I think a lot of it is people waiting on Anderson to slip because of age.
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I think a lot of it is people waiting on Anderson to slip because of age.
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If that age, or chin/head games things suddenly hits Anderson this fight which is possible, will ever1 boost Weidman and think he's that good? Or will we just chalk it up to father time?
As many greats suddenly jus couldnt take a punch ne more, Fedor n Chuck as examples.
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fedor and chuck took waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more damage over their careers than anderson has though.
It's mma...if you have a deficiency...you have a deficiency....I don't really think Silva's wrestling is bad. It's just that it looks bad in comparison to his other skills. And I stand by my statement b/c in MMA it's hard to hide a fighter. No real amateur circuit and the fighters are all pretty much federated. You fight for a company so you gotta fight whoever's employed there. You can be 9-0 and still have a reasonable shot against the greats if you're a specialist at 1 thing. It's not like boxing where dudes have to have 25 or 30 fights, fight mostly cans, and be undefeated or only once-blemished to get a big title shot. i think that's a good thing about mma
And yeah the Liddell and Fedors of the world took mor damage in their fights but AS has been doing muay thai since he was a teen and you know there were wars in the Chute Boxe gym.
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And I stand by my statement b/c in MMA it's hard to hide a fighter. No real amateur circuit and the fighters are all pretty much federated. You fight for a company so you gotta fight whoever's employed there. You can be 9-0 and still have a reasonable shot against the greats if you're a specialist at 1 thing. It's not like boxing where dudes have to have 25 or 30 fights, fight mostly cans, and be undefeated or only once-blemished to get a big title shot. i think that's a good thing about mma
And yeah the Liddell and Fedors of the world took mor damage in their fights but AS has been doing muay thai since he was a teen and you know there were wars in the Chute Boxe gym.
And remember Anderson also trained in real boxing and had a few matches there so his head got scrambled a bit. And I remember every1 use to say those old team blackhouse training n sparrin sessions were wars. Dudes wld get dropped out cold in practice.
But your statement on hiding is completely false imo. Weidman is getting a title shot, with a pretty shotty list of ufc vets faced. He beat Munoz, who b4 that had beaten Chris leben and a WW now in Maia and CB Dollaway.
Weidman has also beat tom lawlor, jesse bonfeldt and Maia himself. oh yeah can't forget top 10 ranked alesso sakara. Weidman looks like he has been following the tried tru tradition of earning a titleshot the way boxers did back in the days.
how many clean fighters in their 30s need testosterone replacement? i thought turning to TRT after getting
from roids was the whole point.
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regarding Anderson, has he ever been dropped in a fight?
TRT at 30yrs old for non males athletes is very common.how many clean fighters in their 30s need testosterone replacement? i thought turning to TRT after getting
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did Soa Palelei (stipe original person he was suppose to fight) get injured too breh?
it will eventually happen
i think once he starts getting hit standing then thats the sign its coming to a end
until i see it i wont believe it
You mean KO'd or just knocked down? Chael sonnen dropped him a couple times in their first fight i think. Last REAL loss i think spider took was
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