Props: Sherdog.com
Quoteworthy:
“There are many people saying I was disrespecting Cote, but this is absolutely not true. My game plan since the beginning was fight five rounds, inducing him to commit mistakes and capitalize on that during the first three rounds and look for the knockout during the fourth and fifth rounds. It was working, and the biggest proof of that is that I almost didn’t waste any blows. I connected with a couple of good punches and knees, but unfortunately he got hurt and the fight was over. This is not my fault.”
UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva — who never before had gone past the second round inside the Octagon in seven previous fights — reveals his strategy for Patrick Cote at UFC 90: “Silva vs. Cote” at the Allstate Arena this past Saturday night. His approach and behavior inside the cage was puzzling and appeared to be out of character. In fact, it was perceived as bordering on disrespectful, which he argues was not his intent. However, the Brazilian indicates that he more than likely did all of it to prolong the fight. The million dollar question is … why?
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I have watched the fight several times, and it really looks like he was playing with him. i.e. let me help you up?
I didnt mind what he was doing. Now that I hear that he wanted to fight into the deeper rounds for a change, his strategy makes even more sense. Personally, I would have really liked to see the fight go 4 or 5 rounds, and I would have been happy had it worked out…..unfortunately for injuries!
breaking newz~
anderson silva vs keith jardine ufc 92.
remember u heard that from stinky.
omg i’m going to cry if this is true… no1 wants too see this fight do they???
MANIA,
Have you had a chance to figure out who won the contest from UFC 89??? The one where we tried to predict the exact outcome of the Bisping/Leben fight in order to win Rachelle Leah Playboy, at least one of which was signed?
Thanks,
VM
Stinky: Speaking of UFC 92, the bout agreements for a fight between Matt Hammil vs. Reese Andy have been signed and the match up will go down at UFC 92
wow, where you get that news stinky, It contradicts john’s match up. John is usually right on.
side note, I heard you paid up stink, I never had a doubt you would, next time an out of work mma nerd wants in on the contest!
Hammil will kill him IMO.
I just dont buy it. I think hes making excuses. If your the so called pound for pound best fighter in the world (which i do not believe at all!!!)(Fedor, GSP, Penn, Machida, Faber, Silva) and your fighting a guy who is not even ranked in the top ten of middle weights in MMA you FINISH him. What kind of fighter says i wanted to go 5 rounds. I think he has been hyped up for a long time and its in his head that hes the best because of all the shit Dana has been saying for months now and he was making excuses. Im also sick and tired of counter punches who wait for their one shot being called the pound for pound best fighters. when you see Fedor fights he finishes people, he goes after them, he fights them and destroys them, same with GSP, Penn, Faber (not really Machida but still you get my point) I also dont think Silva has fought anyone amazing since getting this title. He beat up a Leben who didnt know anything about him and was sloppy back then, he beat Lutter in an avg to shitty performance and lutter is weak he beat a 38 year old Hendo and Irvin. and after his performance against cote which was running around like a chicken shit waiting for his shot i have even less respect for him. Pound for pound fighters fight, they go after they dominate, they dont dance, run, wait and do all that shit he was doing.
Chef-
Agreed. Matt will be ready after that lackluster performance vs. Ace.
wow jackell, I don’t disagree 100%, but to put machida in the same sentence as fedor, bj, gsp and silva is putting those guys down. IMO!
jackel : Anderson does not call himself the P per P best fighter in the world.. we do.. the fans.. the media..
It saddens me to hear such comments about Anderson..but it is what it is.. IMO Anderson is the Jordan of MMA.. the Pele of fighting.. Anderson Silva is a inspirational person to many.. including myself.
Once in a blue moon do we get to see such an athlete perform.. if we step back and look at the big picture.. it’s so evident that these years are one of the best times to be alive and witness MMA.
Anderson is not responsible for whom he fights.. that is up to the UFC.
When he fights.. it’s up to the UFC.. but he has bee nthus far the most active UFC Champion inregards to title defenses.
How he fights.. is up to him.. and he tends to deliver with a KO blow.. ask Leben, Rich, Nate the Great, Irvin.. all Professional athletes of MMA… Henderson/ Lutter.. got Choked by him…So if he wanted to go more then a round or 2 with Cote.. that’s his business.. if wanted to put on a show..for the fans.. let him.. he earned the right to do so..
this convo about whom he has fought reminds me of this conversation I had with this young kid around 22/23 yrs old..over the weekend I was talking to him on mat at my Gym.. and he said and I qoute : “Mike Tyson was not that good.. and who did he fight”
I looked at the kid like he was crazy.. if I could look at you.. I would look at you the same way.
What he fights for… Anderson is a Symbol of Pride.. a Hero.. a Legend in Brazil.. He fights for his family, friends.. loveds ones.. and for his country with great honor and respect..
