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Tag: fighting
video review : Anderson Silva versus Vitor Belfort at UFC 126
Two leg kicks is the only action for almost the first three minutes of this bout. That’s probably because both Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort know they can get knocked out at a moment’s notice, especially Silva. Vitor Belfort is on a three-fight knockout streak.
He finally gets it going by, as Joe Rogan phrases it, tagging Silva with a left and the fight doesn’t last long from there. Silva, who displays outstanding head movement while dodging Belfort’s signature flurry, knocks him out with a front kick to the face. “Wow!”
my rating : 4 of 5
2011
Dana White talking about UFC 249
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video review : Anderson Silva versus Chael Sonnen at UFC 117
Chael Sonnen dominates Anderson Silva for nearly this entire bout. “Is it too early for Chael to start celebrating,” Joe Rogans asks rather rhetorically after the wrestler scores yet another takedown near the start of the fifth and final round. At that point, a victory seems inevitable.
“You know what; you could never count out a guy like Anderson Silva,” the commentator ponders as Sonnen continues to win the fight, “Let’s see how much he’s got left; what kind of weapons he can pull out of his arsenal.” Those are words that, in hindsight, would stand among Rogan’s wisest.
What Silva pulls out is a triangle (“Triangle!”) choke with just two minutes left on the clock. Sonnen struggles to free himself but eventually taps; it takes a video replay to confirm it; which must be devastating for him. Silva, now 12 and 0, remains champ by the slimest of margins.
my rating : 4 of 5
2010
video review : Anderson Silva versus Chael Sonnen at UFC 148
video review : Tony Ferguson versus Kevin Lee at UFC 216
I wouldn’t want to meet either of these guys on a dark street corner; Tony Ferguson looks like Count Orlok from Nosferatu; but Kevin Lee is more muscular and a little more intimidating. It’s his cardio that costs him this fight as he begins to tire in the second round, which eventually opens him up to a triangle choke.
my rating : 4 of 5
2017
video review : Anderson Silva versus Yushin Okami at UFC 134
Yushin Okami, who reportedly claimed he would beat Anderson Silva up during the build-up to this fight, looks to be an about even match for the champion during the first round. That all changes in the second when Silva begins to, as Mike Goldberg puts it, push the pace.
There’s a moment reminiscent of Silva’s comical slaughter of Forrest Griffin as The Spider enters The Matrix. His head movement is “sick”, his punches, which don’t look like much, are accurate and powerful enough to floor Okami, who looks completely overwhelmed, terrified even.
my rating : 4 of 5
2011
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Rika Ishige practicing MMA at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket : Training With Rika Ishige
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video review : Chris Weidman versus Anderson Silva at UFC 168
Jeez. It seems when it comes to fighting Chris Weidman, Anderson Silva can’t seem to catch a break. Bad jokes aside, what happens to Silva in this rematch at almost the exact same time he got knocked out in their first bout is, for him and his fans, a tragedy.
The Spider isn’t dead, but his career may well be as all it takes is a kick check (block) from Weidman to snap one of his eight legs at the shin. That Weidman was winning up to that point suggests, as crazy as it seems to say, he might just be a better fighter.
my rating : 3 of 5
2013
video review : Daniel Cormier versus Anderson Silva at UFC 200
I’d bet on Daniel Cormier to beat Anderson Silva at this point in his (Silva’s) career even if both fighters had ample time to prepare. That The Spider crawls into this bout to replace Jon Jones on just two days notice gives him even less of a chance and his losses are starting to stack up.
Cormier may be going easy on him for that reason; he takes and holds him down but doesn’t seem eager to finish him; though Silva is defensive on his back. I wonder how the match would go if the fighters remained standing the whole time as those exchanges look about equal.
my rating : 3 of 5
2016
video review : Anderson Silva versus Nick Diaz at UFC 183
Anderson Silva seems tentative and a little rusty here. What he does after his decision victory is announced; fall down and cry like a baby; suggests it’s because he’s nervous returning to The Octagon for the first time since getting his leg snapped in two by Chris Weidman.
Whatever the case, this fight starts off close and stays that way until the later rounds when Nick Diaz, who’s been taunting Silva much to the amusement of Joe Rogan; I think it just makes him look silly; seems to tire. That’s when Silva starts “loosening up” and taking over.
my rating : 3 of 5
2015
One Championship [ King Of The Jungle ] : Tiffany Teo versus Ayaka Miura
2020
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