Why did Anderson never fight legit competitors at LHW??

Except the Cormier fight when Anderson got completely shut the fuck out off, why did Anderson only fight sub par and below fighters at LHW??

Forrest holds wins over Rampage, Tito, and Shogun. Also, former LHW Champion.
 
Forrest Griffin was one fight removed from being LHW champ.
 
He did. He just made them look sub par and below average
 
Because he knew he could never beat the LHW champion.
I can see why he didn’t though, he wanted to keep that sense of unbeatable aura fighting low level competition in a weight class above to try to keep up a rep. But even once he faced good competition at middleweight he lost straight away despite being juiced to the gills the whole time.
 
Lol. No. That’s cute.

irvin, griffen and bonnar are not legit competitors.

Former champ and 2 solid vets are not legit...

Maybe you should consider watching other sports cause you don’t seem to understand this one
 
Former champ and 2 solid vets are not legit...

Maybe you should consider watching other sports cause you don’t seem to understand this one
irvin and bonnar were not even considered gatekeepers.

forrest was a one hit wonder.

cormier paper champ.

please. go on....
 
Forrest at 205 is pretty close to Bisping at 185 IMO. Not elite, but a good win nonetheless. Forrest just happened to be a perfect style matchup for Anderson, and Anderson almost certainly knew this.
 
Except the Cormier fight when Anderson got completely shut the fuck out off, why did Anderson only fight sub par and below fighters at LHW??

Did Anderson know he would always get smeshed by top competition?

I think Anderson always knew.
Didnt Anderson almost ko dc with a body kick if im not remembering wrong?
 
Didnt Anderson almost ko dc with a body kick if im not remembering wrong?
lol, that is the only strike anderson fans can hang onto from that fight.

and no, he didnt nearly ko dc with that kick.
 
Forrest was the LHW champ going into in his previous fight.

His previous two fights were wins against prime Shogun and Rampage.
Finished in previous fight and popping Xanax going into Andy fight. But yes, prior accomplishments were nice.
 
Then Shogun ans Rampage must really suck

Shogun utterly destroyed him in the rematch. The first fight was a fluke.

And Rampage is mentally weak and inconsistent.

If they fought Forrest 10 times they would win 8 or 9.

Forrest is very average at best.
 
Im pretty sure he almost did
ah yes. you are correct....

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lol gtfo with that. that kick did nothing.
 
Gsp coming back to fight current champ Bisping (and he just beat silva) after significant lay off is way more respectable then Anderson fighting drugged up forrest in Brazil.
 
Cormier 2 days notice. Bonnar 32 days notice. Irvin 32 days notice.

Forrest wasn’t last minute. The exception that proves the rule.

But the others were Silva being willing to accept a fight within 5 weeks, when the 10 week camp was already the norm. To save the card, frankly.

Someone giving him shit a decade later because he didn’t accept last minute fights against better opponents should be ashamed of themselves. Unless you didn’t know. But now you know. Cheers.
 
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