God has blessed Anderson..People will go on for ions on who is who.. and the best this or that.. but one thing is for sure.. Anderson Silva is changing MMA.. Anderson is MMA.. Anderson is the Ultimate Champion.
Fedor should be put in a different sentence as GSP, Faber, Penn etc. all have had recent fights they were not able to finish.
I would not be suprised if DW is the kettle calling the pot black by “hinting” to Silva to put up a “good show” (longer show) this time around.
PhilQNY, I have to agree with u here, minus all the musy sentiment. I’m interpreting if there was an opening or oportunity to KO Cote in the earlier rounds Anderson would have taken it as he always has.
Silva has literally demolished opponents in the past within 2 rounds and this is the 1st time he hasn’t… I give credit to Cote’ for disrupting Anderson’s rythm and having an iron chin.
Take note now of all the Silva’ bashers and see if they retract’ their thoughts when he defeats a top 5 in the 205lbs division or captures a 205 lb championship
Anger Jack: IMHO, a fighter’s stock ain’t measured by how soon he finishes fights, but by his record.
I agree with Jackel. Is he the best? I don’t care any-more. He has said many times he will retire when his contract is up, and it looks like he is just going through the motions. Hay Anderson, you get paid good money to entertain us, so do it!!!!If he fights Jardine I hope he gets KTFO!! Jardine will kick those skinny-ass legs 3 times and they will snap. It will not be fun to watch.
I’m staying on the Silva bandwagon for a LONG, LONG time. Can’t believe some of you guys criticizing him like that. I feel really sorry for his next opponent, they’re going to get thrashed!
Agreed, Chef.
It just shows you the meathead front-runners who leap from bandwagon to bandwagon.
Silva doesn’t eradicate Cote immediately and we hear anguish and garbage from the trollnation.
Unreal.
All the trainging he does for a fight and he’s in and out of there in less than 10 minutes, maybe he wanted to make the fight last a little bit for his sake as well as the fans. He could of destroyed Cote quick and he knew it so IMO he was toying with him a little but I don’t think to be disrepectful.
Silva was tooling with Cote.. that was so evident.. but the buzzzzz.. of Silva haters is beneath me.
Mark my words.. whom ever Silva fights next will not have an opportuniy to get hurt on their own.. Silva will stamp someone’s face in.. Silva is tight.. trust me.
Cote saved himself.. from a brutal ending to his night.
Silva wanted to please the fans.. get the crowd into the fight.. To show.. showmanship.
When I hear.. Oh Cote got in his head.. Yeah Sure?
I hope Cote never steps in to face Silva.. Silva will proceed with his legendary MMA career.. Silva will go down in history as one of the best MMA Champions of all time, regardless of what the 1% of the Haters have to say.
Phil, I just found out some interesting news about Alves’s background. This Kid is made to Bang. Check out what Alves had to say about the start of his career:
He started competing in muy Tai at the age of 15. At the age of 17 he started fighting in mma, and his 1st 4 mma bouts were bare knuckles….. I love this kid!
Alves is one of the new UFC ” Young Guns “. thx for that info John.
anytime homie
Attention all British fans:
The UFC will return to London, England on Saturday 21st February 2009….this event will take place in the O2 arena
Anderson vs. Chuck is being discussed (but in the early stages)…nothing concrete
Hey Phil, got something for you to be excited about. YOur God, Renzo Gracie is thinking about resuming his fighting career, only this time at lightweight!
Nice.. if there is an infamous orginal Gracie ( OG )..that can pull that off.. it would be Renzo!!!
Mania.. should be paying you.. you be breaking more stories then geraldo .. up in this joint.
@PhilQNY
“Cote saved himself.. from a brutal ending to his night.”
I disagree. The outcome that we all saw… was way worse for him than a brutal ko. Now he is out for the next year.
john u should create your own site with all the news your giving us lol
enzo.. I said it for the reason all this up roar on how there is something wrong with Silva.. Being out for X amount of time is a tuf.. but I would perferred seeing Cote go Nite Nite.. instead of seeing his knee buckle.
no it doesn’t look like he was playing with him, and all you guys who don’t like me and think I’m a dick who thinks I know it all, track back to yesterday, I wrote this exactly. he was definitely trying to get cote to engage so that he could counter.
see DBG, I was once again right my friend, an apology would be nice!
I agree. I was saying it on the night of the PPV that he was trying to get Cote to come at him wrecklessly. I think that Silva didn’t want to get caught which is smart!!! I was surprised that he didn’t keep it on the ground though. I know Cote got off two nice elbows, but I would have liked to see what Silva could have done.
