in the UFC, and was probably poised to take him into round 4.
Dude..
I’m not a big fan of Anderson myself, but “tomoato cans”? come on man. You’re seriously not all there if you’re gonna say some shit like that. Humiliated Leben, dominated one of the best middleweights in Franklin (twice), submitted Hendo (a guy who isn’t very easy to submit), and how can you call Luiz Azeredo a nobody? You’re entitled to your own opinion and so am I :) I’m gonna call it like I see it…. YOU NEED KNOWLEDGE on this here sport.
by poundnground on Apr 10, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I am sure that he is terrified!
Maia would be the only one that give him a run. A Silva would destroy Wand.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Context
Anderson switches from talking about Wanderlei in the second graf to a quote that is apparently about Meia in the third. Here’s the missing transition:
Asked to name five opponents that he considered ready to face him for a title shot, Anderson didn’t include Wanderlei or Wanderlei’s new training partner, Demian Maia. In fact, he had a message for Maia too: "Saying that you will beat me up or submit me is very easy, but there have been people trying to do that for some time and are not reaching their goal, Demian."
"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy
… it’s too bad they couldn’t bother to include the five opponents he did name. I’d be interested to see who Anderson Silva puts on the list of fighters ready to face him for a title shot.
by Kierkegaard on Apr 10, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
If he doesn’t mention them, I wonder if some of them aren’t with Zuffa.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Apr 10, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
This is bad for Leites if Anderson is developing
an attitude about people thinking they can beat him. I predict an absolute destruction in the first round.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
/\ YES!
"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy
by thetakeover on Apr 10, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
That is what I thought as well,
but there are many people who think Leites will sub him so…..
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
That is a bet I would love to take.
I have seen a bunch of people on here saying that.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
It would be funny if Silva got caught in a crazy exchange. Leites has some heavy hands.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Apr 10, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
"Leites has some heavy hands"
What? We say this BS about almost every fighter. There is absolutely no chance Leites wants to get in an exchange w/Silva except to set up a takedown.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
And...
even at that, yes Maia has excellent BJJ, but Silva has some pretty damned good BJJ himself. We just never get to see it very often. Don’t forget, Lutter has “better” BJJ then Silva, and he didn’t catch him in the almost 2 minutes he had Silva on the mat.
"pretentious", says A. Silva of the Daily Globe...
“pretentious” is the only thing in quotes for the W. Silva quotes.
Haven’t you seen the preview of a movie you knew was horrible but they quote one word like this: "Mike Hunt of the Quohog Chronicle calls it “entertaining”… even though Mike Hunt probably really said “not entertaining” or “mildly entertaining”.
I think this is probably a non-discussion.
by casey manrique on Apr 10, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions
that picture made my day. Silva’s got some hard talk for a guy who couldn’t put away Cote inside of 3 rounds.
Gatti. Dekkers. Pele. Aoki. Kang. Vanderlei.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Apr 10, 2009 1:03 PM EDT reply actions
So let me get this straight-
Silva has finished every opponent he has faced in 2rds or less except for Cote, who has never been finished by the way. And he dominated that fight, but you are talking trash about him?
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
well you've got to undertand, there's no where else he can get criticism except for that and the first round of hendo.. ;)
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 10, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Well than I am sure Silva is comfortable with that then.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Yeah...Hendo got stupid in Rd. 2... Based on Rd 1, Hendo had an easy win coming...
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
"Hendo had an easy win coming"
This=stupidity.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
True
But that is the last time I saw Anderson Silva lose a round.
by Derek Suboticki on Apr 10, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Jokes
He got tapped out. What the hell are you talking about?
"I hit [Evensen], and you could just see it in his head. He went, 'Oh, man. We don't have to do this anymore. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm going to go home now." -Pat "The Real Techno Viking" Berry
Does anyone read the posts?
Nobody said “Henderson did not lose”. Henderson lost via RNC in rd. 2. We all saw it. The point was that he dominated Silva in Rd. 1, and had he not gotten stupid and changed his gameplan in Rd. 2, we can make the arguement that he would ahve likely continued to wipe the floor with him.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
You can't make that argument
It’s a five round fight, genius. He lost. There is no argument.
"I hit [Evensen], and you could just see it in his head. He went, 'Oh, man. We don't have to do this anymore. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm going to go home now." -Pat "The Real Techno Viking" Berry
I make no secret about it.
The only fighter I hate more than Silva is Brandon Vera. Rashad Evans is also up there. Vera is by far the worst offender with his super-gay dance that he does. Fortunately, he sucks, so I don’t have to see it much anymore.
There is no place in this sport for arrogance. Act like you’ve been there before. Everyone at that level deserves respect.
…oh…I forgot Kendall Grove. I want to punch him in the face, too, with his stupid grave-digger routine.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
So your hate for Silva
stems from the karate moves he does at the end of his fights? Got it. That is a great basis for why is overrated.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
If he wasn't so arrogant...
I probably would not really care one way or the other. He need to look at guys like Randy and Fedor- One is a living legend, and one is the God of War- they don’t act like that.
I could even accept being arrogant, maybe, if he had a list of big name wins (like fedor, rendy, etc), but he doesn’t (yet).
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
and maybe one day he will.
…at which time I will take my hat off to the man.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Apr 10, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no problem with your dislike for Silva if you feel he is arrogant.
For me, I feel it is more confidence than anything but that is my opinion.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
The Anderson Silva shit talkers are hilarious.
"I hit [Evensen], and you could just see it in his head. He went, 'Oh, man. We don't have to do this anymore. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm going to go home now." -Pat "The Real Techno Viking" Berry
It really is unbelievable to me.
What do they want from the man?
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
Yes, idiots.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
I try to teach, Blackout
But it doesn’t always work. ‘Water, Helen, water…’
by Derek Suboticki on Apr 10, 2009 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
If Hendo wouldn't have gotten stupid, he would have had an easy win
If I had wings, I would have flown to France for lunch.
"I hit [Evensen], and you could just see it in his head. He went, 'Oh, man. We don't have to do this anymore. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm going to go home now." -Pat "The Real Techno Viking" Berry
WHY?
Cuz winning the first round is always indicative of what happens in the rest of the fight?
hendo doesn’t even dominate with wrestling consistently, and gasses a lot… He couldn’t hold A Silva down for 5 rounds… He barely eeked out a decision against Rich, who’s game is similar to a lesser level than Silva’s (Silva has better BJJ, striking, Clinch, etc) and Rich won most of the exchanges on the feet, and stuffed a few shots… Your assessment seems biased….
I think Blackout was agreeing with you.
He just pasted what someone wrote earlier & then made the flying to France comment.
Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics, even when you win you are still retarded.
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