LOL

People seem to forget what an amazing pedigree verra has:
His Greco Roman wrestling his fantastic (I have seen him suplex people right thru the mat).
His Muy Tai is just straight Nasty.
His Ju Jitsu is solid.
He is the much much quicker fighter
He has many more things going for him the Big Tim.

What can we say possitive about Sylvia:
He has a reach advantage over anyone that he will fight
He hits hard
He has webbed feet which help with traction while in the Octagon. Ok, I just made that part up.

Its hard for Big Tim to predict what Verra will do come saturday. On the other hand the whole world knows what Tim will do. He will use his range, and look to land the big Punch. How about Dana white last night talking about Timmy needing to get his hand speed back (as if he possessed Floyd Maywhether type speed in the past)

If I had t6o bet, I would bet Verra, but all it takes is 1 big punch from Sylvia, so who knows? I am very curious to see how this fight ends up.[/quote]
what source did you get the juanito, interview, where he makes it very clear, that vera, will be the next HW CHAMPION, that is saying alot, for anyone betting on sykvia to win this fightm this is a HUGE RED FLAG, juanito, has seen him trained, and he is more knowledgeable than, any so called expert, that thinks timmy, has a shot, for anyone that has placed any money, on timmy winning, kiss your money goodbye

I disagree. First, he has only had 8 pro fights, so he ain’t anything “in the history of mma” except possibly the most overconfident/unproven fighter in the history of mma.

Back in the day, Cro Cop had far more lethal kicks than Vera. Cro Cop is the standard as far as “the best kicks in the history of mma”

Vera does have great knees, but when your talking about the best knees, and in the history of mma. Chute Box is widely know as having the best knees, particularly Wandi. Yeah, Vera has KO’d Fabiano Scherner with a knee, but Wandi has KO’d some of MMA’s best with knees.

Well, I do see The Truth hurting after this fight.

The 2 main questions I have going into this fight are:

1) Which Timmy will show up?

and

2) Can Vera KO Timmy?

Timmy has never been KO’d and he has fought against some LARGE and powerful HW’s. I am REALLY rooting for this fight to end via KO - it would be a first for either fighter (getting KO’d).[/quote]

I hope the old Timmy Show’s up. It will make for a better fight.
I think Brandon can beat the old Timmy. But if Tim shows up hungry, it will make Vera’s win respected.(if vera beats new timmy ppl will still talk “ish” about him)

as to VM’s questions..
1) I think the old timmy’s coming, but who really knows?

2) Brandon can knock out any HW if he connects right! His striking is deadly.[/quote]
stagger lee, believe me, it doesnt matter which timmy shows up, he can be the healthiest, and most fit, in his life, people have no idea, how good vera is, when rob kaman, his trainer, the worlds greatest kickboxer of all time, and muay thai legend, is impressed by him,do you know how hard it is to impress that guy, and juanito ibarra, rampages trainer flat out say, he will be champion early next year, that is a big statement, this is what the future of mma is going to be looking like, the only way to describe what fighting vera will be like for timmy, is to imagine he is , fighting a HW version of anderson silva, same quickness, and speed, and standup, and bjj, but world class greco wrestling, and the best kicking game, and knees in the history of mma, this fight is not going past the second round, vera will be HW champion early next year

damn! at this point you have to act classy or else you will continue to earn alot of haters out there

If Sylvia tries to keep Vera away only with jabs, he will lose. His front leg will be destroyed by Vera’s leg kicks. As long as Sylvia doesn’t check one of Vera’s kicks really well, hurting Vera, Sylvia will take them all night because he isn’t that quick. I would be willing to bet that the Truth is looking to make Sylvia overly cautious about his lead leg so he can look for an opening up top.

Sylvia will undoubtedly be looking for kicks as well as punches since Vera is so well rounded. You can’t just box the Truth and reasonably expect to win.

Vera’s leg and torso are longer than Sylvia’s arms, so a well spaced leg kick will also protect the head from strikes. A proficient kicker can space very well (just think GSP) because it makes it difficult to step into the pocket and do some real damage. Last night during sparring I only boxed against my muay thai partner. I can barely walk today from several really good, hard kicks.

If Sylvia tries to jab against Vera, Vera will knock his block off.