This fight really reminds me of GSP vs. Fitch. I think Silva went to finish early, but once he saw that Cote had a good chin he paced himself to wear down Cote a little to try to finish him later. Cote took some serious shots and kept coming.
Also, I find it unbelieveable how some people are saying that Cote shouldn’t have fought. If he would have pulled out there would have been a 150 comment plus thread about Cote being a p**** and scared to fight Silva. Sometimes it doesn’t matter what you do…You just can’t win. I thought it was a little foolish, but it takes a big set of brass ones to step up and fight what most people consider to be the best in the world knowing he was in bad shape. I don’t think it’s selfish and I think he should get respect for still stepping up.
Excellent comment
Yes, Excellent and on the money.
I didnt dis agree with you there i never said silva was toying with him ever my thoughts on the fight were niether one could really get into there groove.and i had it one round a piece. you’ll get no apology for that. What i was saying is sometimes you come off as a arogent poppis ass if this is not the truth then I apologize.
ok, I’l call a truce, I am “arrogant and pompous,” just admit you’re not a scholar. You misspell everything, including your “alma-mater,” and are probably just a kid in study hall. We all have opinions buddy, so write yours, disagree with mine, it’s all good!
Fine with me ,sorry i dont use spell check and usually type why im doing other things like filing orders scheduling jobs, and seriously dont give a rats ass about spelling. So sure wont say a word to u, u dont say a word to me.
I’m still trying to figure out your problem with me? so I get personal with some guys, would you rather it be like sherdog where even great comments get trashed for no apparent reason?
what do you do by the way? just curious!
Just got out of the army not to long ago Cause of Knee problems just bought a Overhead door co.
oh wow, were you in iraq? if so, thank you for defending my right to sit around and blog all day!
I think that anyone who watches fights (and specifically A. Silva’s outside the UFC) would know that quick short movements in& out, switching stances, foot shuffles all that shite, is to throw of an opponents ‘riddum’. Cote just wasn’t going to bite, so Silva had to delay the inevitable. I think that every fight A. Silva goes into has this strategy, “force a mistake – pounce” pretty simple.
Agree
sycboi, you’re one of the threaders here with a high IQ. kudos to you.
Anderson has always been somewhat of a “showman” per say in his fights. I.E slipping and weaving Franklin’s combo’s in an absurd manner. Its not disrespectful. It was a mind game. but anywho, I find it really disrespectful that Anderson has to make a public statement about a fight that he WAS winning, until Cote unfortunately got earth. Its like as soon as he looks the tiniest bit like a mortal. people have problems…I really do not get it.
PS. If anyone here trains Muay Thai, boxing or any form of striking, you can not help but see the beauty in Silva’s footwork through out the fight.
Great post, I completely agree!
Thank you, smart people on the UG. YES!
*sorry before Cote got hurt…damn I need to wake up.
Funny. I thought you were making a joke about how Cote pronounces hurt.
I thought Anderson was impressive. His skills are amazing.
Silva is poetry in motion.
as Joe Rogan puts it best. its a “ballet of violence”
nicely put. Got 2 love Joe. Sick jits.. with a great sense of humor.. and pro weed..
Props to Rogan for Rocking the Evan Tanner tribute beard!
that is why he was rocking that beard??
I thought he was rocking the Kim-beard. Showing props to the fall of EliteXC? lol
yea he said it at the end of the fights
Yeah at the end of the broadcast there was time left and Rogan said him and his buddy’s were paying tribute to Tanner and rocking the beard for 2 months
its no million dollar question mania he hurt cote but not badly! he realised cote was not backing down or chasing him down. he wasnt prolonging the fight. he knew cote was tough and didnt want to spend all his energy brawling for the first 3.
just look at the knee in round 2 it didnt even knock cote
He hurt Cote bad before the fight, which is the reason he intended to knock him out in the fourth or fifth round? Yeah, makes total sense.
how did Silva hurt Cote before the fight? I know he’s good but he’s no jedi Mania.
Ugh.
Should of posted my comment here, would have been more fitting… Mania, I got a question up above for you.
Thanks in advance,
VM
want to know why..its his fight. his pay check. in the end it his fight and up to him if he want to finish it early or not…no real answer to People. UFC doesn’t pay us to make the fights happened, they pay the pros. sorry if you felt that paying 400 dollars for your seat give you the justification to dictate how a fighter fights. i have NO complaints..NONE. i was satisfied with the card overall. we seem to think we know a fighter and feel he need to knock out everyone in the first round. maybe he really did see something about cote that him inaccessible in the first 2 round…we don’t know. but what i do know it. we are not there were aren’t there not one bit at all. so we cant sit here tell A. Silva is he is right or wrong or how what or why. i need no explanations from him. period
GREAT POST MAN! Really enjoyed it
santiago-
Truth.
