Why did Anderson turn into such a jerk in the Maia, Côté fights?

[Spiderbite]

For the exact same reason Diaz did this to Anderson. To get his opponent to engage.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

This is something that Silva never said (him and Wanderlei used this excuses with Belfort but not with Maia), why did you have to fabricate this shit?

Reasons are simple:
Maia: he didn't want to risk to be grabbed
Cote: he didn't want to risk to be koed

why do you think he was calling him a play boy?

 

[prikoke]

I think Silva was always a bit of an arrogant prick. He tried to build up a modest/respectful/wise martial arts master image, but occasionally his nature shone through.

 

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[Jimmy Jazz]

Incoming yellow card.

why? Silva has talked about the racism and class-ism of Brazil in the past. https://revistatrip.uol.com.br/trip...obre-racismo-homossexualidade-e-aposentadoria

 

[WarriorPoet1]

they were trying to get him to lead and he doesn't like that

 

[VVarhead]

Looking back, being one of the UFC's biggest stars he acted reasonably well. Look at some of these other champs when they get successful.

This. At least he fought someone and defended his title.

 

[XYCromosone**]

It was a brazilian thing with Maia. he was also mad he was a playboy

 

[Timurd123]

He was pissed off at Maia because he was a privileged middle class guy for sure, maybe the fact that Maia is white and Silva is black also played a part in Silva's resentment. https://revistatrip.uol.com.br/trip...obre-racismo-homossexualidade-e-aposentadoria

All that and the roid rage, dude clearly lost it

 

[Human Bass]

He was pissed off at Maia because he was a privileged middle class guy for sure, maybe the fact that Maia is white and Silva is black also played a part in Silva's resentment. https://revistatrip.uol.com.br/trip...obre-racismo-homossexualidade-e-aposentadoria

That's total BS by Anderson. He was in a bad mood and decided to be a prick, and then later came up with this sjw BS.

 

[Mason]

Silva is the GOAT. Deal with it haters

 

[miltonenrique]

Silva has always been a dick. You strawberrie people

 

[TheChance]

I got news for ya buddy he was a dick long before that

 

[unimackpass]

Because they were just standing around and not playing into his game. And "Mocking and belittling" is a bit of an overstatement he was just trying to get them to do something so he could counter.

This.
He said Maia said "he was going to rip off one of the spiders arms". It seems he got into andersons head so he wanted to keep his distance and counter. He didn't want to play the ground game with him.

 

[dfoster]

He was pissed off at Maia because he was a privileged middle class guy for sure, maybe the fact that Maia is white and Silva is black also played a part in Silva's resentment. https://revistatrip.uol.com.br/trip...obre-racismo-homossexualidade-e-aposentadoria

Yep. Anderson beat up a lot of white guys before but this was a white guy from his neck of the woods. It’s ironic because he was later cut down by another white guy

 

[Cracker666]

showboating in order to hide the fact that he was basically backpedaling all the time.

So nothing, basically.

 

[Barteh]

For me the Maia fight is one of the most underrrated Silva fights. Him doing the air guitar move is still one of his highlights for me.

I've always believed he just wanted to clown him for a few rounds then put him away. But the 45 degrees humid Dubai climate played a role in the fight and both got tired after like 2-3 rounds.

 

[jx820]

Mostly because they pretty much quit. Both guys showed up not to lose, and when they couldn't implement their A plan they tried to low key Kalib Starnes their way through it.

 

[dfoster]

You can try your best but in the end a white guy always ends up at the top.

If one white guy doesn’t get you, another one will.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Maia insulted AS's bjj black belt and the Nog brothers who awarded it to him.

Côte was just dangerous and AS hadn't gotten a reading on him yet.