Comments on: Was Anderson Silva Really Goofing Off? http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/ Completing the perspective on Mixed Martial Arts Fri, 18 May 2012 06:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jonathan http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16342 Jonathan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:27:41 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16342 I had Silva winning the fight 20-18. It just wasn't a great performance. I would never bet on a fight, but even if I did I would never have to stoop to an embarrassing profession like stripper or hotel bellboy. I had Silva winning the fight 20-18. It just wasn’t a great performance.

I would never bet on a fight, but even if I did I would never have to stoop to an embarrassing profession like stripper or hotel bellboy.

]]> By: Dave Walsh http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16334 Dave Walsh Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:06:04 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16334 Yeah for real. Do we need to do this here? Yeah for real. Do we need to do this here?

]]> By: gimme danger http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16333 gimme danger Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:01:39 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16333 Total-LOL.com Total-LOL.com

]]> By: Thomas Hackett http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16332 Thomas Hackett Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:56:51 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16332 Clearly your reading comprehension isn't any better than your fight analysis. Silva landed 28 times total in the bout's twelve minutes. Did you have $$ on Cote? Poor Jon. Back to the stripper pole for you Clearly your reading comprehension isn’t any better than your fight analysis. Silva landed 28 times total in the bout’s twelve minutes.

Did you have $$ on Cote? Poor Jon. Back to the stripper pole for you

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16329 Jonathan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:52:25 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16329 Outlanded at a 2-1 clip! Neither guy landed much of anything! That's pretty misleading. Both guys had shitty performances. The fact that Silva landed 9 punches in 12 minutes and Cote landed 7 punches in the same time, isn't an indication of dominance. It just means he was marginally less bad. The arguments here were funny when Dave was being tongue in cheek. It's still funny when you do it to, but in a different way, as you are clearly serious that what we saw was a dominant performance! He didn't throw any punches or kicks at all for minutes at a time! Outlanded at a 2-1 clip! Neither guy landed much of anything! That’s pretty misleading. Both guys had shitty performances. The fact that Silva landed 9 punches in 12 minutes and Cote landed 7 punches in the same time, isn’t an indication of dominance. It just means he was marginally less bad.

The arguments here were funny when Dave was being tongue in cheek. It’s still funny when you do it to, but in a different way, as you are clearly serious that what we saw was a dominant performance! He didn’t throw any punches or kicks at all for minutes at a time!

]]> By: Thomas Hackett http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16328 Thomas Hackett Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:28:43 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16328 He obviously didn't make it terribly hard for Silva to land, or Silva wouldn't have won both rounds easily and outlanded Cote at a two to one clip. It was a totally dominant performance, with no need for a rematch, and clearly it's time for Silva to move up. He obviously didn’t make it terribly hard for Silva to land, or Silva wouldn’t have won both rounds easily and outlanded Cote at a two to one clip.

It was a totally dominant performance, with no need for a rematch, and clearly it’s time for Silva to move up.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16326 Jonathan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:14:04 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16326 Cote was moving around and making it hard for Silva to land. It didn't help that Anderson was being uncharacteristically passive. When he did hit him, it was hard. These things are not contradictory for anyone but the simplest of simpletons. Cote was moving around and making it hard for Silva to land. It didn’t help that Anderson was being uncharacteristically passive. When he did hit him, it was hard.

These things are not contradictory for anyone but the simplest of simpletons.

]]> By: Dave Walsh http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16325 Dave Walsh Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:01:21 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16325 I think it is plausible that he was attempting something different. I mean, really, this is all speculation unless we can go back in time to Saturday night, freeze time, crack open his skull and analyze his brain waves. I think it is plausible that he was attempting something different. I mean, really, this is all speculation unless we can go back in time to Saturday night, freeze time, crack open his skull and analyze his brain waves.

]]> By: Thomas Hackett http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16323 Thomas Hackett Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:11:15 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16323 You're the one with the spin. First he was hurting Cote, now he couldn't find him? Please. If the idea was to "get some rounds" and take a bout the distance against a lesser opponent (something which I'm sure Alan will remind us is not uncommon in the boxing world), it was working -- he outlanded his opponent by a two to one margin. You’re the one with the spin. First he was hurting Cote, now he couldn’t find him?

Please. If the idea was to “get some rounds” and take a bout the distance against a lesser opponent (something which I’m sure Alan will remind us is not uncommon in the boxing world), it was working — he outlanded his opponent by a two to one margin.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.total-mma.com/2008/10/27/was-anderson-silva-really-goofing-off/#comment-16322 Jonathan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:17:57 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=514#comment-16322 His gameplan was to go five rounds with Patrick Cote? After never going into the third round before? Sell me another one please! His story shifted multiple times that night post fight. This is another spin. His gameplan was to go five rounds with Patrick Cote? After never going into the third round before? Sell me another one please! His story shifted multiple times that night post fight. This is another spin.

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