No problem it just bothers me that we think are so die hardcore fans of a fighter that we know what and who he is as a fighter. so when they change we get annoyed..ridiculous…he is a professional that will act in the manner he thinks is best for his career regardless of what people here think…now if we here were his agent then A silva would have something to worry about. we are suppose to be fans and not prove joachim hanson right about being two faced fans. flick of a finger we are all bombing on A. silva and or patrick cote. Truth deserving or not he was and is game and to me thats is all that matters, their heart is in the fight.
i agree.
he understood cote’s toughness and gave him the respect he deserved. you could tell his game plan was one of baiting cote into a mistake.
sorry to see the fight end that way
Everything that Anderson Silva said prior to the fight was ‘to put on a good show’. I wanted to see Silva go five rounds and that’s exactly where he was heading. When nobody makes it past the second round with you, you need to weave a little to make a fight last. People were booing after 1min. Suck it up folks, there’s still 24min. left!! Can you blame the man for trying something different?
Like I said, disrespectful fans in IL.
Yea really stupid how Dana white has to go the media and say things like “That was not Anderson Silva tonight”. Man the guy is a human. Dana is retarded if he thinks that Silva was going to steamroll every single guy he ever fights. What happened to giving Cote credit? Wasn’t it his footwork and pushing of the pace that seemed to throw Silva off? Man I hate Dana White sometimes, he handles situations like this in a very immature fashion.
Truth.
Cote deserves some friggin’ props for pushing the action and throwing Anderson off his game.
I agree.
E tRue Hollywood story!
LMFAO!
Introvert-
Stop stealing my quote. Poser.
OJR = originator of Truth.
introvert = poser of Truth.
TRUTH.
OJR= “The Truth”!
It’s a fucking word, OJR. Let it go. Unless you brought those five letters together and gave it a definition, you didn’t coin in. He clearly typed it knowing you type it to death here, and probably doesn’t give a rat’s ass if your tiny ego just can’t take it. It floors me how sensitive you get anytime anyone types “truth” without asking your permission.
Move on, Troll.
Cote always deserved props. He’s super tough. Unfortunately , thats his best attribute. If he was a top shelf boxer; damn.
AGREED 100%
But of course, Spidey!
all this crap needs to stop. silva was smart in fighting the way he did because in all reality, cote has the perfect style to catch anderson off guard if he was to stand in front of him and exchange. just because silva didnt go in there and completely destroy his opponent like in his previous fights, now everybody is hating on him. i got news for everybody…it was a 5 round fight! he said it himself that his plan right from the beginning was to not waste any strikes, and wait til the 4th or 5th round to knock him out. which probably would have happened if cote did not injure himself. i give respect to cote for giving his best, but he was losing even before he got injured.
Fedor and Silva are my 2 fav fighters to watch. When I get slow at work I go and watch nothing but Fedor/Silva highlights.
Does anyone else want to see a Fedor / Anderson super fight like I do?
NO! why would I want to see one of my favorite fighters, Anderson being tossed around like a rag doll?
anderson is too small. there comes a point where his punches wont have the same affect on bigger fighters as they do mw’s and even lhws. james irvin is not a big lhw imo, and fedor is really solid at 230 and deceptively strong. some people have actually brought up silva vs brock. thats nuts! is it illegal for a fighter to toss another over the cage. lol!
Silva would roundhouse kick Brock to Oblivion
Silva vs Fedor would be totally uberfantastically AWESOME!!!
BTW – Irwin has fought in HW (was a champion in WEC)
I think Silva is arguably the best striker to ever fight in MMA (let’s face it…he’s brilliant with his stand-up). But for him to say “I wanted to go 5 rounds” is complete bullshit and rhetoric. It’s just easy for him to say this since the fight ended the way it did.
What’s next? Is he going to say “the straight right I hit him with wasn’t entended to stop him. I took some power off it, because I wanted to go 5 rounds”…or…”the knee to the body I conected with wasn’t intended to hurt him, because I wanted to go 5 rounds?”…”it was all part of my gameplan.”
Love Anderson Silva, but c’mon dude…
…you had a gameplan to confuse your opponent, bait him in to a bad position, then put him to sleep. But, it didn’t work as well as you wanted it to, and the few times it did work, you couldn’t put him away. So, with that in mind, your opponent actually ruined your gameplan……with a good chin.
Silva was on his way to winning a lopsided decision, but his “I was going to go for the finish in rounds 4 and 5″ is only being said because the fight ended in the 3rd round. If Cote got injured in the first round, Anderson would be saying “I was going to finish him in the 2nd.” If he got injured in the 4th, Anderson would say “I was going to finish him in the 5th.”
