Comments on: Anderson Silva: Too Good for MMA http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/ Completing the perspective on Mixed Martial Arts Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anderson Silva : 2008 Ultimate Highlight Reel | Silva Zone http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-33323 Anderson Silva : 2008 Ultimate Highlight Reel | Silva Zone Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:12:32 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-33323 [...] Total MMA » Blog Archive » Anderson Silva: Too Good for MMA Share and Enjoy: [...] [...] Total MMA » Blog Archive » Anderson Silva: Too Good for MMA Share and Enjoy: [...]

]]> By: Dave Walsh http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-16310 Dave Walsh Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:19:38 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-16310 Lyoto vs. Silva would be an incredible fight, not like they would ever book that. I will agree that it was a very Lyoto-like performance. Lyoto vs. Silva would be an incredible fight, not like they would ever book that. I will agree that it was a very Lyoto-like performance.

]]> By: djmattyd http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-16301 djmattyd Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:35:27 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-16301 I thought Silva's performance reminded me of Lyoto Machida which is too bad that it was so poorly recieved as clean technical counter strikers are a rare thing in this sport. Also the whole wing chun hand thing I looked at that as more of a baiting technique albeit a little silly looking. I thought Silva’s performance reminded me of Lyoto Machida which is too bad that it was so poorly recieved as clean technical counter strikers are a rare thing in this sport.

Also the whole wing chun hand thing I looked at that as more of a baiting technique albeit a little silly looking.

]]> By: Total MMA » Blog Archive » Was Anderson Silva Really Goofing Off? http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-16282 Total MMA » Blog Archive » Was Anderson Silva Really Goofing Off? Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:19:22 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-16282 [...] Anderson Silva: Too Good for MMAUFC 90: Live CoverageThe Ultimate Fighter Season 8, Episode 6 ReviewDon “The Dragon” Wilson on [...] [...] Anderson Silva: Too Good for MMAUFC 90: Live CoverageThe Ultimate Fighter Season 8, Episode 6 ReviewDon “The Dragon” Wilson on [...]

]]> By: Dave Walsh http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-16281 Dave Walsh Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:02:33 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-16281 Well, I'm still not positive on the hand being disrespectful, or even the fight in general. Dana White was fuming mad, but still admitted that Silva is not the kind of guy who would disrespect a fellow fighter. As for getting caught up in the aura, yes. That is part of the fun, is it not? He has an aura, he has incredible technique, he is a very nice guy (from what we've all been shown), and seems to be unbeatable. What other heroes are there in MMA right now? Randy Couture had a pissy fit over not getting enough mystery checks cut to him, Chuck Liddell is a drunken loon, Rampage is mentally unfit and was involved in the death of an unborn baby... The more popular MMA gets, the less the tall tales or the heroes exist. Cro Cop the icon is dead, Fedor and Anderson Silva is all that we got. Well, I’m still not positive on the hand being disrespectful, or even the fight in general. Dana White was fuming mad, but still admitted that Silva is not the kind of guy who would disrespect a fellow fighter.

As for getting caught up in the aura, yes. That is part of the fun, is it not? He has an aura, he has incredible technique, he is a very nice guy (from what we’ve all been shown), and seems to be unbeatable. What other heroes are there in MMA right now? Randy Couture had a pissy fit over not getting enough mystery checks cut to him, Chuck Liddell is a drunken loon, Rampage is mentally unfit and was involved in the death of an unborn baby… The more popular MMA gets, the less the tall tales or the heroes exist. Cro Cop the icon is dead, Fedor and Anderson Silva is all that we got.

