Comments on: UFC Fight Night 14 video: Rich Franklin on Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin fight

By: Smokes

Smokes — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:19:48 +0000

Yes I thought Rich was going to defend his title against Silva the first time,

no I didn’t think he was going to make proper adjustments to get it back but I really hoped he could pull the win off cause he’s my favorite MW,

No I didn’t think Lutter, Nate, or Hendo would beat Silva

No I don’t think that Okami will beat Silva because Silva is the more skilled opponent but I like Okami more and I think he does stand a chance at beating Silva so I’ll will be picking Okami

Also I didn’t think that GSP would beat Hughes
or that Serra would beat GSP
or that Penn would beat Sherk
or that Randy would beat Sylvia
or that Sylvia would beat Arlovski
or that Forrest would beat Rua and Rampage (but like Okami I picked Forrest to beat Rampage even though I thought Rampage was the better fighter)

You get my point man, and Silva has lost 3 times so the guy is not undefeatable. give it a rest and learn that it is ok to pick the underdog no matter how huge of an underdog he is. If I’m wrong no harm done but if I’m right thats 5 million people who are wrong, so when its a favorite fighter of mine I’ll pick him to win like Hughes, Franklin, Okami, Arlovski, Sherk, and Forrest.

By: PhilQNY

PhilQNY — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:03:11 +0000

Did you think Franklin was going to defend his title successfully against Silva the first time??

Did you think Franklin was going to make the proper ajustments to try to defeat Silva the 2nd time?

Did you think Lutter was going submit/defeat Silva?

Did you think Nate M. was going to dominate Silva and Gnp him to defeat?

Did you think Henderson was going to expose Silva’s weaknesses?

Did you REALLY feel that Okami= Super Under Dog.. will defeat Silva?

By: Colin D

Colin D — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:01:09 +0000

Irvin puts Silva to sleep and makes franklin look like an idiot for thinking silva is impossible to beat. Is it the 19th yet?

By: Ade

Ade — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:44:34 +0000

It didn’t look like Matt Hughes was working BJ over before he suffered a cracked rib in there last fight. BJ was absolutely destroying Hughes in the stand up and on the ground, it was so one sided it was ridiculous. Without doubt BJ’s cracked rib saved Hughes from getting the same sort of beating GSP gave him. And if you do not think so you need to watch that match again.

By: naturalshadow

naturalshadow — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:01:17 +0000

Why do you think that Silva can’t knock him out. B.J.’s striking is not even comparable to Anderson’s. B.J. fans are absolutely the most insane. Next I will be hearing that B.J. would be too big to fight Brock Lesner, or have too good a chin to be knocked out by Liddell.

By: chefdaddy

chefdaddy — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:16:36 +0000

I know this is completely juvenile, but Tony, your comments and general bias are two of the main reasons I can’t stand Bisping.

By: WEBDAMAN

WEBDAMAN — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:36:25 +0000

This guy has no clue, Matt Hughes worked BJ over. Silva would have a first round KO on BJ.

By: droc

droc — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:00:24 +0000

Silva is going to win this fight its crazy how much he can fight i wish the black house gym comes to socal soon so i can up my game silvas mom passed i think last month that shit sux we all got moms but i think its going to make him more crazy the best under Prasher Silva wins tko i dont think its going out of the First round irvin is no push over but we all know how its going down

By: Smokes

Smokes — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:59:45 +0000

I didn’t say Franklin would take him to the ground and beat him or anything but thats Franklin’s only hope of beating Silva. Franklin has an underrated ground game but it isn’t strong enough to submit or even gnp Silva. I don’t think Silva will beat Franklin 100 times out of 100 but I get your point. Franklin has some power in his hands so he stands a chance to actually beat Silva just not nearly as much as Hendo does. Seriosly if Franklin is that far gone to Silva everyone else is that far gone to Franklin so its sick to think who could honestly take Silva. I think Okami beats him in his title match but 99 times out of 100 Silva would beat Okami. I’m just saying the underdog is going to win this match.

By: Smokes

Smokes — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:55:09 +0000

And when BJ poked him in the eye, don’t make excuses BJ lost and in doing so he lets GSP feel more comfortable in a rematch. This is why its hard to beat a guy whos beaten you, its because he has nothing to fear fighting you, he knows he won and he can do it again