You want respect Anderson, then stop pretending to be Roy Jones Jr…..you suck at it. The reason you suck at it is because when Jr. puts on a showboating clinic….he follows it up with a 6 punch combination….not a jog around the ring….just so you know for next time.
Exactly Couldnt Have Said It Better…
And Cote Just Couldve Ended Up Catching Him And Putting Him Out
Silva Didnt Wanna Exchange Much After He Got Tagged Twice
Semmy schilt or JLB are the best strikers to have competed in MMA.
Introvert, obviously you are a Canadian, Cote, nut hugger. Cote was never going to win that fight. He never could even get close to Silva. Silva was completely in control of the fight. I think he knew Cote’s chin was good and it would take longer to get him out of there.
You need to stop hatin on Silva!
Re-read my post….introhater.
I gave Silva props, and said he was going to win a decision.
Do you just read what you want to, then ignore the rest?
Pretty lame.
Your intro seems pretty irrealavent, when right after it you praise Cote and begin to rip Silva,imo Cote only got this fight because he is what is left of MW division that Silva hadn’t already beat. His only hope was a lucky shot. It was quite evident Silva was toying with him and could have poured it on when ever he wanted to. Yea your assessment was Pretty Lame!
Great chin, so what? It doesn’t mean that Anderson couldn’t overwhelm him or get a dominant position later on in the fight. He trained for 5 rounds, why not take it five rounds? Later in the fight he’d force a stoppage and make Cote wish he’d gone out.
Int, your comment was good. You just ripped Silva too hard near the end for some to handle. Rockwell, even though you trained for 5 rounds, why in the world would you ever purposely take it the whole way. You must realize that shit can happen. I don’t think Cote was going to win, but you and others don’t give him any credit at all. I would say that he Man’d up.
why take the fight into the 4th & 5th round? Ask Randy, he loves to do this.
Take it in the 4&5 to give the fans a true show, not just a flash in the pan match. Have them appreciate every aspect of your fighting from footwork and movement to striking, takedowns, submissions, etc. You can tell Silva knew he had the fight in the bag the whole time. I’ll give Cote credit in the fact that he has a good chin and that he did man up to fight. With that being said, I don’t think there’s one aspect in his game that is better than Anderson’s, but whatever this is MMA, right? Anything could happen, I’m just saying, in this case, most likely not lol. Anderson comes out on top at the end of this.
The only ones bold enough to take it to the later rounds are the ones with superior cardio.
Yeah, that’s it guys, that’s right, Silva could’ve finished it when ever he wanted. He thought it was about time he gave a guy a chance and the fans their moneys worth. I must say, it was a little risky when he threw some of his best punch, knee, kick combo’s so early in the fight. What if Cote would have dropped to the mat, like everyone else did?
To even mention ANY fighter at this elite level would piss around and extend a fight any longer than need be is RIDICULOUS. Especially against a guy like Cote who has Ko power and a chin that as far as we know CAN’T be rocked, let alone KOed. After seeing Cote take a FLUSH punch, knee and kick to the face (while Anderson was fresh) and not even flinch, what makes you think Silva was guaranteed to KO him at all?
I’m not the least bit surprised how Silva fought. Maybe that’s because I wasn’t in the “Silva will kill Cote in the first round” Fan Club. Both fighter fought very smart and often when that happens, it’s not the most exciting fight. Accept it for what it is.
100% Agreed, introvert
you need to chill. blaze bro. you have smart fighting and then you have just go in there and take a chance fighting. which one makes more sense.
Hopefully this will end all the speculation and odd interpretations.
There are way too many self-styled experts voicing their 2-cents saying Silva was being cocky and showing off, but really do not have any clue. I guess Rashad Evans was “show boating” during his 1st round against Chuck Liddell? Or was he being cocky after his victory. Evans was tagging Liddell and cut him just like Anderson Silva tagged and cut Patrick Cote while back pedaling and changing his position.
I really do think that some fans and bloggers need to get over themselves. Kevin Iole’s piece calling Anderson Silva’s action unbefitting of his stature and the sport is a prime example.
Oh c’mon Vee…Anderson wasn’t displaying footwork and head movement. He was literally doing some stupid Tai Chi shit with his hands for 10 seconds, then he jogged around the cage a lap. Not even close to what Evans did against Chuck. If Evans did that, every fighter in the UFC (and Dana) would be bashing him left right and center as a showboater….and he definately wouldn’t be fighting for a title next.
I do Tai Chi. He was just messing with Cote’s head.
ditto maybe he meant wing chun? or kenpo?
Evans’s didn’t run away from Chuck’s head kick towards the end of the 1st round?