]]> By: Tony http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-16280 Tony Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:50:04 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-16280 Wow. A very intersting read, but I think you might be too caught up in the aura of Anderson Silva. I don't disagree with you about him not wanting to hurt Cote, but he clearly was not showing respect to Cote. He was mocking him and clowning around the whole fight. Sure he knew he could knock him out.....but he chose instead to goof off for 15 minutes. The offering of a hand was not an act of good will. If the round had ended with them in that position and Silva offered his hand...then yes, that would have been good will. But in the middle of the round, that equals disrepect. You don't need to be a body language expert (or even student) to see that Silva was toying with Cote in an unsportsmanlike way. In the fight game, you show respect to your opponent by fighting your opponent. Silva didn't fight Cote. I went to that fight to see the greatest in the world fight...I wasted $60. Wow. A very intersting read, but I think you might be too caught up in the aura of Anderson Silva. I don’t disagree with you about him not wanting to hurt Cote, but he clearly was not showing respect to Cote. He was mocking him and clowning around the whole fight. Sure he knew he could knock him out…..but he chose instead to goof off for 15 minutes. The offering of a hand was not an act of good will. If the round had ended with them in that position and Silva offered his hand…then yes, that would have been good will. But in the middle of the round, that equals disrepect. You don’t need to be a body language expert (or even student) to see that Silva was toying with Cote in an unsportsmanlike way. In the fight game, you show respect to your opponent by fighting your opponent. Silva didn’t fight Cote. I went to that fight to see the greatest in the world fight…I wasted $60.

]]> By: Fred http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-16268 Fred Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:22:59 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-16268 Anderson Silva was not on his "A" game last Saturday night. Anderson spent the majority of the fight running around the ring; doing the Ali shuffle; and exhibiting various forms of Wing Chun moves which have no effectiveness in an MMA fight. It was part show, part hubris, and part discomfort with Cote's obvious mobility. Anderson is always classy and a gentleman, so that's not the issue. However, helping an opponent up in the middle of a fight (instead of "defending yourself at all times", which is part of the referee's instructions at the beginning of every fight) is inappropriate. It's not a sign of sportmanship, respect, or even disrespect. It's simply outside the bounds of Anderson's job as an MMA fighter. No one wants to think that Anderson's supreme status as fighter is getting into his head; but it's something we have to look at. The displays at the beginning of his fights are getting more elaborate----look at the showy bows and prayers at the beginning of the Cote fight, and then go back and look at the Leben fight and the first Franklin fight. There were no displays at all in those first fights---Anderson just came out and stood without all the antics. This fight could just be an anomaly. We all hope so. But, there is no question that Anderson was much less effective from start to finish against Cote. Anderson Silva was not on his “A” game last Saturday night. Anderson spent the majority of the fight running around the ring; doing the Ali shuffle; and exhibiting various forms of Wing Chun moves which have no effectiveness in an MMA fight. It was part show, part hubris, and part discomfort with Cote’s obvious mobility. Anderson is always classy and a gentleman, so that’s not the issue. However, helping an opponent up in the middle of a fight (instead of “defending yourself at all times”, which is part of the referee’s instructions at the beginning of every fight) is inappropriate. It’s not a sign of sportmanship, respect, or even disrespect. It’s simply outside the bounds of Anderson’s job as an MMA fighter.

No one wants to think that Anderson’s supreme status as fighter is getting into his head; but it’s something we have to look at. The displays at the beginning of his fights are getting more elaborate—-look at the showy bows and prayers at the beginning of the Cote fight, and then go back and look at the Leben fight and the first Franklin fight. There were no displays at all in those first fights—Anderson just came out and stood without all the antics.

This fight could just be an anomaly. We all hope so. But, there is no question that Anderson was much less effective from start to finish against Cote.

]]> By: MMAEruption.com http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-16267 MMAEruption.com Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:51:45 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-16267 I don't think he respected Cote at all. Silva treated Cote like a little brother, not a competitor to his title. I was waiting for Anderson to hold Patrick back by his forehead and laugh. I don’t think he respected Cote at all. Silva treated Cote like a little brother, not a competitor to his title. I was waiting for Anderson to hold Patrick back by his forehead and laugh.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-16242 Jonathan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:54:00 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-16242 For Christ's sake, do you honestly believe that he wasn't "just looking to win?" For Christ’s sake, do you honestly believe that he wasn’t “just looking to win?”

]]> By: Dave Walsh http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/26/anderson-silva-too-good-for-mma/#comment-16240 Dave Walsh Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:35:01 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=512#comment-16240 Noble savage? I just don't think he was looking to come in, clinch his face into mush until he falls over, then pound his face further with fists until the ref decides to step in. There is a difference between having bad intentions and just looking to win a fight. Noble savage? I just don’t think he was looking to come in, clinch his face into mush until he falls over, then pound his face further with fists until the ref decides to step in. There is a difference between having bad intentions and just looking to win a fight.

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