Take a gander . . . some how Anderson managed to land some strikes during those laps. The numbers support his description what happened in the ring. As far as Cote’s “f*cking him up,” I don’t know . . . fighters tend to be biased when talking up their performance.
http://www.compustrike.com/stats_files/ufc_90/Cote-Silva.HTM
Some people may have found the “stupid tai chi” sh*t entertaining. Whatever. It still doesn’t prove that he was being disrespectful, cocky or showing off. That’s just your interpretation.
Either way, I’m sure many people will continue to watch his fights.
Nice find Vee! I had forgotten all about that. That ought to shut a few people up. But…..some people can’t be confused with the facts.
Its great to see actual stats, but wasn’t there a takedown and reversal?
Clearly u don’t know a thing or 2 about footwork and head movement[as well as hand movement]. Silva is indeed “poetry in motion”.
couldnt agree more mate
I think we have a winner.
I believe Anderson because the fight was working exactly the way he described until Cote’s knee gave out. He was controlling the distance and countering. Softening up Cote with precision strikes. Cote was just stalking trying to press the action but could not close the distance and was not aggressive enough to pressure Anderson.
I think its a smart strategy because it’s obvious Cote wanted to trade and catch Anderson in the chin. So Anderson decides to establish distance so Cote has no chance.
Also, count me as one of the people that wanted to see this fight go 5 rounds. Silva finishes his opponents too quickly in his recent fights, and his fight with Irvin left me wanting more. I was hoping that Cote gets out the first round but I would’ve loved to see Anderson go 5. So it’s completely believable to me that Anderson wanted to do so for himself to get more experience, to implement his strategy, and for his fans.
The million dollar question is.. Why the hell not?! Are we really that spoiled by Silva’s performance that we can demmand a first round KO? Jeez..
Maybe Silva did have it in the back of his mind that he could be “Matt Serra’d” and didn’t want to stake his legacy on it so he took a safer approach. That’s absolutely understandable. It’s a long way down from being called the best and being beat by Cote. Besides, everyone keeps overlooking the fact that he was tooling Cote. All this Silva bashing is ridiculous and quite honestly making me lose my faith in these blogs. Grow up already.
It’s funny how people are quick to rip on Anderson Silva after a fight that he was dominating. We are always trying to figure out why a specific fighter chose a certain game plan for a fight. You know what, I didn’t expect Anderson Silva to be this dominant in the UFC but he is probably the greatest fighter to ever step into the Octagon. It is ridiculous to think that we as fans know better than arguably the greatest fighter on the planet.
I do enjoy hearing what Anderson Silva was or wasn’t thinking from some of the bloggers on this site. Thanks Introvert I do like how you called out Anderson regarding his comments, funny stuff.
I think it was pretty clear to see that Anderson was merely playing with Cote. Even before this statement from Silva, I felt that he was wanting to extend the fight until the later stages. Probably to showcase his full array of weapons. I also think Silva was visably upset by Cote’s injury because he wasnt able to show everything he wanted in the time he had. Anderson was having fun in there, but certainly not being disrespectful. Anybody who knows what Silva is all about knows that simply isnt in the guys makeup. Silva lives and fights by the martial arts code.
Joe Rogan was spot on with his statement that Silva is MMA’s equivalent to a prime Roy Jones Jnr. A fighter so far above his peers that at times they have ability to carry a fight for as long as they wish. I’m sure thats exactly what Anderson was doing, but unfortunatley Cote’s injury ended the argument before Silva could.
Cote was a brave, durable and a worthy contender in the current climate. But lets be honest, Anderson Silva is on another planet. End of story.
Umm, excuse me, I hope you checked with OJR first before you chose that screen name. He’s really hyper-sensitive about this sorta thing.
Actually,
I like his screenname.
Awesome.
“However, the Brazilian indicates that he more than likely did all of it to prolong the fight. The million dollar question is … why?”
He just told you. He was waiting for Cote to screw up.
Do not question Spiderson…
I definitely give merit to Coté for his heart and good chin. He was out to make this a good fight and BANG with Silva and he definitely had the striking power to KO Silva.
But C’MON, the guy came on with a busted knee to start with. He had already lost half the fight because he went in with a fresh injury against THE top fighter.
If Silva has only a few fights left before retiring, I hope to see more than the one punch wonders he usually does and see what the guy can dish out in longer runs.
Exactly, that’s why there should be a rematch, when Cote has 2 good legs.
Why? Let’s think about this rationally for a minute shall we. Anderson Silva is the most talented and gifted fighter in the UFC. P4P, the whole nine. He trains and trains for months to be in perfect and prime condition for his fights(as most fighters do). All this time, sparring, weight-lifting, training, preparing, etc. For months… Only to every time he fights, KO/Submit his opponent in less then 2 full rounds. Including his last fight that didn’t even go 30 seconds…
Now think about this for a minute… Do you ever think that maybe, just maybe, he was getting bored of training all that time to come in and just knock people out in less then 2 rounds? It makes perfect sense what he is saying. From all that I know of Anderson Silva… He loves Bruce Lee, he loves the show of martial art skill. Not just the simple destruction, but the beauty of movement and countering, all while making it look like the “ballet of violence.”
For the most part, he hasn’t been able to showcase these skills… He has just walked in and simply dominated/destroyed and moved on. I’m sick of people bashing the guy for finally fighting a fight for him. Having fun fighting his fight and giving the fans a five round show… planning to end in a vicious KO. I could see what he was doing from a mile away and I was drooling with anticipation.
Cote blew his knee out… It fucked up everything… But it wasn’t and will never be, Anderson’s fault. All you haters, go find a noose and a ledge… MMA does not need people like you. Gone.
The only people here that are bashing and hating are people like you…bashing and hating on anyne that doesn’t toe the line for the UFC or it’s best fighters. Nobody bashed or hated on Anderson…some of us just see passed his rhetoric…that’s all.
NAIL ON THE HEAD
Silva could have taken him out when ever he wanted!
How is showing off martial arts skills: dancing around aimlessly, and spinning your arms like some Vanilla Ice dance. This is the biggest slippery slope fallacy I ever seen. You assume since he likes Bruce Lee that he likes to show off his skill and to top it off you add some crazy lame metaphor: “ballet of violence..”
This is so sad that it makes me laugh, are you serious? I bet you had a dream about it and mistaked it for reality. This is the best troll job ever or well I don’t even need to touch on the second option.
He wasn’t dancing Slim. It’s fancy footwork. Open ur eyes…
Like I said… Anderson was putting on a show for the fans. Have you ever watched a Bruce Lee film(I’m assuming yes)? Then you should know exactly what Anderson was doing. What you call “dancing around aimlessly” is what Bruce and Anderson would call a SHOWCASE of SKILL, as in countering all the while making your opponent look silly. As simple a Bruce Lee formula I’ve ever seen. You can hate on him for doing this, but again, like I said earlier… I think Anderson was getting bored of the same old, same old and really wanted to put together a five round show ending in a vicious KO. It boggles my mind how people can not see this exactly what he was doing.
As for the “ballet of violence.” You hit it on the head a few posts down… Yes, its a quote from Joe Rogan I threw in there, because it describes Anderson’s style perfectly.
By the way… No dreams. No trolls. Just reality.
What’s so funny is you ultimately agree with me, you’re just soft peddling it to make Silva not look like an asshole.
ROFL “Ballet of violence” I don’t think I’ll get over that.
Didn’t Joe Rogan say that about him?
Let’s just think about this for a minute. What if, while Silva is pissing around, he gets KTFO. This happens all the time, even when guys aren’t trying to prolong the fight. The truth is, Silva doesn’t think he is invincible, like some of his fans do so he took the smart route against a guy with a 50% T(KO) win record. Silva sure could have fooled me that he was TRYING to FINISH the fight, the way he threw those combo’s at Cote’s head. I guess he must have pulled back a bit on those stikes, so he didn’t ACCIDENTALLY KO Cote to EARLY, LMFAO.
Mania, i hear UFC 95 will be back in London in February and that Silva may headline. You got anything on this yet??
Completely agree with your assessment, Skogoody
he did it to see if his conditioning is good enough to go boxing matches.. also his gameplan was working and i have no doubt at all that he was going to win that fight
2 analogies
Baseball: a hitter cannot hit a homerun everytime and a MMA fighter can not knock someone out every exchange
Stand Up Comedy: every stand-up wants more time in the spot light. Silva never took this fight seriously, he wanted to showcase more of his moves and have more time in the spotlight and who better to do that then with a weak opponent like Cote.
how about that upper elbow more and the Bruce Lee moves you can only goof aroung like that to someone who is not a real threat: Cote. And trust me Cote is more than embarrased
oh more on the Stand-Up Comedy analogy: Silva was just trying out new jokes trying something different.
“The million dollar question is … why?” – More like a five dollar question. If you cannot deduct why he wanted it to last, you’ve obviously never played a 5 year old in basketball.
What do you mean WHY? He’s a gamer, his last fights didn’t last more than a few minutes. He wanted to stay in the cage for a while. Maybe he LIKES to fight. Who cares why, it’s not his fault Cote came in with an old injury, it was obvious Cote was going to get KTFO’d sooner or later.
LOVE playing 5 year olds in basketball….’cept for that one kid….he had mad hops.
You don’t even need to have a junior high school education to know that Silva was clearly toying with him and disrespecting Cote. Watch the fight! It reminds me of what Ali used to do to some of his opponents, emabarrass them. The fact that Anderson NEVER used this type of strategy ever against an opponent. Cote isn’t the heavyist hitter Anderson fought so I don’t buy that he was trying to avoid Cote’s strong hand. Not to go off subject but no wonder people buy into what the media says, this is a perfect example. Truth is but a conspiracy.
Right on SJ Silva was definetly not affraid of Cote, he was just F ing with all the way!
Sorry friend…Ali coined the phrase “rope-a-dope”….all Anderson did was “look-at-me-I’m-a-dope”…big difference.
Introvert-
Stop stealing my quote. Poser.
OJR = originator of Truth.
introvert = poser of Truth.
TRUTH.
Jesus Christ, enough already, OJR.
Concern yourself with posts that are directed at you.
Troll.
Thank god for this article. There is no reason that Anderson Silva shouldn’t be able to take fights into the fourth and fifth round if that is his game plan. Yeah, he should look to finish fights which he was (and I truely believe Cote would have gotten KTFO)but he shouldn’t have to answer to people that expect him to finish fights like he did James Irvin.
I think an true MMA fan knows that this is chess not checkers. That’s what makes Anderson so great. In fact, just to make the fights more interesting – he should take all the championship fights into the third round and then finish them
You guys must not have seen the left that Silva landed or the knee that opened up Cote. Silva is a finisher but Cote never looked out of it, if you notice in all the fights Silva is calm as he stalks his prey till he sees them hurt, then he goes in for the finish give more credit to Cote he took a big punch and a knee and he was still standing ready to fight. Its not Cote’s fault or Silva’s fault that Irvin was only able to take one punch. Leben he went done from punches a good sign that he was hurt, Franklin went down due to knees a good sign he was hurt, henderson went down to knees Silva followed him and put him away, Lutter got stuck in a triangle and Silva unleashed some heavy elbows Nate was hurt and Silva put him away. Cote just took Silva’s punches, kicks, and knees and was never really hurt, he never went down and he did not attack Silva and that nullefied Silva’s great counter attack, great game plan from Cote stay in the pocket so he does not catch you of balance as you back away but dont become to aggressive that he counters you to death.
G Fing damit – am I the only one who wants to see guys going out there to KTFO the opponents?
Gameplan-schameplan, I hope Silva will cut this bs off (before he turns into Bisping)
If the “gameplans” will be to win decisions – I think I might be better off by starting to watch boxing
Gameplans are what get knockouts. I want to see a knock out the same as everyone. But I appreciate a good strategy to be able to get the finish. With 5 round fights, you may want to be picky with your shots in the first two rounds and then go for the finish when someone is hurt or their cardio is lacking. I guarantee this fight would not have gone to decision. There was still 3 full rounds left.
idk what fight everyone was watching it was just a matter of time before anderson silva knocked cote out silva never got touched in the fight its not like cote came out and was banging like he said he was he fought like more of a pussy than AS did so watch the fight again before you guys post your fuckin stupid comments
well said.
I dont care how much better you are then he other guy, you neaver prolong a fight if you have the abillity to stop it,
silva is on another level.his doing what veteran boxers are doing.using strategy and science haha.i think its boring as hell thou.but i think he’s playing it safe already.winning without getting hurt..finish his contract without loosing(if he finishes his UFC contract without being defeated and getting hurt–hell surely have leverage on the pay grade with Don king–or jones himself).and getting Roy JOnes to fight him in boxing for a HUGE purse!!!.the spider is now a businessman!!–thats what age does to a fighter.makes them less tough but a lot smarter..
***** UPDATE *****
ANDERSON SILVA WANTS TO FIGHT AT UFC 91. THIS MAN IS THE BEST THING EVER TO HAPPEN TO MMA. I LOVE THE GUY. WHAT A SPORTSMAN. LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
people used to diss ali for his footwork and showboating. i wonder how come no one does it anymore. maybe cause he was arguably the greatest boxer of all time. im not really a fan of silva but he is admitadly one of the greatest fighters to date. if he wants to play cat and mouse for a few rounds either get someone who poses a challenge for him, or wait the extra 5 to ten minutes before the ballet of violence begins and ends .
Adding Silva to UFC 91 would make this event the best ever. Couture v/s Lesnar but who would Anderson fight? It would have to be at 205. Chuck Liddel maybe? It is less than 3 weeks away too. I really don’t care about the dancing around and stuff I was entertained. It just sucked that Cote got hurt and couldn’t finish taking his beating. If you are going to cry about someone running watch Machida. I hate watching him fight because all he does is run.
SILVA WILL NOT BE FIGHTING AT UFC 91. HE IS HEADED TO TIBET AND THEN THAILAND.
good for him! he’s just too good for mma right now, those other guys try so hard, but they can’t even move..